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Fremont Island
View from Castle Rock, looking south toward Antelope Island, August 2014
Fremont Island map
EtymologyJohn C. Frémont
Geography
LocationGreat Salt Lake
Coordinates41°09′56″N 112°20′23″W / 41.16556°N 112.33972°W / 41.16556; -112.33972
Area11.91 km2 (4.60 sq mi)
Length8.57 km (5.325 mi)
Width2.76 km (1.715 mi)
Administration
United States
StateUtah
CountyWeber

Fremont Island[1] is a 2,943.04-acre (11.91 km2)[2] island located in Great Salt Lake in northern Utah, United States. State owned, it is the lake's third largest island after Stansbury Island and Antelope Island. The island has also been known by several other names, including mo'ko-mom-bĭtc (in Gosiute Shoshoni[3]), Castle Island, Coffin Island, Disappointment Island, and Miller Island.[1]

  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Fremont island
  2. ^ "Fremont Island". www3.co.weber.ut.us. Weber County. 14 Jan 2019. Retrieved 24 Feb 2019.
  3. ^ Chamberlin, Ralph (1913). "Place and personal names of the Gosiute Indians of Utah". Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society. 52 (208): 1–20.

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