From List of National Natural Landmarks, these are the National Natural Landmarks in Wyoming. There are 6 in total, 3 are canyons, one is a depression, one is a cliff, and the last is a mountain pass.
Name | Image | Date | Standort | County | Description | |
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1 | The Big Hollow | November 1980 | Laramie 41°18′48″N 105°43′17″W / 41.313209°N 105.721307°W |
Albany | A large wind eroded deflection basin. | |
2 | Como Bluff | May 1966, November 1973 | Rock River 41°52′53″N 106°04′34″W / 41.881384°N 106.076217°W |
Albany | A ridge noted for multiple significant fossil discoveries from the late Jurassic of the Mesozoic Era. | |
3 | Crooked Creek Natural Area | Big Horn | ||||
4 | Red Canyon | November 1980 | Lander 42°40′20″N 108°39′29″W / 42.672087°N 108.658175°W |
Fremont | A canyon exposing a number of sedimentary formations as well as 10,000 years of human habitation. | |
5 | Sand Creek | December 1984 | 40°59′56″N 105°46′03″W / 40.998784°N 105.767398°W | Albany | A canyon exposing cross-beaded sandstone and other geologic features. | |
6 | Two Ocean Pass | October 1965 | Grand Teton National Park 44°02′28″N 110°10′03″W / 44.041111°N 110.1675°W |
Teton | A pass located on the continental divide where a stream draining the pass splits into two distributaries which flow into the Atlantic and Pacific oceans respectively. |