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Sunset Point Rest Area compound landslide

Sunset Point Rest Area compound landslide

Sunset Point Rest Area is located on the western edge of Black Mesa and is utilized by several thousand travelers on I-17 daily. The Sunset Point vista provides spectacular views of a complex of landslide masses along the western escarpment of Black Mesa. The Sunset Point Rest Area landslide complex is about 4.5 miles (7.3 km) long with a perimeter of ~11 miles (17.7 km) encompassing 3.2 square miles (8.3 square km). This is almost certainly the largest landslide complex encountered along I-17. (Photo by B. Gootee; annotation by J. Cook.)
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Photographer:  Brian Gootee

Photo Date: circa 2020