Penitentiary Point

Penitentiary Point is a cliff in Wayne County, Utah, in the United States.[1]

Penitentiary Point was probably so named because the striped rocks resemble jail stripes.[2]

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Penitentiary Point
  2. Geological Survey Professional Paper. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 23.


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