Shawangunk
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Shawangunk may refer to:

In New York
  • Shawangunk, New York
    Shawangunk, New York
    Shawangunk is a town in southwestern Ulster County, New York, United States. The population was 12,022 at the 2000 census. Like the neighboring mountain range, for which it is named, it is pronounced either as the Munsee Lenape, Shawangunk , or as the colonial Shongum by local residents...

    , a town in Ulster County
  • Shawangunk Correctional Facility
    Shawangunk Correctional Facility
    Shawangunk Correctional Facility is a maximum security prison for males located in Ulster County, New York in the United States.- History :The prison was constructed in 1983 to expand the maximum security capabilities of the state prison system and was located near the existing Wallkill...

  • Shawangunk Grasslands National Wildlife Refuge
    Shawangunk Grasslands National Wildlife Refuge
    The Shawangunk Grasslands National Wildlife Refuge is a wildlife refuge located in Ulster County, New York, USA.Formerly the Galeville Military Airport, it was decommissioned in 1994 and turned over to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service in 1999...

    , in Ulster County
  • Shawangunk Kill
    Shawangunk Kill
    The Shawangunk Kill is a stream that flows northward through Orange, Sullivan and Ulster counties, New York, in the United States. It is the largest tributary of the Wallkill River....

    , a tributary of the Wallkill River
  • Shawangunk Ridge
    Shawangunk Ridge
    The Shawangunk Ridge , also known as the Shawangunk Mountains or The Gunks, is a ridge of bedrock in Ulster County, Sullivan County and Orange County in the state of New York, extending from the northernmost point of New Jersey to the Catskill Mountains.The ridgetop, which widens considerably at...

    , also known as the Shawangunk Mountains or The Gunks


In geology
  • Shawangunk Formation
    Shawangunk Formation
    The Silurian Shawangunk Formation is a mapped bedrock unit in eastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York. It is named for the Shawangunk Ridge for which it is the dominant rock type. The division of the Shawangunk between the Tuscarora Formation and Clinton Group has not been conclusively...

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