Cheops Pyramid

Landform in the Grand Canyon, Arizona
Cheops Pyramid is located in Arizona
Cheops Pyramid
Cheops Pyramid
Location in Arizona
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Cheops Pyramid is located in the United States
Cheops Pyramid
Cheops Pyramid
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CountryUnited StatesStateArizonaCountyCoconinoProtected areaGrand Canyon National ParkParent rangeKaibab Plateau[1]
Colorado PlateauTopo mapUSGS Phantom RanchGeologyType of rocksandstone, limestone, shaleClimbingEasiest routeclass 4 climbing[2]

Cheops Pyramid is a 5,401-foot-elevation (1,646-meter) summit located in the Grand Canyon, in Coconino County of Arizona, US.[3]

Description

This butte is situated four miles north of Grand Canyon Village, 2.5 miles south-southwest of Buddha Temple, and 1.7 mile south-southeast of Isis Temple, which is the nearest higher neighbor. Topographic relief is significant as it rises 3,000 feet (910 meters) above the Colorado River in 1.5 mile. It was named by George Wharton James for the fanciful resemblance to the famous pyramid constructed by Egyptian Pharaoh Cheops.[4] This was in keeping with Clarence Dutton's tradition of naming geographical features in the Grand Canyon after mythological deities.[5] This butte's toponym was officially adopted in 1906 by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names.[3] According to the Köppen climate classification system, Cheops Pyramid is located in a Cold semi-arid climate zone.[6]

Geology

Cheops Pyramid is a flat-topped erosional remnant composed of Mississippian Redwall Limestone, overlaying the green shale slopes of the Cambrian Tonto Group, and below that red shale and Shinumo Quartzite of the Proterozoic Unkar Group.[7] Precipitation runoff from Cheops Pyramid drains south to the Colorado River via Phantom Creek (east), and Ninetyone Mile Creek (west).

See also

  • Isis Temple left, Cheops Pyramid in front, Buddha Temple right of center in back.
    Isis Temple left, Cheops Pyramid in front, Buddha Temple right of center in back.
  • Isis Temple left, Cheops Pyramid right
    Isis Temple left, Cheops Pyramid right
  • Cheops Pyramid (left) and Buddha Temple (right), seen from junction of the Tonto West Trail and Bright Angel Trail
    Cheops Pyramid (left) and Buddha Temple (right), seen from junction of the Tonto West Trail and Bright Angel Trail
  • Southeast aspect from Bright Angel Trail
    Southeast aspect from Bright Angel Trail
  • Isis Temple left, Cheops Pyramid right
    Isis Temple left, Cheops Pyramid right
  • Cheops Pyramid in bullseye, from Hopi Point
    Cheops Pyramid in bullseye, from Hopi Point
  • Cheops Pyramid below onlookers at Maricopa Point
    Cheops Pyramid below onlookers at Maricopa Point
  • Cheops Pyramid (left) and Buddha Temple (right)
    Cheops Pyramid (left) and Buddha Temple (right)

References

  1. ^ a b c "Cheops Pyramid, Arizona". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2021-01-16.
  2. ^ a b c "Cheops Pyramid – 5,401' AZ". Lists of John. Retrieved 2021-01-16.
  3. ^ a b c "Cheops Pyramid". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2021-01-16.
  4. ^ Gregory McNamee, Grand Canyon Place Names, 1997, Mountaineers Publisher, ISBN 9780898865332, page 34.
  5. ^ Randy Moore and Kara Felicia Witt, The Grand Canyon: An Encyclopedia of Geography, History, and Culture, 2018, ABC-CLIO Publisher, page 151.
  6. ^ Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L.; McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification". Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11. ISSN 1027-5606.
  7. ^ N.H. Darton, Story of the Grand Canyon of Arizona, 1917, pages 26, 37.
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