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The Isis Temple prominence (a short remainder caprock of bright-white Coconino Sandstone, on an erosion slope of brownish Hermit Formation), is only about 202 ft (62 m) lower than Grand Canyon Village, the main public center on Grand Canyon’s South Rim. Isis Temple is about 5 mi (8.0 km) directly north of Grand Canyon Village on the South Rim ...
Shiva Temple is a 7,646-foot-elevation (2,331-meter) summit located in the Grand Canyon, in Coconino County of Arizona, US. [4] It is situated six miles north of Hopi Point overlook of the canyon's South Rim, about 2.5 miles southwest of North Rim's Tiyo Point, and two miles northwest of Isis Temple, where it towers 5,200 feet (1,600 meters) above the Colorado River.
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.
Osiris Temple is a 6,613 ft elevation summit located in the Grand Canyon, in Coconino County of Arizona, US. This butte is situated approximately (2.27 mi) southwest of Shiva Temple , in the Upper Trinity Creek watershed, a north watershed into the Colorado River at Granite Gorge.
Basalt dike in orange-red Hakatai Shale along Colorado River at Hance Rapid, river mile 76.5, Grand Canyon. Isis Temple and Cheops Pyramid on a fault-block (horst), sitting on "island" of Shinumo Quartzite, of the Unkar Group. Bottom of the Unkar above Granite Gorge, and Vishnu Basement Rocks.
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Location: Coconino and Mohave counties, Arizona, United States: Nearest city: Fredonia, Arizona (North Rim) Tusayan, Arizona (South Rim): Coordinates: 2]: Area: 1,217,262 acres (4,926.08 km 2) [3]: Established: January 11, 1908 () as a national monument February 26, 1919 () as a national park: Visitors: 4,733,705 (in 2023) [4]: Governing body: National Park Service: Website: nps.gov /grca ...
Cheops Pyramid (prominence), Grand Canyon (Isis Temple region, Bright Angel Canyon) The Bass Formation, also known as the Bass Limestone, is a Mesoproterozoic rock formation that outcrops in the eastern Grand Canyon, Coconino County, Arizona. The Bass Formation erodes as either cliffs or stair-stepped cliffs.