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The Navajo Sandstone is a geological formation in the Glen Canyon Group that is spread across the U.S. states of southern Nevada, northern Arizona, northwest Colorado, and Utah as part of the Colorado Plateau province of the United States.
Checkerboard Mesa is an iconic 6,520+ ft (1,990+ m) elevation Navajo Sandstone summit located in Zion National Park, in Kane County of southwest Utah, United States. [3] Checkerboard Mesa is situated immediately southwest of the park's east entrance, towering 900 feet (270 meters) above the Zion – Mount Carmel Highway.
Eagle Mesa is situated 4.5 miles (7.2 km) northeast of Oljato–Monument Valley, Utah, on Navajo Nation land. It is an iconic landform of Monument Valley and can be seen from Highway 163 . [ 4 ] Precipitation runoff from this mesa's slopes drains to Mitchell Butte Wash and Train Rock Wash which are both part of the San Juan River drainage basin ...
The Three Sisters are iconic De Chelly Sandstone spires on the southeast tip of Mitchell Mesa. [8] The South Sister is the highest (6,269-ft-elevation) with a 449-ft rise. [ 9 ] The slightly lower North Sister (6,269-ft-elevation) rises 440-ft, [ 10 ] and the Middle Sister (6,100-ft-elevation) has a 280-ft rise. [ 11 ]
The Navajo Sandstone has body fossils of the theropod Segisaurus and an Ammosaurus-like prosauropod, and tracks. [5] The following summarizes vertebrate fossils and tracks reported in the Glen Canyon Group: Navajo Sandstone: Body fossils Tritylodontidae indet. [26] Protosuchidae indet. [26] Segisaurus hallii Camp [26] Ammosaurus [26] Trace fossils
Mt. Kinesava geologic map. Stratification of sandstone deposits from vast dune fields laid down 175 to 200 million years ago can be seen exposed on the south aspect of the mountain. The uppermost 1,500 feet of this mountain is composed of light-colored Jurassic Navajo Sandstone.
Snow Canyon State Park is a state park in Utah, located in the Red Cliffs Desert Reserve. [1] The park features a canyon carved from the red and white Navajo sandstone of the Red Mountains, as well as the extinct Santa Clara Volcano, lava tubes, lava flows, and sand dunes.
Nippletop is a 6,715-foot (2,047-meter) elevation white Navajo Sandstone summit located in Zion National Park, in Washington County of southwest Utah, United States. Nippletop is situated one mile immediately west of Crazy Quilt Mesa, and one mile south of the Zion – Mount Carmel Highway, towering 1,200 feet (370 meters) above it.