Atoko Point Explained

Atoko Point
Photo Size:280px
Label:Atoko Point
Label Position:right
Elevation Ft:8382
Elevation Ref:[1]
Prominence Ft:50
Isolation Mi:0.5
Parent Peak:prominence 8442 ft
Location:Grand Canyon National Park,
(Walhalla Plateau)
Coconino County, Arizona, US
Range:Kaibab Plateau
(Walhalla Plateau)
Colorado Plateau
Map:Arizona#USA
Map Size:230
Coordinates:36.2114°N -111.9335°W
Coordinates Ref:[2]
Topo:USGS Walhalla Plateau
Age:Permian
Type:sedimentary rock

limestone-(prominence-cliff)

Rock:Kaibab Limestone

Atoko Point is a 8,382 ft-cliff-elevation Point located in the eastern Grand Canyon, Coconino County of northern Arizona, United States. It is about 6.5 miles south-southeast of the northernmost point on the east of the North Rim (Point Imperial), but most of the points south, are on the East Rim (or South Rim) of the sub-plateau, the Walhalla Plateau. Atoko Point is 1.3 miles southeast of Roosevelt Point, and also 2.6 miles southeast of the Vista Encantada viewpoint. Two headwater canyons of Upper Kwagunt Creek and Canyon bisect around Atoko Point, and drain east to the south-flowing Colorado River, about 6.5 miles east, in the southernmost stretch of Marble Canyon. Atoko Point lies about one mile east of the Cape Royal Road.

The cliff of Atoko Point is composed of Kaibab Limestone, upon Toroweap Formation, on white cliffs of Coconino Sandstone. Below is soft erodible, dk-burnt red Hermit Shale, on bright-red-orange Supai Group layers (4 units).

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Notes and References

  1. https://www.mountainzone.com/mountain/arizona/coconino-az/cliff/atoko-Point/ Aerial view – 8,382 ft, Atoko Point, Mountainzone
  2. https://www.topozone.com/arizona/coconino-az/cliff/atoko-point/ Atoko Point, Topozone.com