Cheops Pyramid Explained

Cheops Pyramid
Label:Cheops Pyramid
Label Position:bottom
Elevation Ft:5401
Elevation Ref:[1]
Prominence Ft:800
Isolation Mi:1.72
Isolation Ref:[2]
Parent Peak:Isis Temple (7,006 ft)
Country:United States
State:Arizona
Region:Coconino
Region Type:County
Part Type:Protected area
Part:Grand Canyon National Park
Range:Kaibab Plateau
Colorado Plateau
Map:Arizona#USA
Map Size:230
Coordinates:36.1203°N -112.1201°W
Coordinates Ref:[3]
Topo:USGS Phantom Ranch
Rock:sandstone, limestone, shale
Easiest Route: climbing

Cheops Pyramid is a 5401feet 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 3000abbr=offNaNabbr=off 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).

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Notes and References

  1. 75594. Cheops Pyramid, Arizona. 2021-01-16.
  2. Web site: Cheops Pyramid – 5,401' AZ . Lists of John . 2021-01-16 .
  3. 2788 . Cheops Pyramid . 2021-01-16.
  4. Gregory McNamee, Grand Canyon Place Names, 1997, Mountaineers Publisher,, 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 . 1027-5606.
  7. N.H. Darton, Story of the Grand Canyon of Arizona, 1917, pages 26, 37.