| Colter Butte | |
| Label: | Colter Butte |
| Label Position: | right |
| Elevation Ft: | 7254 |
| Elevation Ref: | [1] |
| Prominence Ft: | 994 |
| Isolation Mi: | 1.94 |
| Parent Peak: | Alsap Butte (7,500 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: | 260 |
| Coordinates: | 36.2368°N -111.9191°W |
| Coordinates Ref: | [2] |
| Topo: | USGS Walhalla Plateau |
| Rock: | sandstone, limestone, shale |
Colter Butte is a 7254feet summit located in the Grand Canyon in Coconino County of northern Arizona, US.[2] It is situated four miles southeast of Point Imperial, where it towers 3600abbr=offNaNabbr=off above Nankoweap Canyon. Its neighbors include Brady Peak, 2.5 miles to the west-northwest, Alsap Butte two miles to the northwest, and Swilling Butte one-half mile to the east. Colter Butte is named after James G. H. Colter (1844–1922), born in Nova Scotia, Canada, he came to the Arizona Territory in 1872 as a pioneer, farmer, cattleman, Apache and desperado fighter.[2] [3] He was the father of Arizona state senator Fred Colter.[4] This geographical feature's name was officially adopted in 1932 by the United States Board on Geographic Names.[2] According to the Köppen climate classification system, Colter Butte is located in a cold semi-arid climate zone.[5] This butte is composed of Pennsylvanian-Permian Supai Group which overlays cliff-forming Mississippian Redwall Limestone, which in turn overlays slope-forming Cambrian Tonto Group.[6] Precipitation runoff from this feature drains east to the Colorado River via Nankoweap Creek on the north side and Kwagunt Creek from the south slope.