Fan Island Explained

Fan Island
Label:Fan Island
Label Position:bottom
Elevation Ft:5092
Elevation Ref:[1]
Prominence Ft:452
Isolation Mi:2.33
Isolation Ref:[2]
Parent Peak:Powell Plateau (7,661 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:36.2575°N -112.3643°W
Coordinates Ref:[3]
Topo:USGS King Arthur Castle
Rock:Redwall Limestone
Tonto Group
First Ascent:Jim Ohlman, Jim Kirschvink[4]
Easiest Route: climbing

Fan Island is a 5092feet summit located in the Grand Canyon, in Coconino County of northern Arizona, US.[3] It is situated two miles south of Dutton Point, 2.5 miles west-northwest of Dox Castle, and 1.6 miles south-southwest of Masonic Temple. Topographic relief is significant as it rises 2900abbr=offNaNabbr=off above the Colorado River in 1miles. Fan Island was so named because the flat top resembles an unfolded hand fan.[5] According to the Köppen climate classification system, Fan Island is located in a cold semi-arid climate zone, with precipitation runoff draining south to the Colorado River via Hakatai Canyon from the west aspect, and Burro Canyon from the east aspect.[6] This butte is an erosional remnant composed of Redwall Limestone overlaying the Tonto Group.[7]

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Notes and References

  1. 66547. Fan Island, Arizona. 2021-02-25.
  2. Web site: Fan Island – 5,092' AZ . Lists of John . 2021-02-25 .
  3. 4546 . Fan Island . 2021-02-25.
  4. Todd R. Berger, Reflections of Grand Canyon Historians: Ideas, Arguments and First-Person Accounts, 2nd edition, 2008, Grand Canyon Association Publisher,, p. 198.
  5. Gregory McNamee, Grand Canyon Place Names, 1997, Mountaineers Publisher,, p. 53.
  6. Peel. M. C.. Finlayson. B. L.. McMahon. T. A.. October 11, 2007. Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification. live. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences. 11. 5. 1633–1644. 10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007. 2007HESS...11.1633P. https://web.archive.org/web/20210214140239/https://hess.copernicus.org/articles/11/1633/2007/hess-11-1633-2007.pdf. February 14, 2021. free.
  7. Ralph Lee Hopkins, Hiking the Southwest's Geology: Four Corners Region, 2002, The Mountaineers Books,, p. 91.