Osiris Temple Explained

Osiris Temple
Label:Osiris.Temple
Label Position:right
Elevation Ft:6613
Elevation Ref:[1]
Prominence Ft:1469
Isolation Mi:2.27
Parent Peak:Shiva Temple (Grand Canyon)
Location:Grand Canyon
Coconino County, Arizona, US
Range:Kaibab Plateau
Colorado Plateau
Etymology:Osiris[2]
Map:Arizona#USA
Map Size:230
Coordinates:36.1454°N -112.1871°W
Rock:sandstone, siltstone, mudstone

Osiris Temple is a 6,613 ft elevation summit located in the Grand Canyon, in Coconino County of Arizona, US. This butte is situated approximately (2.27 mi) southwest of Shiva Temple, in the Upper Trinity Creek watershed, a north watershed into the Colorado River at Granite Gorge.

Osiris Temple is the highest prominence in a series of three connected landforms extending south to Granite Gorge, namely Osiris Temple, Horus Temple, and Tower of Set. The western flanks of the landforms drain into regions of Lower Ninetyfour Mile Creek & Canyon; the eastern flanks drainage is into Trinity Canyon. The headwaters of Trinity Canyon is the southern flank of Shiva Temple, the parent landform of Osiris Temple. The Shiva Temple is a heavily forested tableland-butte, one of two such remnants of the North Rim (Kaibab Plateau). The other tableland is Wotans Throne, adjacent Cape Royal viewpoint.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Osiris Temple – 6,613' AZ . Lists of John . January 5, 2021 .
  2. Circular of General Information Regarding Grand Canyon National Park Arizona, 1928, U.S. Government Printing Office, page 64.