Venus Temple | |
Photo Size: | 305px |
Label: | Venus Temple |
Label Position: | right |
Elevation Ft: | 6281 |
Prominence Ft: | 501 |
Isolation Mi: | 0.86 |
Isolation Ref: | [1] |
Parent Peak: | Jupiter Temple |
Location: | Grand Canyon National Park Coconino County, Arizona, US |
Range: | Kaibab Plateau (Walhalla Plateau) Colorado Plateau |
Map: | Arizona#USA |
Map Size: | 230 |
Coordinates: | 36.1235°N -111.8835°W |
Coordinates Ref: | [2] |
Topo: | USGS Cape Royal |
Age: | Pennsylvanian down to Neoproterozoic |
Type: | sedimentary rock sandstone, siltstone, mudstone, limestone, shalevolcanic rock |
Rock: | Supai Group, Redwall Limestone, Muav Limestone, Bright Angel Shale, Tapeats Sandstone, Grand Canyon Supergroup-(4 units), 2–Nankoweap Formation, 1–Unkar Group-members-(5) 5_Cardenas Basalt, 4_Dox Formation |
Venus Temple is a 6,281-foot-elevation summit located in the eastern Grand Canyon, in Coconino County of northern Arizona, US. The landform is attached to Apollo Temple immediately south-southeast. Venus Temple is ~2.0 mi northwest of the southwest-flowing Colorado River. Both Venus and Apollo Temples are 4.0 mi west of the south end of the Grand Canyon’s East Rim. The east side of Venus Temple drains into Upper Basalt Canyon and Creek; the west side drains west-then-south into Lower Unkar Creek.
The prominence of Venus Temple is composed of lower members of the orange-red Supai Group on the upper platform of the cliff-forming Redwall Limestone, upon the Cambrian Tonto Group. Members of the Grand Canyon Supergroup lie below.