Venus Temple Explained

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

basalt

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.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Venus Temple – 6,281' AZ . Lists of John . January 21, 2021 .
  2. https://topozone.com/arizona/coconino-az/summit/venus-temple/ Venus Temple, Topozone