Chuar Butte

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Coordinates: 36°11′45″N 111°49′29″W / 36.1958779°N 111.8248042°W / 36.1958779; -111.8248042
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Chuar Butte
East aspect
Highest point
Elevation6,500 ft (2,000 m)[1]
Prominence1,513 ft (461 m)[1]
Parent peakGunther Castle (7,199 ft)[1]
Isolation2.95 mi (4.75 km)[1]
Coordinates36°11′45″N 111°49′29″W / 36.1958779°N 111.8248042°W / 36.1958779; -111.8248042[2]
Geography
Chuar Butte is located in Arizona
Chuar Butte
Chuar Butte
Location in Arizona
Chuar Butte is located in the United States
Chuar Butte
Chuar Butte
Chuar Butte (the United States)
Location
class 5.2 climbing[1]

Chuar Butte is a prominent 6,500-foot-elevation (2,000-meter) summit located in the

cold semi-arid climate zone.[3]

History

Chuar Butte was named by

U.S. Board on Geographic Names.[2]

Chuar Butte and adjacent Temple Butte are the historical site of wreckage from the 1956 Grand Canyon mid-air collision, in which two commercial airliners collided, resulting in the deaths of all 128 on board both planes. This disaster was a catalyst that forced the government to overhaul airline regulation and to establish the Federal Aviation Administration. The site was designated a National Historic Landmark on April 22, 2014, and is in a remote area of the canyon that is only accessible to hikers.

Geology

The top of Chuar Butte is composed of Permian Kaibab Limestone, which overlays cream-colored, cliff-forming, Permian Coconino Sandstone.[7] The sandstone, which is the third-youngest of the strata in the Grand Canyon, was deposited 265 million years ago as sand dunes. Below the Coconino Sandstone is reddish, slope-forming, Permian Hermit Formation, which in turn overlays the Pennsylvanian-Permian Supai Group. Further down are strata of Mississippian Redwall Limestone, and finally Cambrian Tonto Group at river level. The Butte Fault is on the west side of Chuar Butte. Uplift along the fault has lifted the Neoproterozoic Chuar Group 3,000 feet relative to the limestone layer, exposing mudstone of the Chuar Group.[8]

Gallery

  • Chuar Butte illuminated, with Temple Butte below
    Chuar Butte illuminated, with Temple Butte below
  • Chuar Butte from north rim of Little Colorado River
    Chuar Butte from north rim of Little Colorado River
  • Aerial view looking north
    Aerial view looking north
  • Aerial view looking northeast
    Aerial view looking northeast
  • Aerial view looking north
    Aerial view looking north
  • Chuar Butte centered at top, view from Desert View
    Chuar Butte centered at top, view from Desert View
  • Chuar Butte with Little Colorado River
    Chuar Butte with Little Colorado River
  • Chuar Butte left of center in the distance, seen from Desert View
    Chuar Butte left of center in the distance, seen from Desert View

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Chuar Butte – 6,500' AZ". Lists of John. Retrieved January 2, 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Chuar Butte". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2021-01-02.
  3. ISSN 1027-5606
    .
  4. ^ William Culp Darrah, Powell of the Colorado, 1951, Princeton University Press, page 155.
  5. ISBN 9780898865332
    , page 35.
  6. ^ Powell’s Surveyors at Pipe Spring NPS.gov
  7. ^ N.H. Darton, Story of the Grand Canyon of Arizona, 1917, page 62.
  8. ISBN 9781934656013
    , page 70.

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