King Arthur Castle

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Coordinates: 36°15′52″N 112°16′17″W / 36.2645481°N 112.2714262°W / 36.2645481; -112.2714262
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King Arthur Castle
King Arthur Castle upper left with Guinevere Castle. Dox Castle to right. From the west.
Highest point
Elevation7,344 ft (2,238 m)[1]
Prominence804 ft (245 m)[1]
Parent peakElaine Castle (7,431 ft)[1]
Isolation2.88 mi (4.63 km)[1]
Coordinates36°15′52″N 112°16′17″W / 36.2645481°N 112.2714262°W / 36.2645481; -112.2714262[2]
Geography
King Arthur Castle is located in Arizona
King Arthur Castle
King Arthur Castle
Location in Arizona
King Arthur Castle is located in the United States
King Arthur Castle
King Arthur Castle
King Arthur Castle (the United States)
LocationGrand Canyon National Park
Coconino County, Arizona, US
Parent rangeKaibab Plateau
Colorado Plateau
Topo mapUSGS King Arthur Castle
Geology
Type of rocklimestone, sandstone, mudstone
Climbing
First ascent1961, Merrel Clubb

King Arthur Castle is a 7,344-foot-elevation (2,238-meter) summit located in the

cold semi-arid climate zone, with precipitation runoff draining west to the Colorado River via Shinumo Creek.[3]

History

R.T. Evans, 1957

U.S. Board on Geographic Names.[2] Evans Butte, located three miles southwest of King Arthur Castle, is named after this same Richard T. Evans, who was a François E. Matthes protégé.[6]

Guinevere Castle (elevation 7,281 ft), connected to King Arthur Castle by a high ridge, is named for Guinevere, the wife and queen of King Arthur. It was also named by Evans, and officially adopted in 1908.[7]

The first ascent of King Arthur Castle was made in 1961 by Merrel Clubb, on his third attempt at it.[8] It took him four days to climb it and was his final climb in the canyon.[9] Harvey Butchart climbed both King Arthur Castle and Guinevere Castle on August 25, 1965, marking the 34th and 35th of the 83 summits he would climb in the Grand Canyon.[10]

Geology

King Arthur Castle centered, Guinevere to right, Dox Castle to left. circa 1901

The summit is composed of Permian Kaibab Limestone and cream-colored Permian Coconino Sandstone. This sandstone, which is the third-youngest stratum 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 the cliff-forming Mississippian Redwall Limestone, Cambrian Tonto Group, and finally Proterozoic Unkar Group at creek level.[11]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d "King Arthur Castle – 7,344' AZ". Lists of John. Retrieved 2021-02-11.
  2. ^ a b c "King Arthur Castle". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2021-02-11.
  3. ISSN 1027-5606
    .
  4. ^ Randy Moore and Kara Felicia Witt, The Grand Canyon: An Encyclopedia of Geography, History, and Culture, 2018, ABC-CLIO Publisher, page 151.
  5. ISBN 9780898865332
    , pages 50, 71.
  6. ISBN 9780898865332
    , page 53.
  7. ^ "Guinevere Castle". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2021-02-11.
  8. ISBN 9780970097354
    .
  9. ^ "Grand Canyon Photos by Merrill Clubb – 1951".
  10. ^ Harvey Butchart’s Hiking Log – Detailed Hiking Log (January 22, 1965 – September 25, 1965)
  11. ^ N.H. Darton, Story of the Grand Canyon of Arizona, 1917.

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