Manu Temple

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Coordinates: 36°10′00″N 112°05′02″W / 36.1666610°N 112.0838942°W / 36.1666610; -112.0838942
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Manu Temple
Buddha Temple (7,212 ft)[1]
Isolation1.26 mi (2.03 km)[1]
Coordinates36°10′00″N 112°05′02″W / 36.1666610°N 112.0838942°W / 36.1666610; -112.0838942[2]
Geography
Manu Temple is located in Arizona
Manu Temple
Manu Temple
Location in Arizona
CountryUnited States
State
class 4 climbing[1]

Manu Temple is a 7,184-foot-elevation (2,190-meter)

Topographic relief is significant as it rises nearly 3,600 feet (1,100 meters) in two miles above Bright Angel Canyon to the east, and 2,200 feet in less than one mile above Haunted Canyon to the immediate west. Its neighbors include Brahma Temple and Deva Temple to the east on the opposite side of Bright Angel Canyon. From the South Rim of the canyon it may be difficult to discern Manu Temple from the walls of the Kaibab Plateau one mile behind it, but when the lighting and atmosphere are favorable, this butte of great proportions can be seen clearly defined.[3]

Manu Temple was named by

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

According to the

Cold semi-arid climate zone.[6] Precipitation runoff from Manu Temple drains south into the Colorado River via Bright Angel Creek
on its east side, and Phantom Creek on the west side.

Geology

The summit of Manu Temple is composed of cream-colored, cliff-forming, Permian Coconino Sandstone, which is the third-youngest of the strata in the Grand Canyon, and deposited 265 million years ago as sand dunes.[7] Below the Coconino Sandstone is slope-forming, Permian Hermit Formation, which in turn overlays the Pennsylvanian-Permian Supai Group. Further down are strata of Mississippian Redwall Limestone, Cambrian Tonto Group, and finally Proterozoic Unkar Group at creek level.[8]

See also

Gallery

  • Manu Temple from Widforss Point
    Manu Temple from Widforss Point
  • Buddha Temple and Manu Temple (left) from Widforss Point
    Buddha Temple and Manu Temple (left) from Widforss Point
  • Buddha and Manu Temples, east aspect from Komo Point.
    Buddha and Manu Temples, east aspect from Komo Point.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Manu Temple – 7,184' AZ". Lists of John. Retrieved 2021-01-31.
  2. ^ a b c d "Manu Temple". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2021-01-31.
  3. ^ George Wharton James, The Grand Canyon of Arizona, 1910, Little Brown and Company, page 30.
  4. ^ Randy Moore and Kara Felicia Witt, The Grand Canyon: An Encyclopedia of Geography, History, and Culture, 2018, ABC-CLIO Publisher, pages 151, 170.
  5. ^ George Wharton James, In and Around the Grand Canyon, 1900, Little, Brown, and Company, page 133.
  6. ISSN 1027-5606
    .
  7. ^ N.H. Darton, Story of the Grand Canyon of Arizona, 1917, page 42.
  8. ISBN 9781934656013
    .

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