Marsh Butte

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Coordinates: 36°07′15″N 112°14′43″W / 36.1207312°N 112.2451402°W / 36.1207312; -112.2451402
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Marsh Butte
 
East aspect, from Tonto Trail
Highest point
Elevation4,721 ft (1,439 m)[1]
Prominence301 ft (92 m)[1]
Parent peakDiana Temple (6,683 ft)[1]
Isolation1.51 mi (2.43 km)[1]
Coordinates36°07′15″N 112°14′43″W / 36.1207312°N 112.2451402°W / 36.1207312; -112.2451402[2]
Naming
EtymologyOthniel Charles Marsh
Geography
Marsh Butte is located in Arizona
Marsh Butte
Marsh Butte
Location in Arizona
Marsh Butte is located in the United States
Marsh Butte
Marsh Butte
Marsh Butte (the United States)
Location
class 4 climbing[1]

Marsh Butte is a 4,721-foot-elevation (1,439-meter) summit located in the

Topographic relief is significant, as Marsh Butte rises over 2,300 feet (700 meters) above the Colorado River
in half a mile (1 km).

Marsh Butte is composed of

cold semi-arid climate zone.[5]

History

Marsh

In March 1906, this butte was officially named "Endymion Dome", for

U.S. Board on Geographic Names.[2] George Wharton James described it in his 1910 book "The Grand Canyon of Arizona How to See It" as "a butte of singularly beautiful structure."[7]

The

class 4 east ridge.[8]

See also

Gallery

  • Marsh Butte (centered in bullseye), from Pima Point
    Marsh Butte (centered in bullseye), from Pima Point
  • Marsh Butte centered in bullseye, Geikie Peak behind it
    Marsh Butte centered in bullseye, Geikie Peak behind it
  • Aerial view with Marsh Butte lower left, Diana Temple upper left, Geikie Peak centered at bullseye.
    Aerial view with Marsh Butte lower left, Diana Temple upper left, Geikie Peak centered at bullseye.
  • Aerial view of Diana Temple (upper left) and Marsh Butte (lower right)
    Aerial view of Diana Temple (upper left) and Marsh Butte (lower right)
  • Diana Temple centered at top and Marsh Butte centered at bottom. Aerial view from ENE.
    Diana Temple centered at top and Marsh Butte centered at bottom.
    Aerial view from ENE.
  • Marsh Butte (end of ridge) formed in Redwall Limestone. Tapeats Sandstone (brown cliff at bottom of photograph), Manakacha Formation (red cliff at top of photograph).
    Marsh Butte (end of ridge) formed in Redwall Limestone. Tapeats Sandstone (brown cliff at bottom of photograph), Manakacha Formation (red cliff at top of photograph).

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Marsh Butte – 4,721' AZ". Lists of John. Retrieved 2021-01-14.
  2. ^ a b c d "Marsh Butte". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2021-01-14.
  3. ^ N.H. Darton, Story of the Grand Canyon of Arizona, 1917, page 39.
  4. ISBN 9781934656013
    .
  5. ISSN 1027-5606
    .
  6. ^ Randy Moore and Kara Felicia Witt, The Grand Canyon: An Encyclopedia of Geography, History, and Culture, 2018, ABC-CLIO Publisher, page 151.
  7. ^ George Wharton James, The Grand Canyon of Arizona How to See It, 1910, Little Brown and Company, page 40.
  8. ISBN 9780971088009
    , page 54.

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