10-1546: Landform in the Grand Canyon, Arizona [REDACTED] This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Osiris Temple" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR ( January 2021 ) ( Learn how and when to remove this message ) Osiris Temple [REDACTED] (view north up Trinity Canyon ) (west)-Three prominences: Tower of Set , Horus Temple , Osiris Temple (east)- Isis Temple (north)- Shiva Temple , (south flank) Highest point Elevation 6,613 ft (2,016 m) Prominence 1,469 ft (448 m) Parent peak Shiva Temple (Grand Canyon) Isolation 2.27 mi (3.65 km) Coordinates 36°08′43″N 112°11′14″W / 36.1454°N 112.1871°W / 36.1454; -112.1871 Naming Etymology Osiris Geography [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Osiris.Temple Location in Arizona Show map of Arizona [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Osiris.Temple Osiris.Temple (the United States) Show map of
20-503: Is a flat ~north-south platform composed of the reddish Pennsylvanian - Permian Supai Group . The 69th unit and uppermost unit of the Supai Group is the extremely resistant Esplanade Sandstone . At the north end of this platform is the butte’s prominence, an extremely fractured remnant, of cliff-former Coconino Sandstone capstone , upon a small slope of slope-forming , deep brown-red Hermit Formation . The Supai Group sits on
30-570: Is different from Wikidata Articles needing additional references from January 2021 All articles needing additional references Pages using gadget WikiMiniAtlas Commons category link is on Wikidata Tower of Set Tower of Set is a 6,012-foot-elevation (1,832-meter) summit located in the Grand Canyon , in Coconino County of Arizona , US . This butte is situated four miles north of Hopi Point overlook on
40-1205: Is into Trinity Canyon. The headwaters of Trinity Canyon is the southern flank of Shiva Temple, the parent landform of Osiris Temple. The Shiva Temple is a heavily forested tableland-butte, one of two such remnants of the North Rim ( Kaibab Plateau ). The other tableland is Wotans Throne , adjacent Cape Royal viewpoint. [REDACTED] Looking north up Ninetyfour Mile Creek drainage to Osiris Temple, from Hermit Trail References [ edit ] ^ "Osiris Temple – 6,613' AZ" . Lists of John . Retrieved January 5, 2021 . ^ Circular of General Information Regarding Grand Canyon National Park Arizona , 1928, U.S. Government Printing Office, page 64. External links [ edit ] [REDACTED] Wikimedia Commons has media related to Osiris Temple, Arizona . Aerial view, Osiris Temple, Mountainzone.com Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Osiris_Temple&oldid=1064145449 " Categories : Grand Canyon Landforms of Coconino County, Arizona Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description
50-540: The Colorado River via Trinity Creek (east), and Ninetyfour Mile Creek (west). Horus Temple Horus Temple is a 6,150 ft elevation summit located in the Grand Canyon , in Coconino County of Arizona , Southwestern United States . This butte is situated as the central landform in a 3-series line of peaks southwest of the Shiva Temple (forested)-tableland prominence. The top of Horus Temple
60-553: The United States Location Grand Canyon Coconino County , Arizona, US Parent range Kaibab Plateau Colorado Plateau Geology Rock type sandstone , siltstone , mudstone Osiris Temple is a 6,613 ft elevation summit located in the Grand Canyon , in Coconino County of Arizona , US . This butte is situated approximately (2.27 mi) southwest of Shiva Temple , in
70-472: The Upper Trinity Creek watershed, a north watershed into the Colorado River at Granite Gorge. Osiris Temple is the highest prominence in a series of three connected landforms extending south to Granite Gorge, namely Osiris Temple, Horus Temple , and Tower of Set . The western flanks of the landforms drain into regions of Lower Ninetyfour Mile Creek & Canyon; the eastern flanks drainage
80-510: The canyon's South Rim, two miles southeast of Tower of Ra , and three miles south-southwest of Shiva Temple , where it towers 3,600 feet (1,100 meters) above the Colorado River . Tower of Set was originally named Temple of Sett in 1879 by Thomas Moran , for the Egyptian deity of war, Set , because a niche worn into its wall evoked temples in the valley of the Nile . Another source states it
90-786: Was made in November 1977 by Bruce Grubbs and Jim Haggart. According to the Köppen climate classification system, Tower of Set is located in a cold semi-arid climate zone. The top of Tower of Set is composed of the reddish Pennsylvanian - Permian Supai Group . Further down are strata of Mississippian Redwall Limestone , the Cambrian Tonto Group , and finally granite of the Paleoproterozoic Vishnu Basement Rocks at river level. Precipitation runoff from Tower of Set drains due-south to
100-445: Was named by George Wharton James , in keeping with Clarence Dutton 's tradition of naming geographical features in the Grand Canyon after mythological deities. This mountain's name was officially adopted in 1906 by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names . In 1919, Harriet Williams Russell Strong proposed connecting Hopi Point and Tower of Set across the river via an aerial tramway, an idea that never came to fruition. The first ascent
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