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This is a list of Supai Group prominences in the Grand Canyon. Landforms with up to 4 units of Supai Group, as prominences.
The rock unit sequences are as follows:
Supai Group prominence | ||||
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Landform | Location | __Notes__ | Images | |
Whites Butte | (near start of)- West Grand Canyon |
remainder debris of Supai Group Wata- homigi Formation |
Supai Group prominence Esplanade Sandstone (unit 4) | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Landform | Location | __Notes__ | Images | |
Cardenas Butte Thor Temple |
East South Rim Central Grand Canyon |
butte on ridgeline
[1] platform of Esplanade (with debris remainders?) |
Manakacha Formation prominence | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Landform | Location | Notes | Images | |
Dana Butte Scorpion Ridge The Howlands Butte |
Central-East Grand Canyon (beginning)- West Grand Canyon Central Grand Canyon [2] (start of)-West Grand Canyon |
|
Supai Group prominence | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Landform | Location | __Notes__ | Images | |
Geikie Peak | (near start of)- West Grand Canyon |
remainder (pyramidal) slopes Wata- homigi Formation |
The cliff-former (and a platform-former) Esplanade Sandstone supports cliffs of Coconino Sandstone, the cliffs being on slope-former Hermit Shale, then the Esplanade Sandstone platform.
This article needs additional citations for
verification. (January 2021) |
This is a list of Supai Group prominences in the Grand Canyon. Landforms with up to 4 units of Supai Group, as prominences.
The rock unit sequences are as follows:
Supai Group prominence | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Landform | Location | __Notes__ | Images | |
Whites Butte | (near start of)- West Grand Canyon |
remainder debris of Supai Group Wata- homigi Formation |
Supai Group prominence Esplanade Sandstone (unit 4) | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Landform | Location | __Notes__ | Images | |
Cardenas Butte Thor Temple |
East South Rim Central Grand Canyon |
butte on ridgeline
[1] platform of Esplanade (with debris remainders?) |
Manakacha Formation prominence | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Landform | Location | Notes | Images | |
Dana Butte Scorpion Ridge The Howlands Butte |
Central-East Grand Canyon (beginning)- West Grand Canyon Central Grand Canyon [2] (start of)-West Grand Canyon |
|
Supai Group prominence | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Landform | Location | __Notes__ | Images | |
Geikie Peak | (near start of)- West Grand Canyon |
remainder (pyramidal) slopes Wata- homigi Formation |
The cliff-former (and a platform-former) Esplanade Sandstone supports cliffs of Coconino Sandstone, the cliffs being on slope-former Hermit Shale, then the Esplanade Sandstone platform.