Tucupit Point | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 7,698 ft (2,346 m) NAVD 88 |
Prominence | 138 ft |
Coordinates | 37°27′46.8″N 113°10′25.8″W / 37.463000°N 113.173833°W |
Naming | |
English translation | Wildcat |
Language of name | Ute-Southern Paiute |
Geography | |
Location of "Tucupit Point" in
Zion National Park, Utah | |
Location | Washington County, Utah, U.S. |
Tucupit Point is a prominent sandstone pinnacle in the Kolob Canyons area of Zion National Park in Washington County, Utah, United States.
The formation lays off of Taylor Creek Trail, [1] and rises with a prominence of 138 feet. [2] The pinnacle - visible from U.S. Route 40[ clarification needed] to the west - has been the subject of numerous photographs. American artist Thomas Moran viewed the pinnacle in 1873 while travelling south from Salt Lake City, with the artist later rendering a famous watercolor of the feature. [3] The pinnacle was then named "Colburn's Butte" after Justin Colburn, a correspondent for the New York Times travelling with Moran; it would later be renamed Tucupit Point, "Tucupit" being the Paiute word for wildcat. [4]
Media related to Tucupit Point at Wikimedia Commons
Tucupit Point | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 7,698 ft (2,346 m) NAVD 88 |
Prominence | 138 ft |
Coordinates | 37°27′46.8″N 113°10′25.8″W / 37.463000°N 113.173833°W |
Naming | |
English translation | Wildcat |
Language of name | Ute-Southern Paiute |
Geography | |
Location of "Tucupit Point" in
Zion National Park, Utah | |
Location | Washington County, Utah, U.S. |
Tucupit Point is a prominent sandstone pinnacle in the Kolob Canyons area of Zion National Park in Washington County, Utah, United States.
The formation lays off of Taylor Creek Trail, [1] and rises with a prominence of 138 feet. [2] The pinnacle - visible from U.S. Route 40[ clarification needed] to the west - has been the subject of numerous photographs. American artist Thomas Moran viewed the pinnacle in 1873 while travelling south from Salt Lake City, with the artist later rendering a famous watercolor of the feature. [3] The pinnacle was then named "Colburn's Butte" after Justin Colburn, a correspondent for the New York Times travelling with Moran; it would later be renamed Tucupit Point, "Tucupit" being the Paiute word for wildcat. [4]
Media related to Tucupit Point at Wikimedia Commons