Alsap Butte
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| Alsap Butte | |
|---|---|
 Alsap Butte centered, south aspect (Saddle Mountain in background) | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 7,494 ft (2,284 m)[1] |
| Prominence | 873 ft (266 m)[1] |
| Parent peak | Brady Peak (8,121 ft)[2] |
| Isolation | 0.92 mi (1.48 km)[2] |
| Coordinates | 36°15′00″N 111°56′59″W / 36.2501178°N 111.9497805°W[3] |
| Geography | |
  Alsap Butte Location in Arizona  Alsap Butte Alsap Butte (the United States) | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Arizona |
| County | Coconino |
| Protected area | Grand Canyon National Park |
| Parent range | Kaibab Plateau[1] Colorado Plateau |
| Topo map | USGS Point Imperial |
| Geology | |
| Rock type | sandstone, limestone, shale |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | 1972 by Donald Davis[4] |
Alsap Butte is a 7,494-foot-elevation (2,284-meter) summit located in the Grand Canyon in Coconino County of northern Arizona, Southwestern United States.[3] It is situated two miles north of the Roosevelt Point on the canyon's North Rim, where it towers 3,700 feet (1,100 meters) above Nankoweap Canyon. Its nearest higher neighbor is Brady Peak, one mile to the southwest, with Hancock Butte and Mount Hayden set to the northwest, and Colter Butte two miles to southeast.[1] Alsap Butte is named after John T. Alsap, a pioneer and politician of the Arizona Territory who served as the first mayor of Phoenix, and is known as "Father of Maricopa County".[3] The geographical feature's name was officially adopted in 1932 by the United States Board on Geographic Names.[3] According to the Köppen climate classification system, Alsap Butte is located in a cold semi-arid climate zone.[5] Alsap Butte is composed of Pennsylvanian-Permian Supai Group overlaying cliff-forming Mississippian Redwall Limestone, which in turn overlays slope-forming Cambrian Tonto Group.[6] Precipitation runoff from this feature drains northeast into the Colorado River via Nankoweap Creek.
See also
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References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Alsap Butte, Arizona". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2021-01-24.
- ^ a b "Alsap Butte - 7,500' AZ". Lists of John. Retrieved 2021-01-24.
- ^ a b c d "Alsap Butte". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2021-01-24.
- ^ Harvey Butchart’s Hiking Log - Detailed Hiking Log (May 27, 1972 - February 19, 1973)
- ^ Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L.; McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification". Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11. ISSN 1027-5606.
- ^ William Kenneth Hamblin, Anatomy of the Grand Canyon: Panoramas of the Canyon's Geology, 2008, Grand Canyon Association Publisher, ISBN 9781934656013
External links
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- Weather forecast: National Weather Service
- Alsap Butte photo by Harvey Butchart