en Cheops Pyramid

Cheops Pyramid
Cheops Pyramid
	South aspect, from South Rim's Yavapai Point
Highest point
Elevation	5,401 ft (1,646 m)
Prominence	800 ft (240 m)
Parent peak	Isis Temple (7,006 ft)
Isolation	1.72 mi (2.77 km)
Coordinates	36°07′13″N 112°07′12″W / 36.1203033°N 112.1201072°W
Geography
	Cheops Pyramid Location in Arizona Cheops Pyramid Cheops Pyramid (the United States)
Country	United States
State	Arizona
County	Coconino
Protected area	Grand Canyon National Park
Parent range	Kaibab Plateau; Colorado Plateau
Topo map	USGS Phantom Ranch
Geology
Rock type	sandstone, limestone, shale
Climbing
Easiest route	class 4 climbing

Cheops Pyramid is a 5,401-foot-elevation (1,646-meter) summit located in the Grand Canyon, in Coconino County of Arizona, US.^[3]

Description

This butte is situated four miles north of Grand Canyon Village, 2.5 miles south-southwest of Buddha Temple, and 1.7 mile south-southeast of Isis Temple, which is the nearest higher neighbor. Topographic relief is significant as it rises 3,000 feet (910 meters) above the Colorado River in 1.5 mile. It was named by George Wharton James for the fanciful resemblance to the famous pyramid constructed by Egyptian Pharaoh Cheops.^[4] This was in keeping with Clarence Dutton's tradition of naming geographical features in the Grand Canyon after mythological deities.^[5] This butte's toponym was officially adopted in 1906 by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names.^[3] According to the Köppen climate classification system, Cheops Pyramid is located in a Cold semi-arid climate zone.^[6]

Cheops Pyramid is a flat-topped erosional remnant composed of Mississippian Redwall Limestone, overlaying the green shale slopes of the Cambrian Tonto Group, and below that red shale and Shinumo Quartzite of the Proterozoic Unkar Group.^[7] Precipitation runoff from Cheops Pyramid drains south to the Colorado River via Phantom Creek (east), and Ninetyone Mile Creek (west).

Isis Temple left, Cheops Pyramid in front, Buddha Temple right of center in back.
Isis Temple left, Cheops Pyramid right
Cheops Pyramid (left) and Buddha Temple (right), seen from junction of the Tonto West Trail and Bright Angel Trail
Southeast aspect from Bright Angel Trail
Isis Temple left, Cheops Pyramid right
Cheops Pyramid in bullseye, from Hopi Point
Cheops Pyramid below onlookers at Maricopa Point
Cheops Pyramid (left) and Buddha Temple (right)

^ ^a ^b ^c "Cheops Pyramid, Arizona". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2021-01-16.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Cheops Pyramid – 5,401' AZ". Lists of John. Retrieved 2021-01-16.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Cheops Pyramid". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2021-01-16.
^ Gregory McNamee, Grand Canyon Place Names, 1997, Mountaineers Publisher, ISBN 9780898865332, page 34.
^ Randy Moore and Kara Felicia Witt, The Grand Canyon: An Encyclopedia of Geography, History, and Culture, 2018, ABC-CLIO Publisher, page 151.
^ 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.
^ N.H. Darton, Story of the Grand Canyon of Arizona, 1917, pages 26, 37.