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Siegfried Pyre
Siegfried Pyre is a -elevation summit located in the eastern Grand Canyon, in Coconino County, Arizona, Coconino County of northern Arizona, Southwestern United States, United States. It is situated adjacent to the eastern North Rim, specifically, to the east face of the Walhalla Plateau. It is southeast of Atoko Point and northeast of Naji Point. One of its nearest neighbors is Mount Hayden (Arizona), Mount Hayden, as well as Brady Peak. Because the peak is close to the east face of the Walhalla Plateau, it happens to be at the headwaters of three drainages to the Colorado River, the Kwagunt Creek, north-then-east, the Lava Creek drainage, south-then-east, and the Chuar Creek drainage, southeast-then-east. See also * Geology of the Grand Canyon area * Swilling Butte * Butchart Butte * Hubbell Butte References {{reflist External links Siegfried Pyre photo by Harvey Butchart Grand Canyon Grand Canyon National Park Colorado Plateau Landforms of Coconino County, Arizona Moun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brady Peak
Brady Peak is an -elevation summit located in the Grand Canyon, in Coconino County, Arizona, Coconino County of northern Arizona, Southwestern United States, United States. It is situated northeast of the Vista Encantada viewpoint on the canyon's North Rim, where it towers above the bottom of Nankoweap Canyon. Its nearest higher neighbor is Mount Hayden (Arizona), Mount Hayden, to the north, Kibbey Butte is one mile to northwest, and Alsap Butte lies one mile to the northeast. Brady Peak is named after Peter Rainsford Brady (1825–1902), a pioneer and politician of the Arizona Territory. This geographical feature's name was officially adopted in 1932 by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names. According to the Köppen climate classification system, Brady Peak is located in a cold semi-arid climate zone. Geology The summit spire of Brady Peak is composed of cream-colored Permian Coconino Sandstone.William Kenneth Hamblin, ''Anatomy of the Grand Canyon: Panoramas of the Canyon's Ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
