Apollo Temple is a 6,252-foot-elevation (1,906 meter) summit located in the

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, in Coconino County of northern

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, US. It is situated four miles due east of Cape Royal on the canyon's North Rim, four miles northeast of Vishnu Temple, and a half-mile south-southeast of Venus Temple, which is the nearest higher neighbor.

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is significant as it rises over 3,600 feet (1,100 meters) above the

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in less than two miles. Apollo Temple is named for

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of the sun in

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and

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. This name was applied in 1902 by geologist

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, in keeping with

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's tradition of naming geographical features in the Grand Canyon after mythological deities. This feature's name was officially adopted in 1906 by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names. The top of Apollo Temple is composed of lower strata of the

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. This overlays the cliff-forming layer of

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Redwall Limestone, which in turn overlays

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.N.H. Darton, ''Story of the Grand Canyon of Arizona'', 1917. According to the

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system, Apollo Temple is located in a

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zone. Precipitation

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from Apollo Temple drains south to the Colorado River via Unkar and Basalt Creeks.

Gallery

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Jupiter Temple Jupiter Temple is a -elevation summit located in the Grand Canyon, in Coconino County of northern Arizona, United States. It is situated southeast of Cape Final on the canyon's North Rim, north-northwest of Apollo Temple, and northeast of Frey ...

behind left, and Gunther Castle upper right File:Morning Light, Grand Canyon Flight.jpg, Apollo Temple lower left, Venus Temple lower right. Aerial view. File:Major Powell's boat with famous armchair. Grand Canyon.jpg, Major

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's boat with famous armchair.
Apollo Temple in the distance. circa 1869

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* Weather forecast
National Weather Service
* 1904 postcard (Apollo Temple to left)
Wikimedia

Aerial view, Apollo Temple, Mountainzone
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