Siegfried Pyre is a -elevation summit located in the eastern
Grand Canyon
The Grand Canyon (, yuf-x-yav, Wi:kaʼi:la, , Southern Paiute language: Paxa’uipi, ) is a steep-sided canyon carved by the Colorado River in Arizona, United States. The Grand Canyon is long, up to wide and attains a depth of over a m ...
, in
Coconino County
Coconino County is a county in the north-central part of the U.S. state of Arizona. Its population was 145,101 at the 2020 census. The county seat is Flagstaff. The county takes its name from ''Cohonino'', a name applied to the Havasupai p ...
of northern
Arizona,
United States. It is situated adjacent to the eastern North Rim, specifically, to the east face of the
Walhalla Plateau Walhalla is the German form of Old Norse ''Valhöll'', which is commonly anglicised as Valhalla. It may refer to:
* Walhalla (memorial), a hall of fame in Donaustauf, Bavaria, Germany.
Places Australia
* Walhalla, Victoria, Australia
* Elec ...
. It is southeast of Atoko Point and northeast of Naji Point. One of its nearest neighbors is
Mount Hayden, as well as
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' ...
.
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
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Geology of the Grand Canyon area
The geology of the Grand Canyon area includes one of the most complete and studied sequences of rock (geology), rock on Earth. The nearly 40 major sedimentary rock layers exposed in the Grand Canyon and in the Grand Canyon National Park area rang ...
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Swilling Butte
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Butchart Butte
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Hubbell Butte
References
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External links
Siegfried Pyre photoby
Harvey Butchart
Grand Canyon
Grand Canyon National Park
Colorado Plateau
Landforms of Coconino County, Arizona
Mountains of Arizona
Mountains of Coconino County, Arizona
North American 2000 m summits