Thor Temple is a -elevation summit located in the Grand Canyon, in Coconino County, Arizona, Coconino County of northern Arizona, Southwestern United States, United States.
It is situated west-northwest of Cape Royal on the canyon's North Rim, east of Brahma Temple (Grand Canyon), Brahma Temple, and north-northwest of Wotans Throne. It rises above the Colorado River in . According to the Köppen climate classification system, Thor Temple is located in a cold semi-arid climate zone.
Thor Temple is named for Thor, the hammer-wielding god associated with lightning, thunder, and storms in Germanic mythology, and son of Odin, Wotan. This name was applied by geologist François E. Matthes, in keeping with Clarence Dutton's practice of naming geographical features in the Grand Canyon after mythological deities. A variant name for this landform is "Thors Hammer."
This geographical feature's name was officially adopted in 1906 by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names.
Geology
Thor Temple is composed of strata of the Pennsylvanian (geology), Pennsylvanian-Permian Supai Group. Further down are strata of Mississippian (geology), Mississippian Redwall Limestone, Cambrian Tonto Group, and finally Proterozoic Unkar Group at creek level.
[N.H. Darton, ''Story of the Grand Canyon of Arizona'', 1917.] Precipitation Surface runoff, runoff from Thor Temple drains southwest to the Colorado River via Clear Creek.
See also
* Geology of the Grand Canyon area
References
External links
* Weather forecast
National Weather ServiceThor Temple from Francois Matthes Point. 1969 photo
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Landforms of Coconino County, Arizona
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