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Wotans Throne

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29: 464: 488: 516: 136: 173: 143: 500: 166: 436: 476: 448: 424: 532: 1169: 463: 28: 515: 374:. The sandstone, which is the third-youngest of the strata in the Grand Canyon, was deposited 265 million years ago as sand dunes. Below the Coconino Sandstone is slope-forming, Permian 343:'s practice of naming geographical features in the Grand Canyon after mythological deities. This geographical feature's name was officially adopted in 1906 by the 1274: 1264: 91: 889: 1164: 499: 165: 647: 1279: 763: 475: 135: 1133: 1289: 1138: 638: 447: 487: 312:. It is situated one mile immediately southwest of the Cape Royal overlook on the canyon's North Rim, 1.7 miles west-southwest of 1294: 1225: 1159: 1125: 841: 546: 348: 1218: 643: 257: 1232: 1143: 344: 727: 411:
from Wotans Throne drains south to the Colorado River via Vishnu Creek on its east side, and Clear Creek on the west side.
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Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L.; McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification".
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Wotans Throne left of center with Vishnu Temple to right, seen from South Rim
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Grand Canyon National Park
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The wooded top of Wotans Throne is composed of 700-feet-thick
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is a 7,721-foot-elevation (2,353-meter) summit located in the
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From the south. Left to right: Angels Gate, Wotans Throne,
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overlaying 300-feet-thick, cream-colored, cliff-forming,
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It rises 5,200 feet (1,600 meters) above the 757: 598: 596: 8: 1165:List of trails in Grand Canyon National Park 764: 750: 742: 33:Northeast aspect, from Cape Royal Overlook 18: 890:Grand Canyon–Parashant National Monument 648:United States Department of the Interior 563: 419: 628: 626: 624: 351:system, Wotans Throne is located in a 1275:Mountains of Coconino County, Arizona 1265:Landforms of Coconino County, Arizona 172: 142: 16:Landform in the Grand Canyon, Arizona 7: 1134:Powell Geographic Expedition of 1869 711:Story of the Grand Canyon of Arizona 571: 569: 567: 1139:1956 Grand Canyon mid-air collision 639:Geographic Names Information System 14: 1226:Grand Canyon: The Hidden Secrets 1160:Grand Canyon Backcountry Camping 547:Geology of the Grand Canyon area 530: 514: 498: 486: 474: 462: 446: 434: 422: 171: 164: 141: 134: 27: 1219:The Man Who Walked Through Time 644:United States Geological Survey 1233:Grand Canyon: A Different View 1144:Grand Canyon Airlines Flight 6 407:at creek level. 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Elevation
Prominence
Parent peak
Isolation
Coordinates
36°06′17″N 111°57′37″W / 36.1048317°N 111.9602795°W / 36.1048317; -111.9602795
Wotans Throne is located in Arizona
Wotans Throne is located in the United States
Arizona
Coconino
Grand Canyon National Park
Parent range
Kaibab Plateau
Colorado Plateau
Topo map
USGS
Type of rock
sandstone
limestone
shale
Grand Canyon
Coconino County
Arizona
US
Freya Castle
Vishnu Temple
Zoroaster Temple
Colorado River
Wotan

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