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Masonic Temple (Grand Canyon)

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Masonic Temple
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South aspect (Dutton Point upper left)
Highest point
Elevation 6,242 ft (1,903 m) [1]
Prominence 62 ft (19 m) [1]
Parent peak Holy Grail Temple (6,711 ft) [1]
Isolation 2.58 mi (4.15 km) [1]
Coordinates 36°16′35″N112°21′03″W / 36.2764984°N 112.3507455°W / 36.2764984; -112.3507455 [2]
Geography
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Masonic Temple
Location in Arizona
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Masonic Temple
Masonic Temple (the United States)
CountryUnited States
State Arizona
County Coconino
Protected area Grand Canyon National Park
Parent range Kaibab Plateau
Colorado Plateau
Topo map USGS King Arthur Castle
Geology
Rock type(s) sandstone, limestone, shale
Climbing
First ascent Alan Doty [3]
Easiest route class 4 climbing [1]

Masonic Temple is a 6,242-foot-elevation (1,903-meter) summit located in the Grand Canyon, in Coconino County of northern Arizona, US. [2] Set below Dutton Point on the Powell Plateau, and overlooking the Shinumo Amphitheater, it is situated three miles west of Holy Grail Temple, 2.7 miles northwest of Dox Castle, and 1.6 miles north-northeast of Fan Island. Topographic relief is significant as it rises 4,000 feet (1,200 meters) above the Colorado River in four miles (6.4 km). According to the Köppen climate classification system, Masonic Temple is located in a cold semi-arid climate zone, with precipitation runoff draining south to the Colorado River via Hakatai Canyon from the west aspect, Burro Canyon from the south aspect, and Muav Canyon from the east aspect. [4] This butte is an erosional remnant composed of strata of the Pennsylvanian-Permian Supai Group overlaying the conspicuous cliffs of Mississippian Redwall Limestone, in turn overlaying the Cambrian Tonto Group. [5]

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Etymology

Masonic Temple was named by George Wharton James as a tribute to the Order of Freemasons, an organization to which he belonged. [2] [6] To James, the immense angular walls below Dutton Point seemed to form a square, and the freemasonry expression "on the square" suggested to him the name. [7] This feature's name was officially adopted in 1908 by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Masonic Temple – 6,242' AZ". Lists of John. Retrieved 2021-02-27.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Masonic Temple". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved 2021-02-27.
  3. ↑ Todd R. Berger, Reflections of Grand Canyon Historians: Ideas, Arguments and First-Person Accounts, 2nd edition, 2008, Grand Canyon Association Publisher, ISBN   978-1934656006
  4. ↑ Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L.; McMahon, T. A. (October 11, 2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification" (PDF). Hydrology and Earth System Sciences . 11 (5): 1633–1644. Bibcode:2007HESS...11.1633P. doi: 10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007 . Archived (PDF) from the original on February 14, 2021.
  5. ↑ Ralph Lee Hopkins, Hiking the Southwest's Geology: Four Corners Region, 2002, The Mountaineers Books, ISBN   0898868564, page 91.
  6. ↑ Gregory McNamee, Grand Canyon Place Names, 1997, Mountaineers Publisher, ISBN   9780898865332, page 80.
  7. ↑ George Wharton James, In and Around the Grand Canyon, 1900, Little, Brown, and Company, page 98.
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