Juno Temple (Grand Canyon) | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 6,896 ft (2,102 m) [1] |
Prominence | 396 ft (121 m) [1] |
Parent peak | Jupiter Temple |
Isolation | 1.08 mi (1.74 km) [1] |
Coordinates | 36°09′01″N 111°53′30″W / 36.1504°N 111.8917°W |
Geography | |
Location |
Grand Canyon National Park Coconino County, Arizona, US |
Parent range |
Kaibab Plateau (Walhalla Plateau) Colorado Plateau |
Topo map | USGS Walhalla Plateau |
Geology | |
Age of rock | Pennsylvanian down to Cambrian |
Mountain type | sedimentary rock: sandstone-(prominence-cliff), siltstone, mudstone, sandstone, shale |
Type of rock |
Supai Group, Redwall Limestone, Muav Limestone, Bright Angel Shale |
Climbing | |
First ascent | September 3, 1961 Harvey Butchart [2] |
Juno Temple is a 6,896-elevation summit located in the eastern
Grand Canyon, in
Coconino County of northern
Arizona,
United States. It is located 1.5 miles east-northeast of the Cape Final overlook, and is about 1.0 mi north of
Jupiter Temple, its nearest high neighbor. It also lies about 3.5 miles from the
Colorado River, at the headwaters of the Basalt Creek and Canyon watershed, its major drainage on its east flank.
Unlike its Jupiter Temple neighbor which has a prominence of
Coconino Sandstone on a long ridgeline, Juno Temple is a ridgeline of eroded
Supai Group, and is stained dark, unlike the often bright, orange-reds of the common Supai Group “redbeds”.