Newberry Butte

Newberry Butte
South aspect, (Vishnu Temple to right)
Highest point
Elevation5,105 ft (1,556 m)[1]
Prominence645 ft (197 m)[1]
Parent peakPeak 5659[1]
Isolation1.29 mi (2.08 km)[1]
Coordinates36°03′43″N 111°58′23″W / 36.0618884°N 111.9729534°W / 36.0618884; -111.9729534[2]
Geography
Newberry Butte is located in Arizona
Newberry Butte
Newberry Butte
Location in Arizona
Newberry Butte is located in the United States
Newberry Butte
Newberry Butte
Newberry Butte (the United States)
CountryUnited States
StateArizona
CountyCoconino
Protected areaGrand Canyon National Park
Parent rangeKaibab Plateau
Colorado Plateau
Topo mapUSGS Cape Royal
Geology
Rock typeRedwall Limestone
Climbing
First ascent1963 by Harvey Butchart[3]
Easiest routeclass 4 climbing[1]

Newberry Butte is a 5,105-foot-elevation (1,556-meter) summit located in the Grand Canyon, in Coconino County of northern Arizona, US.[2] It is situated 4.5 miles north of the South Rim's Grandview Point, three miles southwest of Vishnu Temple, and 2.5 miles south of Wotans Throne. Topographic relief is significant as it rises over 2,500 feet (760 meters) above the Colorado River and Granite Gorge in one mile. According to the Köppen climate classification system, Newberry Butte is located in a Cold semi-arid climate zone.[4]

Etymology

Newberry

Newberry Butte is named for John Strong Newberry (1822–1892), the geologist for an 1858 expedition headed by Lieutenant Joseph Christmas Ives which explored the Colorado River up to the lower Grand Canyon.[5] After returning, Newberry convinced fellow geologist John Wesley Powell that a boat run through the Grand Canyon to complete the survey would be worth the risk. Powell would later lead the Powell Geographic Expedition of 1869 to explore the region. This geographical feature's name was officially adopted in 1906 by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names.[2]

Geology

This butte is an erosional remnant composed of Mississippian Redwall Limestone, which overlays the Cambrian Tonto Group.[6] Precipitation runoff from Newberry Butte drains southwest to the Colorado River via Vishnu Creek.

  • Newberry Butte (Vishnu Temple to right)
    Newberry Butte (Vishnu Temple to right)
  • Newberry Butte (centered in bullseye) seen from Moran Point
    Newberry Butte (centered in bullseye) seen from Moran Point
  • East aspect
    East aspect

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Newberry Butte – 5,105' AZ". Lists of John. Retrieved 2021-01-18.
  2. ^ a b c "Newberry Butte". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2021-01-18.
  3. ^ Aaron Tomasi, Pernell Tomasi, Grand Canyon Summits Select An Obscure Compilation of Sixty-nine Remote Ascent Routes in the Grand Canyon National Park Backcountry, 2001, ISBN 978-0971088009, p. 68.
  4. ^ Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L.; McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification". Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11. ISSN 1027-5606.
  5. ^ N.H. Darton, Story of the Grand Canyon of Arizona, 1917, p. 80.
  6. ^ N.H. Darton, Story of the Grand Canyon of Arizona, 1917, pp. 14, 42, 59.
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