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List of Supai Group prominences in the Grand Canyon

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This is a list of Supai Group prominences in the Grand Canyon. Landforms with up to 4 units of Supai Group, as prominences.

The rock unit sequences are as follows:

Supai Group (4 units)

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Supai Group prominence
Landform Location __Notes__ Images
Whites Butte (near start of)-
West Grand Canyon
remainder
debris of Supai Group
Wata-
homigi Formation
Whites Butte
Supai Group prominence
Esplanade Sandstone (unit 4)
Landform Location __Notes__ Images
Cardenas Butte


Thor Temple
East South Rim


Central Grand Canyon
butte on ridgeline [1]


platform of Esplanade (with debris remainders?)
Cardenas Butte
Thor Temple
Manakacha Formation prominence
Landform Location Notes Images
Dana Butte




Scorpion Ridge



The Howlands Butte


Whites Butte

Central-East
Grand Canyon


(beginning)-
West Grand Canyon


Central Grand Canyon[2]


(start of)-West Grand Canyon
Dana Butte

Scorpion Ridge

The Howlands Butte

Whites Butte
Supai Group prominence
Landform Location __Notes__ Images
Geikie Peak (near start of)-
West Grand Canyon
remainder (pyramidal) slopes
Wata-
homigi Formation
Geikie Peak

Coconino Sandstone cliffs on Supai (#4)-Esplanade Sandstone platform

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The cliff-former (and a platform-former) Esplanade Sandstone supports cliffs of Coconino Sandstone, the cliffs being on slope-former Hermit Shale, then the Esplanade Sandstone platform.

Alphabetical listing

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Closeup View of Cardenas Peak, Summitpost (type name)
  2. ^ “Geologic Map of the Grand Canyon in the Vicinity of the South Rim Visitor Center”, Kamilli, R. J., and Richard, S. M., editors, 1998. Geologic Highway Map of Arizona: Tucson, Arizona Geological Society and Arizona Geological Survey, 1 sheet containing text and figures, scale 1:1,000,000.