Dragon Head (Arizona)

Dragon Head (Arizona) is a 7,765-foot (2,367 m) elevation summit located in the Grand Canyon, in Coconino County of Arizona, USA. It is situated in the north of the Hindu Amphitheater, ~2.0 miles west of Shiva Temple, and ~2.5 mi southeast of Grama Point (northeast of Point Sublime). Unlike the extensive Ponderosa Pine forest of Shiva Temple, tableland/plateau prominence, Dragon Head’s flat-topped (minor plateau), is only populated with a marginal non-Ponderosa forest. Shiva Temple is approximately 275 acres (0.43 mi2), where Dragon Head is an ~5 acre prominence platform.

Dragon Head
east aspect, aerial photo
(note: the flat-topped shadow)
Highest point
Elevation7,765 ft (2,367 m) [1]
Prominence1,351 ft (412 m) [1]
Parent peakThe Dragon (Arizona)
Coordinates36°11′53″N 112°10′49″W 
Geography
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Location in Arizona
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LocationGrand Canyon
Coconino County, Arizona, US
Parent rangeKaibab Plateau
Colorado Plateau
Topo mapUSGS Shiva Temple
Geology
Mountain typesedimentary
Type of rockprominence-Toroweap Formation debris, on platform of Coconino Sandstone-(note: flat-topped shadow)
and
Toroweap Formation-(debris),
Coconino Sandstone-(platform & cliffs),
Hermit Formation-(large-forested slopes, little Hermit debris exposure)

Geology & Forests

The lightly forested horizontal platform of Dragon Head, is created because of the debris of the slope-forming Toroweap Formation on the cliff-former Coconino Sandstone. The platform created (~north-south), is caused because of the hardness of the Coconino Sandstone.

The Coconino Sandstone rests on an extensive slope of slope-forming Hermit Formation, which is more heavily forested than the Coconino Sandstone platform, (and the “burnt-brown” Hermit Formation slope-debris - is only sparsely visible between the forested trees; Dragon Head is northwards, and upstream/upcanyon in the Hindu Amphitheater and closer to the forested-North Rim).

References
  1. "Dragon Head, Arizona". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
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