Tower of Set

Tower of Set is a 6,012-foot-elevation (1,832 meter) summit located in the Grand Canyon, in Coconino County of Arizona, USA.[2] This butte is situated four miles north of Hopi Point overlook on the canyon's South Rim, two miles southeast of Tower of Ra, and three miles south-southwest of Shiva Temple, where it towers 3,600 feet (1,100 meters) above the Colorado River. Tower of Set was originally named Temple of Sett in 1879 by Thomas Moran, for the Egyptian deity of war, Set, because a niche worn into its wall evoked temples in the valley of the Nile.[2] [3] Another source states it was named by George Wharton James, in keeping with Clarence Dutton's tradition of naming geographical features in the Grand Canyon after mythological deities.[4] This mountain's name was officially adopted in 1906 by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names.[2] In 1919, Harriet Williams Russell Strong proposed connecting Hopi Point and Tower of Set across the river via an aerial tramway, an idea that never came to fruition.[5] [6] The first ascent was made in November 1977 by Bruce Grubbs and Jim Haggart. According to the Köppen climate classification system, Tower of Set has a Cold semi-arid climate.[7]

Tower of Set
Southeast aspect, from Tonto Trail
Highest point
Elevation6,012 ft (1,832 m)[1]
Prominence432 ft (132 m)[1]
Parent peakHorus Temple (6,150 ft)[1]
Isolation1.16 mi (1.87 km)[1]
Coordinates36°07′16″N 112°10′41″W[2]
Geography
Tower of Set
Location in Arizona
Tower of Set
Tower of Set (the United States)
LocationGrand Canyon
Coconino County, Arizona, US
Parent rangeKaibab Plateau
Colorado Plateau
Topo mapUSGS Grand Canyon
Geology
Type of rocksandstone, siltstone, mudstone
Climbing
First ascent1977
Easiest routeclass 5.1 climbing[1]

Geology

The top of Tower of Set is composed of the reddish Pennsylvanian-Permian Supai Group.[8] Further down are strata of Mississippian Redwall Limestone, the Cambrian Tonto Group, and finally granite of the Paleoproterozoic Vishnu Basement Rocks at river level. Precipitation runoff from Tower of Set drains due-south to the Colorado River via Trinity Creek (east), and Ninetyfour Mile Creek (west).

See also

References

  1. "Tower of Set - 6,012' AZ". Lists of John. Retrieved December 23, 2020.
  2. "Tower of Set". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2020-12-23.
  3. Gregory McNamee, Grand Canyon Place Names, 1997, Mountaineers Publisher, ISBN 9780898865332, page 110.
  4. Randy Moore and Kara Felicia Witt, The Grand Canyon: An Encyclopedia of Geography, History, and Culture, 2018, ABC-CLIO Publisher, page 211.
  5. Randy Moore and Kara Felicia Witt, The Grand Canyon: An Encyclopedia of Geography, History, and Culture, 2018, ABC-CLIO Publisher, page 211.
  6. Fodor's Arizona & the Grand Canyon, 2007, ISBN 9781400017065, page 145.
  7. 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.
  8. N.H. Darton, Story of the Grand Canyon of Arizona, 1917, pages 12, 37.
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