Fan Island

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Fan Island
Fan Island, Grand Canyon.jpg
Southeast aspect, from Colorado River
Highest point
Elevation5,092 ft (1,552 m)[1]
Prominence452 ft (138 m)[1]
Parent peakPowell Plateau (7,661 ft)[2]
Isolation2.33 mi (3.75 km)[2]
Coordinates36°15′27″N 112°21′52″W / 36.2575440°N 112.3643134°W / 36.2575440; -112.3643134Coordinates: 36°15′27″N 112°21′52″W / 36.2575440°N 112.3643134°W / 36.2575440; -112.3643134[3]
Geography
Fan Island is located in Arizona
Fan Island
Fan Island
Location in Arizona
LocationGrand Canyon National Park
Coconino County, Arizona, US
Parent rangeKaibab Plateau[1]
Colorado Plateau
Topo mapUSGS King Arthur Castle
Geology
Type of rockRedwall Limestone
Tonto Group
Climbing
First ascentJim Ohlman, Jim Kirschvink[4]
Easiest routeclass 5.4 climbing[2]

Fan Island is a 5,092-foot-elevation (1,552 meter) summit located in the Grand Canyon, in Coconino County of northern Arizona, US.[3] It is situated two miles south of Dutton Point, 2.5 miles west-northwest of Dox Castle, and 1.6 miles south-southwest of Masonic Temple. Topographic relief is significant as it rises 2,900 feet (884 meters) above the Colorado River in one mile (0.6 km). Fan Island was so named because the flat top resembles an unfolded hand fan.[5] According to the Köppen climate classification system, Fan Island is located in a cold semi-arid climate zone, with precipitation runoff draining south to the Colorado River via Hakatai Canyon from the west aspect, and Burro Canyon from the east aspect.[6] This butte is an erosional remnant composed of Redwall Limestone overlaying the Tonto Group.[7]

Gallery[]

  • Southeast aspect, 1901

  • Fan Island in 1901

  • Fan Island, Burro Canyon

  • Fan Island (left), with Dutton Point looming behind it. Masonic Temple to right.

  • Fan Island centered in the distance

  • Fan Island.jpg
  • Fan Island USGS.jpg

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References[]

  1. ^ a b c "Fan Island, Arizona". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2021-02-25.
  2. ^ a b c "Fan Island – 5,092' AZ". Lists of John. Retrieved 2021-02-25.
  3. ^ a b "Fan Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2021-02-25.
  4. ^ Todd R. Berger, Reflections of Grand Canyon Historians: Ideas, Arguments and First-Person Accounts, 2nd edition, 2008, Grand Canyon Association Publisher, ISBN 978-1934656006, p. 198.
  5. ^ Gregory McNamee, Grand Canyon Place Names, 1997, Mountaineers Publisher, ISBN 978-0898865332, p. 53.
  6. ^ Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L.; McMahon, T. A. (October 11, 2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification" (PDF). Hydrology and Earth System Sciences. 11 (5): 1633–1644. Bibcode:2007HESS...11.1633P. doi:10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007. Archived (PDF) from the original on February 14, 2021.
  7. ^ Ralph Lee Hopkins, Hiking the Southwest's Geology: Four Corners Region, 2002, The Mountaineers Books, ISBN 0898868564, p. 91.

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