Tucupit Point

Tucupit Point
Tucupit Point
	Tucupit Point from , May 2015
Highest point
Elevation	7,698 ft (2,346 m) NAVD 88
Prominence	138 ft
Coordinates	37°27′46.8″N 113°10′25.8″W / 37.463000°N 113.173833°WCoordinates: 37°27′46.8″N 113°10′25.8″W / 37.463000°N 113.173833°W
Naming
Native name	Wildcat Point Error {{native name checker}}: parameter value is malformed (help)
Geography
	Tucupit Point Location of "Tucupit Point" in Zion National Park, Utah
Location	Washington County, Utah, U.S.

Tucupit Point is a prominent sandstone pinnacle in the Kolob Canyons area of Zion National Park in Washington County, Utah, United States.

Description[]

The formation lays off of ,^[1] and rises with a prominence of 138 feet.^[2] The pinnacle - visible from U.S. Route 40^{[clarification needed]} to the west - has been the subject of numerous photographs. American artist Thomas Moran viewed the pinnacle in 1873 while travelling south from Salt Lake City, with the artist later rendering a famous watercolor of the feature.^[3] The pinnacle was then named "Colburn's Butte" after Justin Colburn, a correspondent for the New York Times travelling with Moran; it would later be renamed Tucupit Point, "Tucupit" being the Paiute word for wildcat.^[4]