Fan Island

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Fan Island
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Southeast aspect, from Colorado River
Highest point
Elevation 5,092 ft (1,552 m) [1]
Prominence 452 ft (138 m) [1]
Parent peak Powell Plateau (7,661 ft) [2]
Isolation 2.33 mi (3.75 km) [2]
Coordinates 36°15′27″N112°21′52″W / 36.2575440°N 112.3643134°W / 36.2575440; -112.3643134 [3]
Geography
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Fan Island
Location in Arizona
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Fan Island
Fan Island (the United States)
CountryUnited States
State Arizona
County Coconino
Protected area Grand Canyon National Park
Parent range Kaibab Plateau [1]
Colorado Plateau
Topo map USGS King Arthur Castle
Geology
Rock type(s) Redwall Limestone
Tonto Group
Climbing
First ascent Jim Ohlman, Jim Kirschvink [4]
Easiest route class 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 (880 meters) above the Colorado River in one mile (1.6 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]

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  1. 1 2 3 "Fan Island, Arizona". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2021-02-25.
  2. 1 2 3 "Fan Island – 5,092' AZ". Lists of John. Retrieved 2021-02-25.
  3. 1 2 "Fan Island". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . 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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