Merrick Butte

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Merrick Butte
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Highest point
Elevation 6,206 ft (1,892 m)  NAVD 88 [1]
Prominence 966 ft (294 m) [1]
Coordinates 36°58′50″N110°05′09″W / 36.9805572°N 110.0859588°W / 36.9805572; -110.0859588 [2]
Geography
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Location Navajo County, Arizona. U.S.
Topo map USGS Mitten Buttes

Merrick Butte is a butte located in Monument Valley [3] and is part of the Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park, similar to its neighbors West and East Mitten Buttes just to the north. [4] It was named after silver miner Jack Merrick, killed by Native Americans in 1880.

References

  1. 1 2 "Merrick Butte". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2016-08-22.
  2. ↑ "Merrick Butte". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved 2016-08-22.
  3. ↑ Mitten Buttes Quadrangle, Arizona-Utah, 7.5 Minute Series, US Geological Survey, 1738 ed.
  4. ↑ Arizona Atlas & Gazetteer, De Lorme, 4th ed., 2001, p. 26 ISBN   0-89933-325-7
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