Английская Википедия:Hancock Butte (Arizona)

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Hancock Butte is a Шаблон:Convert summit located in the Grand Canyon, in Coconino County of northern Arizona, US.[1] It is situated one mile south of the Point Imperial viewpoint on the canyon's North Rim, where it towers Шаблон:Convert above Nankoweap Canyon. Its nearest higher neighbor is Mount Hayden, one mile to the north-northeast, Kibbey Butte is one mile to the south-southwest, and Brady Peak is 1.5 mile to the southeast. Hancock Butte is named after William A. Hancock (1831–1902), a pioneer and politician of the Arizona Territory known for performing the survey work required to create the town of Phoenix and erecting the first building there in 1870.[1] This geographical feature's name was officially adopted in 1932 by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names.[1] According to the Köppen climate classification system, Hancock Butte is located in a Cold semi-arid climate zone.[2]

Geology

Hancock Butte is a butte topped by Esplanade Sandstone, part of the Pennsylvanian-Permian Supai Group overlaying the cliff-forming Mississippian Redwall Limestone.[3] Precipitation runoff from this feature drains east into the Colorado River via Nankoweap Creek.

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Шаблон:Mountains of Arizona Шаблон:Geology of the Grand Canyon area

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  1. ↑ 1,0 1,1 1,2 Ошибка цитирования Неверный тег <ref>; для сносок gnis не указан текст
  2. ↑ Шаблон:Cite journal
  3. ↑ William Kenneth Hamblin, Anatomy of the Grand Canyon: Panoramas of the Canyon's Geology, 2008, Grand Canyon Association Publisher, Шаблон:ISBN.
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