Английская Википедия:Canyon Diablo (canyon)

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Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway bridge over Canyon Diablo, c. 1883–1903

Canyon Diablo (Navajo: Kin Łigaaí) is a canyon near Two Guns in Northern Arizona. Part of it is located on the Navajo Nation.

Discovery

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Current BNSF railroad bridge, built in 1947.

Canyon Diablo was named by U.S. Army Lieutenant Amiel Weeks Whipple. Whipple, of the Army's Topographical Engineers, made a survey in 1853–1854 along the 35th parallel. In mid-December 1853, Whipple found a steep canyon while riding west from a point near Winslow with a reconnaissance party. He named it Canyon Diablo.

The canyon passes Шаблон:Convert west of Meteor Crater. The community of Canyon Diablo, Arizona on the edge of the canyon about Шаблон:Convert northwest of the crater was the closest community to the crater when scientists began investigating the crater. Consequently, the meteorite that caused the crater is officially called the Canyon Diablo meteorite.[1]

Canyon Diablo ("devil canyon") is the Spanish translation of the Native American name.[2] The Canyon Diablo Bridge, once used by U.S. Route 66 to cross the canyon south of the present I-40 bridges, is on the National Register of Historic Places.[3]

The BNSF Canyon Diablo railroad bridge is a well-known railfan site.[4]

See also

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References

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Further reading

  • Cline, Platt (1976). They Came to the Mountain, Northern Arizona University and Northland Press Шаблон:ISBN?

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