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Awatubi Crest

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The Awatubi Crest is composed of the Kwagunt Formation exposed in two high-angle thrust sections; the east section contains the prominence; the section northwest sits on the southwest flank of Kwagunt Butte.
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The Butte Fault is expressed as a low/elevation white ridgeline, aligned north–south on the west flanks of the buttes, (and Malgosa Crest), and extends north to the west flank of
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sedimentary rocks, the Awatubi Crest was created by the uplift of the
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south. Unlike these two buttes composed of the many common layers of
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is a 5,276 foot-elevation summit located in the eastern
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Kwagunt Butte
Elevation
Prominence
Parent peak
Gunther Castle
Isolation
Coordinates
36°12′54″N 111°50′10″W / 36.2149855°N 111.8359941°W / 36.2149855; -111.8359941
Awatubi Crest is located in Arizona
Awatubi Crest is located in the United States
Grand Canyon National Park
Coconino County
Arizona, U.S.
Parent range
Kaibab Plateau
Colorado Plateau
Topo map
USGS
Age of rock
Neoproterozoic
Type of rock
sedimentary
Grand Canyon
Coconino County
Arizona
US
Kwagunt Butte
Chuar Butte
Grand Canyon

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