Category:Trinity Creek

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English: The Trinity Creek (dry creek), is a 5-mile long, south-flowing watershed of North Rim, Grand Canyon, at the southwest of the en:Kaibab Plateau, (southwest of Tiyo Point). Its southeast region contains the uplifted en:horst, with the Isis Temple prominence, and geologic units at its base of the Grand Canyon Supergroup, (the 5-unit en:Unkar Group). (4--Shinumo Quartzite, 3--Diabase Sill, 2--Hakatai Shale, 1--Bass Limestone)

Landforms, east, and west flank of watershed:

  • West landforms:
  • Claude Birdseye Point
  • Osiris Temple
  • Horus Temple
  • Tower of Set
  • Colorado River at Granite Gorge
  • East landforms:
  • Claude Birdseye Point
  • Shiva Temple
    • Claude Birdseye Point
  • The "en:Unkar Group Horst"
  • Colorado River at Granite Gorge

Shiva Temple is a flat-topped (mesa-like or en:Tepui-like) landform (1.0-mi-by-0.4-mi, and lower spur ridge to Claude Birdseye Point), at 7,570 feet (2,307 m), (north perimeter), Tiyo Point (on Kaibab), 7,752 feet (2,363 m), (2.0-mi northeast); Isis Temple is about 2.0-mi southeast.

Bright Angel Canyon and Creek is 4 miles east. Trinity Creek is due-north of Hopi Point, South Rim, just west of en:Grand Canyon Village, Arizona, (East Rim Road).

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