The Alligator (Grand Canyon)
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| The Alligator (Grand Canyon) | |
|---|---|
.jpg) The Alligator & Mohave Point (view eastwards) | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 5,774 ft (1,760 m)[1] |
| Prominence | 1,100 ft (340 m) |
| Parent peak | Mohave Point (7,974 ft) |
| Isolation | ~0.50 |
| Coordinates | 36°04′47″N 112°10′09″W / 36.0797°N 112.1693°W[1] |
| Geography | |
  The Alligator | |
| Location | Grand Canyon Coconino County, Arizona. U.S. |
| Parent range | Coconino Plateau Colorado Plateau |
| Topo map | USGS Grand Canyon |
| Geology | |
| Rock age | Permian-Pennsylvanian-(prominence) down to Proterozoic |
| Mountain type | sedimentary down to Proterozoic rocks |
| Rock types | Esplanade Sandstone horizontal platform (unit 4), (complete Supai Group on platform of Redwall Limestone) and Supai Group, Redwall Limestone, (Tonto Group- 3-units) _3-Muav Limestone, _2-Bright Angel Shale, _1-Tapeats Sandstone, Vishnu Basement Rocks |
The Alligator (Grand Canyon), is a 5,774-foot (1,760 m)-elevation summit, a large ridgeline butte, connected to, and below Mohave Point (South Rim), approximately 1.5 miles (2.4 km) northwest of Grand Canyon Village, Grand Canyon. The ridgeline trends north, and the lower elevation cliff, the tail of the alligator, turns northwest. The Alligator landform is about 1.0 mile (1.6 km) from the west-flowing Colorado River, and Granite Gorge. The Alligator lies between the Monument Creek (Grand Canyon) drainage, west, and the Salt Creek (Grand Canyon) drainage, east, both short, south tributaries to the Colorado.
The Alligator is composed of bright red-orange Supai Group (four members), (cliffs, and slopes), upon a red, Redwall Limestone, large cliff. Also being a cliff-former, the curving "tail-of-the-alligator" is a flat-topped platform of the Redwall Limestone.
