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    Chuar Butte is a prominent 6,500-foot-elevation (2,000-meter) summit located in the Grand Canyon, in Coconino County of northern Arizona, US. It is situated...
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    Temple Butte is 2.5 mi (4.0 km) west. Cape Solitude, Chuar Lava Hill, Temple Butte & Chuar Butte prominence (aerial view)-Chuar Lava Hill, Temple Butte, Chuar...
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    the Chuar and Kwagunt Valleys. Topographic relief is significant as it rises 4,900 feet (1,500 m) above the Colorado River in five miles. This butte is...
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    along the Butte Fault. From south to north and bordering the due-south flowing Colorado River (west bank), are Chuar Butte, Kwagunt Butte, Malgosa Crest...
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  • The Neoproterozoic Chuar Group consists of 1,600 m (5,200 ft) of exceptionally well-preserved, unmetamorphosed sedimentary strata that is composed of...
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    Arizona, US. The crest is situated as a prominence between Kwagunt Butte north, and Chuar Butte south. Unlike these two buttes composed of the many common layers...
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    US. It is situated three miles northwest of Chuar Butte, between Kwagunt Valley to the north, and Chuar Valley to the south. Topographic relief is significant...
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    the Butte Fault. From south to north, and bordering the due-south flowing Colorado River (west bank), are Chuar Butte, Awatubi Crest, Kwagunt Butte, Malgosa...
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    was impossible. The Mainliner collided with the south side cliff of Chuar Butte and disintegrated, instantly killing all aboard. The airspace over the...
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    Sandstone that is exposed in only four places in the Chuar Valley. These exposures occur atop Nankoweap Butte and within Awatubi and Sixtymile Canyons in the...
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