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| Totem Pole | |
|---|---|
&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:USA_10315_Monument_Valley_Luca_Galuzzi_2007.jpg) Totem Pole on the left near Yel-Bichel | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 5,621 ft (1,713 m) NGVD 29[1] |
| Prominence | 381 ft (116 m)[1] |
| Coordinates | 36°55′44″N 110°02′51″W / 36.9289533°N 110.0475745°W[2] |
| Geography | |
&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:USA_Arizona_relief_location_map.svg)  Totem Pole &sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:Usa_edcp_relief_location_map.png) Totem Pole | |
| Location | Navajo County, Arizona, U.S. |
| Topo map | Mitten Buttes |
| Geology | |
| Mountain type | Sandstone pillar |
The Totem Pole is a pillar or rock spire found in Monument Valley.[3] It is a highly eroded remnant of a butte.
Deserts at the end of the Permian period, 260 million years ago, formed the De Chelly and Wingate Sandstones that make up the buttes, totems, and mesas in Monument Valley.[4]
The Totem Pole rises next to a gathering of thicker spires the Navajo called Yei Bi Chei and can be seen via a self-guided Valley Drive.[5]
- ^ a b "Totem Pole, Arizona". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2016-08-22.
- ^ "Totem Pole". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2016-08-22.
- ^ Davis, Carolyn O'Bagy; Leake, Harvey (2010). Kayenta and Monument Valley. Arcadia Publishing. p. 13. ISBN 978-0-7385-8630-4.
- ^ Leach, Nicky. Arizona & the Grand Canyon. Insight Guides (Firm) (Fifth ed.). [London]. ISBN 978-1-78919-701-3. OCLC 1062400657.
- ^ Bitler, Teresa (May 2018). Fodor's Arizona. Levin, Mara,, Riley, Elise,, Fodor's Travel Publications, Inc. (12th ed.). [New York, New York?]. ISBN 978-1-64097-026-7. OCLC 1032696402.
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