Earth:Atoko Point

Short description: Landform in the Grand Canyon, Arizona

Atoko Point
Kwagunt Canyon, Atoko Point (right)
Highest point
Elevation	8,382 ft (2,555 m)
Prominence	50 ft (15 m)
Parent peak	prominence 8442 ft
Isolation	0.5 mi (0.80 km)
Coordinates
Geography
Location	Grand Canyon National Park, (Walhalla Plateau) Coconino County, Arizona, US
Parent range	Kaibab Plateau (Walhalla Plateau) Colorado Plateau
Topo map	USGS Walhalla Plateau
Geology
Age of rock	Permian
Mountain type	sedimentary rock: limestone-(prominence-cliff)
Type of rock	Kaibab Limestone

Atoko Point is a 8,382 ft-cliff-elevation Point located in the eastern Grand Canyon, Coconino County of northern Arizona, United States. It is about 6.5 miles south-southeast of the northernmost point on the east of the North Rim (Point Imperial), but most of the points south, are on the East Rim (or South Rim) of the sub-plateau, the Walhalla Plateau. Atoko Point is 1.3 miles southeast of Roosevelt Point, and also 2.6 miles southeast of the Vista Encantada viewpoint. Two headwater canyons of Upper Kwagunt Creek and Canyon bisect around Atoko Point, and drain east to the south-flowing Colorado River, about 6.5 miles east, in the southernmost stretch of Marble Canyon. Atoko Point lies about one mile east of the Cape Royal Road.

The cliff of Atoko Point is composed of Kaibab Limestone, upon Toroweap Formation, on white cliffs of Coconino Sandstone. Below is soft erodible, dk-burnt red Hermit Shale, on bright-red-orange Supai Group layers (4 units).

External links

• Aerial view: Atoko Point, Mountainzone.com
• U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Atoko Point