Echo Cliffs

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Coordinates: 36°36′25″N 111°38′38″W / 36.607°N 111.644°W / 36.607; -111.644
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Aerial view of the Echo Cliffs.
Echo Cliffs from the Navajo Bridge.

The Echo Cliffs is a prominent monocline in northern Arizona that runs for 70 miles (110 km) in a north-south direction, within the Navajo Nation and Coconino County, in northern Arizona. It is to the east of Grand Canyon National Park.

U.S. Highway 89 runs parallel to it, for 60 miles (97 km), in the valley on its western side. The Tutuveni petroglyph site is found along the slope of the base of the cliffs.[1]

Geology

Prominently exposed in the cliffs are the Chinle Formation of the Colorado Plateau.[2] Its rocks are of the Glen Canyon Group above and the Moenkopi Formation[3] below.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Tutuveni Petroglyph Site". World Monuments Fund.
  2. ^ Colorado Plateau Research: The Vermilion Cliffs, Echo Cliffs, And Paria Canyon, Conor Watkins And J. David Rogers
  3. ^ AZGS Map Services: Geologic Map of Arizona
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