Echo Cliffs

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 dozens of miles 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 in the valley on its western side.

Geology

Prominently exposed in the cliffs are the Chinle Formation of the Colorado Plateau.[1] Its rocks are of the Glen Canyon Group above and the Moenkopi Formation[2] below.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Colorado Plateau Research: The Vermilion Cliffs, Echo Cliffs, And Paria Canyon, Conor Watkins And J. David Rogers
  2. ↑ AZGS Map Services: Geologic Map of Arizona
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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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