Solomon Temple is a summit located in the Grand Canyon, in Coconino County of northern Arizona, USA. It is situated four miles north of Moran Point, 3.5 miles east of Newberry Butte, and 1.5 mile southeast of Rama Shrine, its nearest higher neighbor. Topographic relief is significant as it rises above the Colorado River in less than one mile.
Solomon Temple was named after historical king Solomon by geologist François E. Matthes, following Clarence Dutton's practice of naming geographical features in the Grand Canyon after mythological deities and heroic figures.N.H. Darton, Story of the Grand Canyon of Arizona, 1917, p. 81.J. Donald Hughes, The Story of Man at Grand Canyon, 1967, Grand Canyon Natural History Association, K.C. Publications, p. 106. This feature's name was officially adopted in 1906 by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names.
Solomon Temple is a butte composed of Mississippian Redwall Limestone, which overlays shale of the Cambrian Tonto Group.N.H. Darton, Story of the Grand Canyon of Arizona, 1917, p. 59. The Solomon Temple Member of the Dox Formation is so named because of exposures 2.4 kilometers northeast of this butte.Gwendolyn W. Luttrell, Marilyn L. Hubert, Cynthia R. Murdock, Lexicon of New Formal Geolocic Names of the United States 1981-1985, 1991, U.S. Department of the Interior, Geological Survey; Washington, D.C., p. 299.
According to the Köppen climate classification system, Solomon Temple is located in a Cold semi-arid climate zone.
See also Geology of the Grand Canyon area
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Weather forecast: National Weather Service Solomon Temple photo: Flickr Solomon Temple photo by Harvey Butchart Summit photo by Harvey Butchart