Coronado Butte

{{Short description|Landform in the Grand Canyon, Arizona}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}

{{Infobox mountain

| name = Coronado Butte

| photo = Grand Canyon Coronado Butte crop.jpg

| photo_caption =

| label = Coronado Butte

| label_position= bottom

| elevation_ft = 7162

| elevation_ref = {{cite peakbagger|id=72136|name=Coronado Butte, Arizona|accessdate=2021-01-01}}

| prominence_ft = 1122

| prominence_ref =

| isolation_mi = 1.25

| isolation_ref = {{cite web |url = https://listsofjohn.com/peak/71994 |title = Coronado Butte – 7,162' AZ |website = Lists of John |access-date = January 1, 2021 }}

| parent_peak = Sinking Ship (7,344 ft)

| country = United States

| state = Arizona

| region = Coconino

| region_type = County

| part_type = Protected area | part = Grand Canyon National Park

| range = Coconino Plateau
Colorado Plateau

| map = Arizona#USA

| map_size = 230

| map_caption = Location in Arizona

| coordinates = {{coord|36.0038420|N|111.9435129|W|type:mountain_region:US-AZ_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| coordinates_ref = {{cite gnis |id=3282 |name=Coronado Butte |accessdate=2021-01-01}}

| topo = USGS Cape Royal

| rock = sandstone, siltstone, mudstone

| first_ascent = 1890s

| easiest_route = {{YDS|3+}} scrambling

}}

Coronado Butte is a {{convert|7,162|ft|adj=on}}-elevation summit located in the Grand Canyon, in Coconino County of Arizona, United States. It is situated {{convert|1|mi|spell=in}} west of the Moran Point overlook on the canyon's South Rim, and one mile northeast of Sinking Ship, its nearest higher neighbor. Topographic relief is significant as this butte rises {{convert|4,600|ft|m}} above the Colorado River in {{convert|2.5|mi}}. Coronado Butte is named for Francisco Vázquez de Coronado (1510–1554), the explorer whose 1540 expedition was the first European sighting of the Grand Canyon, among other landmarks.Gregory McNamee, Grand Canyon Place Names, 1997, Mountaineers Publisher, {{ISBN|9780898865332}}, page 39. This geographical feature's name was officially adopted in 1906 by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names. The first ascent was made by John Hance and tourist prior to 1900, in the 1890s.John Annerino, 'Hiking the Grand Canyon", 2017, Simon & Schuster, {{ISBN|9781510714984}} According to the Köppen climate classification system, Coronado Butte is located in a cold semi-arid climate zone.{{cite journal | author = Peel, M. C. |author2=Finlayson, B. L. |author3=McMahon, T. A. | year = 2007 | title = Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification | journal = Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. | volume = 11 | issn = 1027-5606}}