Jupiter Temple

{{Infobox mountain

| name = Jupiter Temple

| photo = Jupiter Temple seen from Cape Final, Grand Canyon's North Rim.jpg

| photo_caption = West aspect, from Cape Final

| label = Jupiter Temple

| label_position = right

| elevation_ft = 7084

| elevation_ref = {{cite peakbagger|id=3910|name=Jupiter Temple, Arizona|accessdate=2021-01-11}}

| prominence_ft = 1072

| prominence_ref =

| isolation_mi = 3.06

| isolation_ref = {{cite web |url = https://listsofjohn.com/peak/72086 |title = Jupiter Temple – 7,084' AZ |website = Lists of John |access-date = 2021-01-11 }}

| parent_peak = Freya Castle (7,288 ft)

| country = United States

| state = Arizona

| region = Coconino

| region_type = County

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

| range = Kaibab Plateau
Colorado Plateau

| map = Arizona#USA

| map_size = 230

| map_caption = Location in Arizona

| coordinates = {{coord|36.1347185|N|111.8900647|W|type:mountain_region:US-AZ_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| coordinates_ref = {{cite gnis |id=6562 |name=Jupiter Temple |accessdate=2021-01-11}}

| topo = USGS Walhalla Plateau

| rock = sandstone, siltstone, limestone

| first_ascent =

| easiest_route =

}}

Jupiter Temple is a {{convert|7,084|ft|adj=on}}-elevation summit located in the Grand Canyon, in Coconino County of northern Arizona, United States. It is situated {{convert|1|mi|spell=in}} southeast of Cape Final on the canyon's North Rim, {{convert|1.5|mi|spell=in}} north-northwest of Apollo Temple, and {{convert|3|mi|spell=in}} northeast of Freya Castle, which is the nearest higher peak. Topographic relief is significant as it rises {{convert|4,400|ft|m}} above the Colorado River in less than {{convert|4|mi|spell=in}}.

Jupiter Temple is named for Jupiter, supreme deity in Roman mythology, in keeping with Clarence Dutton's tradition of naming geographical features in the Grand Canyon after mythological deities.Gregory McNamee, Grand Canyon Place Names, 1997, Mountaineers Publisher, {{ISBN|978-0898865332}}, p. 69.Randy Moore and Kara Felicia Witt, The Grand Canyon: An Encyclopedia of Geography, History, and Culture, 2018, ABC-CLIO Publisher, p. 151. This feature's name was officially adopted in 1906 by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names. According to the Köppen climate classification system, Jupiter Temple 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}}

Geology

File:Jupiter Temple strata diagram.png

The summit of Jupiter Temple is a cupola of remnant Permian Coconino Sandstone overlaying strata of the Pennsylvanian-Permian Supai Group. This in turn overlays the cliff-forming layer of Mississippian Redwall Limestone, which in turn overlays Cambrian Tonto Group, and finally Neoproterozoic Chuar Group at river level.N.H. Darton, Story of the Grand Canyon of Arizona, 1917. p. 57. Precipitation runoff from Jupiter Temple drains south to the Colorado River via Basalt and Unkar Creeks.

Gallery

File:Arizona, Tusayan, Grand Canyon Helicopters.jpg|Aerial view of Jupiter Temple (left), Siegfried Pyre (upper left corner), and Apollo Temple (lower right). In Roman mythology, Apollo is Jupiter's son.

File:Grand Canyon - Jupiter Temple from South Rim.jpg|Jupiter Temple from South Rim

File:Grand Canyon flight, Jupiter Temple.jpg|Aerial view of Jupiter Temple (centered), northeast aspect