Diamond Peak (Arizona)

Diamond Peak (Arizona)
Diamond Peak is a 3,512-foot-elevation (1,070 meter) summit located in the western end of the Grand Canyon, on the Hualapai Indian Reservation in Mohave County of northwestern Arizona, United States. This double summit landmark is situated at the mouth of Peach Springs Canyon, where Diamond Creek meets the Colorado River. This peak is an erosional remnant composed of Cambrian Muav Limestone and Mississippian Redwall Limestone. Topographic relief is significant as Diamond Peak towers 2,200 feet above the Colorado River in one-half mile. According to the Köppen climate classification system, Diamond Peak is located in a desert climate zone. History In 1858, Lieutenant Joseph Ives led an expedition up the Colorado River, starting at the river's mouth and making it to the lower Grand Canyon with a steamboat named Explorer. This steamboat struck a large rock, now known as Explorer's Rock, in the Colorado River at the mouth of the Black Canyon between Arizona and Nevada, th ...
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Hualapai
The Hualapai (, , yuf-x-wal, Hwalbáy) is a federally recognized Native American tribe in Arizona with about 2300 enrolled members. Approximately 1353 enrolled members reside on the Hualapai Reservation, which spans over three counties in Northern Arizona ( Coconino, Yavapai, and Mohave). The name, meaning "people of the tall pines", is derived from , the Hualapai word for ponderosa pineThe Hualapai Tribe Website
Accessed 2020-01-16 and "people". Their traditional territory is a stretch along the pine-clad southern side of the

Grand Canyon

and the

Colorado River

with the tribal capital at
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