Vishnu Temple

Vishnu Temple is a 7,533-foot summit in the Grand Canyon of northern Arizona, standing as an isolated mass near Cape Royal on the North Rim and rising about 4,900 feet above the Colorado River. Named in 1880 by Clarence Dutton after the Hindu deity Vishnu, as part of his mythological naming of canyon landforms, the name was officially adopted in 1906 by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names. Its prominent form displays the canyon’s layered geology, from Coconino Sandstone and Kaibab Limestone at the top to much older formations below. First climbed on July 13, 1945, it became renowned as one of the canyon’s most imposing freestanding landmarks.

Arizona · United States