# Mount Sinyella > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Mount_Sinyella > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Mount_Sinyella.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Sinyella > Source revision: 1355910241 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Landform in the Grand Canyon, Arizona}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2026}} {{Use American English|date=February 2026}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Mount Sinyella | image = Mt. Sinyella.jpg | image_caption = West aspect | label = Mount Sinyella | label_position = bottom | elevation_ft = 5441 | elevation_ref = {{cite peakbagger|id=3911|name=Mount Sinyella, Arizona|accessdate=2021-01-23}} | prominence_ft = 1193 | prominence_ref = | isolation_mi = 5.54 | isolation_ref = {{cite web |url = https://listsofjohn.com/peak/74751 |title = Mount Sinyella – 5,441' AZ |website = Lists of John |access-date = 2021-01-23 }} | parent_peak = | country = United States | state = [Arizona](/source/Arizona) | region = [Coconino](/source/Coconino_County%2C_Arizona) | region_type = County | part_type = Protected area | part = [Grand Canyon National Park](/source/Grand_Canyon_National_Park) | range = [Coconino Plateau](/source/Coconino_Plateau)
[Colorado Plateau](/source/Colorado_Plateau) | map = Arizona#USA | map_size = 230 | map_caption = Location in Arizona | coordinates = {{coord|36.2996302|N|112.7059934|W|type:mountain_region:US-AZ_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_ref = {{cite gnis |id=11368 |name=Mount Sinyella |accessdate=2021-01-23}} | topo = [USGS](/source/United_States_Geological_Survey) ''Havasu Falls'' | rock = [limestone](/source/limestone), [sandstone](/source/sandstone) | age = [Permian](/source/Permian) | first_ascent = 1960 | easiest_route = {{YDS|5.1}} [climbing](/source/climbing) }} '''Mount Sinyella''' is a {{convert|5,441|ft|meter|adj=mid|-elevation|abbr=off|sp=us}} summit located in the western end of [Grand Canyon National Park](/source/Grand_Canyon_National_Park), in [Coconino County](/source/Coconino_County%2C_Arizona) of northern [Arizona](/source/Arizona), in the [Southwestern United States](/source/Southwestern_United_States). It is situated {{convert|1.7|mi|km}} north-northwest of Uqualla Point, and {{convert|4|mi|km|spell=in}} southeast of Boysag Point, at the mouth of Havasu Canyon. As the high point of Sinyella Mesa, it towers 1,200 feet above the mesa, and 3,600 feet above the nearby [Colorado River](/source/Colorado_River) which is 1.5 mile to the northwest. This isolated [butte](/source/butte) is an erosional remnant composed of [Permian](/source/Permian) [Kaibab Limestone](/source/Kaibab_Limestone) and [Coconino Sandstone](/source/Coconino_Sandstone).[http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12196223101/North-America-United-States-Arizona-Mount-Sinyala North America, United States, Arizona, Mount Sinyala, Americanalpineclub.org] This sandstone, which is the third-youngest stratum in the Grand Canyon, was deposited 265 million years ago as sand dunes. According to the [Köppen climate classification](/source/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification) system, Mount Sinyella is located in a [Cold semi-arid climate](/source/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}} ==History== This butte's name was adopted as Mount Sinyala in 1932 by the [U.S. Board on Geographic Names](/source/U.S._Board_on_Geographic_Names). In 1988, the board officially revised it to the present spelling, Sinyella. It was named by the American conservationist [Charles Sheldon](/source/Charles_Alexander_Sheldon) for Judge Sinyella (1853–1923), a prominent [Havasupai](/source/Havasupai) [chief](/source/Tribal_chief) who Sheldon hired as a guide to show him the canyon in 1912.United States Board on Geographic Names, ''Decisions on Geographic Names in the United States, Decision List No. 8804'', 1988, page 2. "It is interesting to go with him [Sinyala], he knows every foot of the country" noted Sheldon.Karl Jacoby, ''Crimes Against Nature'', 2001, University of California Press, page 267. The local native inhabitants called it "Week-eel-eela" which is said to mean "stick sitting up", also their general term for any butte.Gregory McNamee, ''Grand Canyon Place Names'', 1997, Mountaineers Publisher, {{ISBN|9780898865332}}, page 102. The [first ascent](/source/first_ascent) of the summit was made April 11, 1960, by Don Myers, Mike Sherrick, Jim Wilkerson, and Bill Amborn via the north face. The second ascent was made by Dave Ganci and Jerry Robertson, May 3, 1969.[http://grandcanyonhistory.org/uploads/3/4/4/2/34422134/tidrick_ganci_and_robertson_oral_history_transcript_june_12_2015.pdf Grandcanyonhistory.org] ==Gallery==
File:02079 Grand Canyon Boysag Point (7945848676).jpg|Sinyella Mesa from Boysag Point, with Mt. Sinyella upper left. circa 1951 File:01883 Grand Canyon Havasu Canyon (7945902458).jpg|Southwest aspect, circa 1949 File:02093 Grand Canyon Boysag Point (7945847738).jpg|Mt. Sinyella centered, Sinyella Canyon to left File:02085 Grand Canyon Boysag Point (7945848440).jpg|from Boysag Point, circa 1951 File:Havasu Canyon.jpg File:Sinyella, Paguekwash Point.jpg|Mount Sinyella (left) and Paguekwash Point (right) from Kanab Point File:Mt. Sinyella AZ.jpg|Mt. Sinyella, east aspect
==See also== * [Geology of the Grand Canyon area](/source/Geology_of_the_Grand_Canyon_area) * [History of the Grand Canyon area](/source/History_of_the_Grand_Canyon_area) * [Paguekwash Point](/source/Paguekwash_Point) * [Fishtail Mesa](/source/Fishtail_Mesa) ==References== {{reflist}} == External links == {{commons category|Mount Sinyella}} * Weather forecast: [https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=36.2997&lon=-112.706#.YAy9qE-SmUk National Weather Service] * Mt. Sinyella photo [https://adamschallau.com/photo/grand-canyon-mount-sinyella/ from river level] * [https://www.howtopronounce.com/mount-sinyella Mount Sinyella pronunciation] {{Geology of the Grand Canyon area|state=collapsed}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Sinyella, Mount}} Category:Grand Canyon Category:Buttes of Arizona Category:Landforms of Coconino County, Arizona Category:Colorado Plateau Category:Grand Canyon National Park Category:One-thousanders of the United States Category:Sandstone formations of the United States Category:Grand Canyon, South Rim Category:Grand Canyon, South Rim (west) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Mount Sinyella](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Sinyella) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Sinyella?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.