Huxley Terrace
| Huxley Terrace | |
|---|---|
(massif)-northeast terminus of Huxley Terrace (Upper Bass Canyon-(right)) Masonic Temple, north across Colorado River | |
| Floor elevation | 5,630 ft (1,720 m) |
| Length | ~1.2 mi northeast (connected to Mount Huethawali) |
| Width | ~0.3 mi |
| Geography | |
| Location | (west)-Grand Canyon, (northern)-Arizona, United States |
| Coordinates | 36°12′45″N 112°22′22″W / 36.2124807°N 112.3726782°W |
| Topo map | Explorers Monument, USGS |
| Rivers | Copper Creek (Arizona)-(Evolution Amphitheater), Bass Creek (Arizona) |
Huxley Terrace is a narrow, linear mesa-like platform extending northeast from Mount Huethawali in western Grand Canyon on the South Rim; (it is about 1.2 mi in length). Three landforms surround Mount Huethawali; the Darwin Plateau extends southwest (but is actually a semicircle platform at the south); two terraces are at the north of Huethawali, Spencer Terrace extends north-northwest, and Huxley Terrace extends northeast.
The center of Huxley Terrace is ~1.0 mile from Mount Huethawali, and ~1.0 mile northwest of the southwest end of the Grand Scenic Divide. Huxley Terrace is about 2.0 miles south of a west-flowing excursion of the Colorado River. This short excursion of the Colorado River is west of the Grand Scenic Divide with the three terraces, two major canyons/creeks, and a more minor canyon between Spencer and Huxley Terrace. This narrow minor canyon and watershed, is high-walled, and narrow, (Copper Creek (Arizona)), and the Upper Copper Canyon is named the Evolution Amphitheater.