Dutsen Cathedral (Capitol Reef National Park)

Cathedral Mountain wani taro ne mai tsawon mita 6,924 (2,110  wanda ke cikin Capitol Reef National Park, a cikin Wayne County na Utah, Amurka.U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cathedral Mountain

 Bayyanawa 
Wannan ragowar lalacewa mai nisa yana da nisan kilomita 13 (21  arewa maso yammacin cibiyar baƙi ta wurin shakatawa, da kuma nisan kilomita 0.6 (0.97  yammacin Dutsen Needle, a cikin Tsakiyar Tsakiya na Gundumar Arewacin (Cathedral Valley). Charles Kelly, mai kula da farko na Capitol Reef National Monument, ya ba da sunan Cathedral Valley a shekarar 1945, saboda dutsen sandstone na kwarin ya tunatar da masu binciken farko na kayan ado, Gothic cathedrals, tare da bangon da aka yi da shi, alcoves, da pinnacles. Hasumiyar Cathedral Mountain mai zaman kanta ta kai mita 500 (mita 150) sama da kwarin kwarin, wanda ke cikin kwarin Fremont River. Binciken John C. Frémont na 1853 ya wuce ta Cathedral Valley.Peter Massey, Jeanne Wilson, Utah Trails Central Region, 2006, Adler Publishing Company, page 106.

 Ilimin ƙasa 
Dutsen Cathedral ya ƙunshi dutse mai launin ja Entrada Sandstone tare da dutse mai wuya, mai launin toka-kore da siltstone Curtis Formation layer Caprock wanda ke kare shi daga lalacewa. Sandstone, wanda aka ajiye shi da farko a matsayin yashi mai yashi a kan wani fili, an yi imanin cewa ya samo asali ne kimanin shekaru miliyan 160 da suka gabata a lokacin Jurassic a matsayin babban teku mai yashi, mafi girma a tarihin Duniya.   Stratum a cikin Cathedral Valley suna da karkatacciyar digiri uku zuwa biyar zuwa gabas, kuma suna bayyana kusan a kwance. Tsawon lokaci bayan an ajiye waɗannan duwatsu masu laushi, an ɗaga Colorado Plateau daidai, yana riƙe da yadudduka kusan a kwance, amma Capitol Reef ya bambanta saboda Waterpocket Fold, classic monocline, wanda aka kafa tsakanin shekaru 50 da 70 da suka gabata a lokacin Laramide Orogeny.Capitol Reef Geology, NPS.gov 

 Yanayi 
Lokacin bazara da faduwa sune lokutan da suka fi dacewa don ziyartar Dutsen Cathedral. Dangane da tsarin rarraba yanayi na Köppen, yana cikin yankin yanayi mai sanyi, wanda aka bayyana ta hanyar watan sanyi wanda ke da matsakaicin matsakaicin zafin jiki a ƙasa da  ° F (0 ° C), kuma aƙalla 50% na jimlar ruwan sama na shekara-shekara da ake karɓa a lokacin bazara da rani. Wannan yanayin hamada yana karɓar ƙasa da inci 10 (250 millimeters) na ruwan sama na shekara-shekara, kuma dusar ƙanƙara yawanci yana da sauƙi a lokacin hunturu.

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