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| Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument | |
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IUCN Category III (Natural Monument)
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| Location | Mohave County, Arizona, USA |
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| Nearest city | Las Vegas, Nevada |
| Coordinates | 36°24′00″N 113°42′00″W / 36.4°N 113.7°WCoordinates: 36°24′00″N 113°42′00″W / 36.4°N 113.7°W |
| Area | 1,054,264 acres (426,646 ha) |
| Established | January 11, 2000 |
| Governing body | National Park Service and Bureau of Land Management |
Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument (sometimes referred to as Parashant National Monument) is located on the northern edge of the Grand Canyon in northwest Arizona. It was established by Presidential Proclamation 7265 on January 11, 2000. This remote area of open, undeveloped spaces is an impressive and diverse landscape that includes an array of scientific and historic resources.
The national monument is a very remote and undeveloped place jointly managed by the National Park Service (NPS) and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). There are no paved roads into the monument and no visitor services. The size of the monument is 1,048,316 acres (424,238 ha), which is larger than the state of Rhode Island. The BLM portion of the monument consists of 808,744 acres (327,287 ha). The NPS portion contains 208,447 acres (84,356 ha) of lands that were previously part of Lake Mead National Recreation Area. There are also about 23,205 acres (9,391 ha) of Arizona State Trust lands and 7,920 acres (3,210 ha) of private lands within the monument boundaries. Grand Cnayon-Parashant is not considered a separate unit of the NPS because its NPS area is counted in Lake Mead National Monument.
Elevation ranges from 1,230 ft (370 m) above sea level near Grand Wash Bay at Lake Mead, to 8,029 ft (2,447 m) at Mount Trumbull. The Interagency Information Center is located in the BLM Office in St. George, Utah.
The name is derived from paiute Pawteh 'ee oasoasant which means "tanned elk hide," or "softening of the elk hide."[1]
Cave animals
So far, a 2005 expedition to examine 24 caves in the park has produced two new species of millipede, the first barklouse discovered in North America, a whole new genus of cricket and four new cricket species.[2]
References
External links
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- Official NPS/BLM website: Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument
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