Mukuntuweap National Monument

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Mukuntuweap National Monument was the original protected designation, established in 1909, for what later became Zion National Park in southwestern Utah.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Mukuntuweap National Monument canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (25)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States national monument ⓘ
former protected area ⓘ
category former national monuments of the United States ⓘ
establishedBy President William Howard Taft ⓘ
establishedOn 1909 ⓘ
establishedUnder Antiquities Act of 1906 ⓘ
governingBody United States National Park Service ⓘ
laterRedesignatedAs Zion National Park ⓘ
locatedIn Utah ⓘ
southwestern Utah ⓘ
locatedInCountry United States of America ⓘ
namedAfter Mukuntuweap (a Paiute term associated with the area) ⓘ
originalNameOf Zion National Park ⓘ
partOf Colorado Plateau ⓘ
protectedFeature Virgin River gorge ⓘ
linked to: Virgin River Gorge

sandstone canyons ⓘ
protects Zion Canyon ⓘ
reasonForProtection geological formations ⓘ
natural resources ⓘ
scenic canyon landscapes ⓘ
reasonForRedesignation to create Zion National Park ⓘ
redesignatedOn 1919 ⓘ
region American Southwest ⓘ
status no longer exists as a separate designation ⓘ
successor Zion National Park ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Zion National Park → originallyDesignatedAs → Mukuntuweap National Monument ⓘ