An escarpment is a steep slope or long cliff that forms as a result of faulting or erosion and separates two relatively level areas having different elevations .
11-686: Point Lookout may refer to: Places [ edit ] Point Lookout (Colorado) , a mountain in Mesa Verde National Park Point Lookout (New South Wales) , a mountain in New South Wales Point Lookout, Maryland Point Lookout State Park , Maryland, site of an American Civil War prisoner of war camp Point Lookout, Missouri Point Lookout, New York Point Lookout, Virginia Point Lookout, Pleasants County, West Virginia Point Lookout, Queensland ,
22-577: Is common to the Mesa Verde region . The cliff-forming Point Lookout Sandstone overlays softer, slope-forming Mancos Shale , which is 2,000 feet thick and extends to the valley floor. Precipitation runoff from this feature drains into the San Juan River watershed. According to the Köppen climate classification system, Point Lookout is located in a Humid continental climate zone. April through October are
33-555: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Point Lookout (Colorado) Point Lookout is an 8,427-foot (2,569 meter) elevation sandstone summit located in Mesa Verde National Park , in Montezuma County of southwest Colorado . This prominent landmark is situated 2 miles (3.2 km) south of the park entrance, and 9.3 miles (15.0 km) east-southeast of
44-596: Is not the only planet where escarpments occur. They are believed to occur on other planets when the crust contracts , as a result of cooling. On other Solar System bodies such as Mercury , Mars , and the Moon , the Latin term rupes is used for an escarpment. When sedimentary beds are tilted and exposed to the surface, erosion and weathering may occur. Escarpments erode gradually and over geological time . The mélange tendencies of escarpments results in varying contacts between
55-455: Is the more common type: the escarpment is a transition from one series of sedimentary rocks to another series of a different age and composition. Escarpments are also frequently formed by faults. When a fault displaces the ground surface so that one side is higher than the other, a fault scarp is created. This can occur in dip-slip faults , or when a strike-slip fault brings a piece of high ground adjacent to an area of lower ground. Earth
66-571: The U.S. Board on Geographic Names . The main entrance road to Mesa Verde National Park traverses the east flank of Point Lookout as it climbs the escarpment of the East Rim of Mesa Verde. Point Lookout is located on the Colorado Plateau , and is composed of 400-foot thick Cretaceous Point Lookout Sandstone , which is the oldest of the three formations that make up the Mesaverde Group which
77-653: The headland and village in Australia Point Lookout Archaeological Site , Gloucester County, Virginia Point Lookout Cemetery in the Louisiana State Penitentiary (also known as "Angola") Point Lookout Sandstone Lighthouses [ edit ] Point Lookout Light, Australia Point Lookout Light , Maryland, US See also [ edit ] Point Lookout, Australia (disambiguation) Point (disambiguation) Lookout (disambiguation) Topics referred to by
88-402: The most favorable months to visit. Escarpment The terms scarp and scarp face are often used interchangeably with escarpment . Some sources differentiate the two terms, with escarpment referring to the margin between two landforms , and scarp referring to a cliff or a steep slope. In this usage an escarpment is a ridge which has a gentle slope on one side and a steep scarp on
99-472: The other side. More loosely, the term scarp also describes a zone between a coastal lowland and a continental plateau which shows a marked, abrupt change in elevation caused by coastal erosion at the base of the plateau . Scarps are generally formed by one of two processes: either by differential erosion of sedimentary rocks , or by movement of the Earth's crust at a geologic fault . The first process
110-461: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Point Lookout . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Point_Lookout&oldid=990750897 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
121-489: The town of Cortez , and towers 1,600 feet above the surrounding terrain of Mancos Valley. Soldiers from Fort Lewis army post used its lofty position to send heliographic signals to troops campaigning in the west. A trail climbs 2.2 miles (3.5 km) round-trip to the top and offers views of Montezuma and Mancos valleys, as well as the La Plata Mountains . This geographical feature's name was officially adopted in 1934 by
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