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.

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Mukuntuweap National Monument canonical 1

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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 National Park Service
surface form: United States National Park Service
laterRedesignatedAs Zion National Park
locatedIn Utah
southwestern Utah
locatedInCountry United States of America
namedAfter Southern Paiute language
surface form: Mukuntuweap (a Paiute term associated with the area)
originalNameOf Zion National Park
partOf Colorado Plateau
protectedFeature Virgin River Gorge
surface form: 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 southwestern United States
surface form: American Southwest
status no longer exists as a separate designation
successor Zion National Park

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Zion National Park originallyDesignatedAs Mukuntuweap National Monument