Arizona Gazetteer
Sunset Crater is a physical feature (crater) in Coconino County. The primary coordinates for Sunset Crater places it within the AZ 86004 ZIP Code delivery area.
| Feature Name: | Sunset Crater |
| Category: | Arizona physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Crater |
| History: | Named Sunset Peak on USGS topo maps in 1886 and 1894, and Sunset Mountain by Major John Wesley Powell in 1892. However, after the creation of Sunset Crater National Monument by the President in 1930, the name of the feature was changed in 1933 to Sunset Crater to avoid confusion (Granger, Byrd H.; Arizona's Names (X Marks the Place), 1983/p. 594). |
| County: | Coconino County |
| Latitude: | 35.3643677 |
| Longitude: | -111.5037025 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Sunset Crater: Sunset Crater.
Note that you do not have the right to enter private property without the owner's permission. You do have a right to access goverment property that is open to the general public. The GNIS Feature Detail Report for Sunset Crater does not include property ownership information.
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