Kaiparowits Plateau
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![The Straight Cliffs, looking northwest from the eastern end of Fiftymile Mountain.](/Images/godic/202501/21/StraightCliffs22232.jpg")
![The Kaiparowits Plateau (green area in center), as seen from space (NASA)](/Images/godic/202501/21/Lake_powell_utah2232.jpg")
![Fossilized skeleton of a young hadrosaur displayed at the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument](/Images/godic/202501/21/FossilBonesMultiple2232.jpg")
The Kaiparowits Plateau is a large, elevated landform located in southern Utah, in the southwestern United States. Along with the Grand Staircase and the Canyons of the Escalante, it makes up a significant portion of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. Its extension to the southeast, Fiftymile Mountain, runs nearly to the Colorado River and Lake Powell, and is a prominent part of the northern skyline from the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area.