Shiprock
Sign in to saveShiprock (, "rock with wings" or "winged rock") is a monadnock rising nearly above the high-desert plain of the Navajo Nation in San Juan County, New Mexico, United States. Its peak elevation is above sea level. It is southwest of the town of Shiprock, which is named for the peak.
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- Mountain.name
- Shiprock
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- Shiprock.snodgrass3.jpg
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- Shiprock
- Mountain.elevation_ft
- 7177
- Mountain.prominence_ft
- 1583
- Mountain.location
- San Juan County, New Mexico, US
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- New Mexico
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- New Mexico
- Mountain.map_size
- 225
- Mountain.topo
- USGS Ship Rock Quadrangle
- Mountain.type
- Volcanic breccia and minette
- Mountain.age
- 27 million years
- Mountain.first_ascent
- (First documented) 1939 by David Brower, Raffi Bedayn, Bestor Robinson and John Dyer
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Shiprock (, "rock with wings" or "winged rock") is a monadnock rising nearly above the high-desert plain of the Navajo Nation in San Juan County, New Mexico, United States. Its peak elevation is above sea level. It is southwest of the town of Shiprock, which is named for the peak.
Governed by the Navajo Nation, the formation is in the Four Corners region and plays a significant role in Navajo religion, myth, and tradition. Shiprock is a point of interest for rock climbers and photographers and has been featured in several film productions and novels. It is the most prominent landmark in northwestern New Mexico. In 1975, Shiprock was designated a National Natural Landmark by the National Park Service.
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Diatremes of New MexicoGeography of the Navajo NationLandforms of San Juan County, New MexicoLandmarks in New MexicoNational Natural Landmarks in New MexicoNeogene geology of New MexicoOligocene North AmericaOligocene volcanismReligious places of the Indigenous peoples of North AmericaRock formations of New MexicoSacred mountains of the United States