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Bookmark or Share- NM Geology Virtual Tour - Shiprock - New Mexico Bureau of ...Ship Rock, known as Tse Bitai, or "the winged rock" in Navajo, is a volcanic neck, or the central feeder pipe of larger volcanic landform which has since eroded away. The neck is composed of fractured volcanic rock, or breccia, crosscut by many thin veins of lava.
- Shiprock Rock Formation - All You Need to Know ... - TripadvisorShiprock is so large that you can actually see it in the distance! The formation is a site that is sacred to the Navajo so we only took photos from the road that goes near it. Worth the drive to see it even if the town of Shiprock (which you have to pass through) is a bit sketchy.
- Shiprock, New Mexico - WikipediaShiprock (Navajo: Naatʼáanii Nééz) is an unincorporated community on the Navajo reservation in San Juan County, New Mexico, United States. The population was 7,718 people in the 2020 census. For statistical purposes, the United States Census Bureau has defined Shiprock as a census-designated place (CDP).
- Shiprock - WikipediaShiprock, an example of a volcanic neck, is composed of fractured volcanic breccia and black dikes of igneous rock called minette, a type of lamprophyre. It is the erosional remnant of the throat of a volcano, and the volcanic breccia formed in a diatreme.
- Facts About Ship Rock, the Navajo's Sacred Peak - TripSavvyShip Rock is a dramatic 7,177-foot-high (2,188-meter) rock mountain located in northwestern New Mexico about 20 miles southwest of the town of Shiprock. The formation, a volcanic plug, rises above a barren desert plain south of the San Juan River.
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