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Posted On: July 15th 2025, 02:15 pm
Shiprock Pinnacle is one of New Mexico’s most iconic landmarks. This unique towering rock formation can be seen for miles in all directions.
Shiprock is known to the Navajo as “Tsé Bit’ A’”, or rock with wings. The peak tip rests at 7,178 feet above sea level and is at the center of three volcanic pressure ridges that pushed the rock skyward millenniums ago.
Ship Rock is a sacred mountain to the Navajo people that figures prominently in Navajo mythology. The primary legend tells how a great bird carried the ancestral Navajo people from the far north to their current homeland in the American Southwest. The ancient Navajos were fleeing from another tribe so shamans prayed for deliverance.
The ground beneath the Navajos became a huge bird that transported them on its back, flying for a day and a night before landing at sunset where Shiprock now sits.
Besides Ship Rock’s unusual size as a volcanic plug, it is also famed for numerous rock dikes that radiate out from the main formation. The dikes formed when magma filled in cracks during volcanic eruptions and then cooled, forming the long distinctive rock walls. Like Ship Rock, they gained prominence when the surrounding bedrock was stripped away by erosion.
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Shiprock is known to the Navajo as “Tsé Bit’ A’”, or rock with wings. The peak tip rests at 7,178 feet above sea level and is at the center of three volcanic pressure ridges that pushed the rock skyward millenniums ago.
Ship Rock is a sacred mountain to the Navajo people that figures prominently in Navajo mythology. The primary legend tells how a great bird carried the ancestral Navajo people from the far north to their current homeland in the American Southwest. The ancient Navajos were fleeing from another tribe so shamans prayed for deliverance.
The ground beneath the Navajos became a huge bird that transported them on its back, flying for a day and a night before landing at sunset where Shiprock now sits.
Besides Ship Rock’s unusual size as a volcanic plug, it is also famed for numerous rock dikes that radiate out from the main formation. The dikes formed when magma filled in cracks during volcanic eruptions and then cooled, forming the long distinctive rock walls. Like Ship Rock, they gained prominence when the surrounding bedrock was stripped away by erosion.
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#newmexico #shiprock #newmexicophotographer #adventure #roadtrip #iconiclandmark #navajo #mythology #volcanic #travel #newmexicoadventures #traveling #iconic
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a year agoshanaz__pour5340
WOW....as always, stunning capture and beautiful sharing...many thanks for sharing.👏👏👏🔥🔥🔥🔥😍😍😍🎥🔝🌹🌹🌹🙏
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