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Shiprock is a dramatic 7,177-foot-high rock mountain located in northwestern New Mexico about 20 miles southwest of the town of Shiprock. Geographically speaking, the rock reveals the exposed neck of a long vanished volcano that erupted over 30 million years ago and is easily recognized from a distance for its towering profile. To the Navajo people, Shiprock has greater significance than being known only as a geographical landmark. The Navajo call Shiprock, “Tsé Bitʼa,” meaning Rock with Wings. From a […]