Shiprock is a monadnock rising nearly 1,583 feet above the high-desert plain of the Navajo Nation in San Juan County, New Mexico, United States. Its peak elevation is 7,177 feet above sea level. It is 10.75 miles southwest of the town of Shiprock, which is named for the peak.
Elevation: 7,177 ft (2,188 m)
Location: San Juan County, New Mexico, US
Prominence: 1,583 ft (482 m)
Topo map: USGS Ship Rock Quadrangle
Age of rock: 27 million years
Mountain type: Volcanic breccia and minette
First ascent: (First documented) 1939 by David Brower, Raffi Bedayn, Bestor Robinson and John Dyer
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