Shiprock is located in the northwest corner of New Mexico. It raises abruptly out of the plains and dominates the surrounding landscape. The monolith is pure basalt and tells us from ancient times when the entire Inner Seaside Ocean raised to form the American continent.
The Navajo people worship it as a sacred place allowing visitors to get close to it but not allow climbing it.

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