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Shiprock, (, "rock with wings" or "winged rock") is a rock formation rising nearly above the high-desert plain on the Navajo Nation, about southwest of the New Mexico town of Shiprock, which is named for the peak. Governed by the Navajo Nation, the formation is in the Four Corners region and plays a significant role in Navajo religion, mythology and tradition. It is located in the center of the Ancient Pueblo People or Ancestral Puebloan civilization, a prehistoric Native American culture of... full article at wikipedia
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  • 36.6878
  • -108.8367
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  • 1939
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