Landform in McKinley and San Juan counties, New Mexico and Apache County, Arizona
Satellite image of northeastern Arizona and northwestern New Mexico, including the Four Corners Monument (FC). Snow dusts higher elevations in the image. Labeled natural features are the Chuska Mountains (CM), the Carrizo Mountains (C), Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park (MV), Black Mesa (B), Canyon de Chelly National Monument (CdC), and the Defiance Uplift-(Plateau) (D). Labeled towns are Farmington, New Mexico (F), Gallup, New Mexico (G), Window Rock, Arizona (W), and Kayenta, Arizona (K).
The Chuska Mountains (Navajo: Chʼóshgai) are an elongate range on the southwest Colorado Plateau and within the Navajo Nation whose highest elevations approach 10,000 feet. The range is about 80 by 15 km (50 by 10 miles). It trends north-northwest and is crossed by the state line between Arizona and New Mexico. The highlands are a dissected plateau, with an average elevation of about 2,740 m (8,990 ft), and subdued topography. The highest point is Roof Butte (36.4601° N, 109.0929° W) at 2,994 m (9,823 ft), near the northern end of the range in Arizona. Other high points include the satellite Beautiful Mountain at 2,861 m (9,386 ft) and Lukachukai Mountains at 2,885 m (9,465 ft), both also near the northern end, and Matthews Peak at 2,911 m (9,551 ft). The San Juan Basin borders the Chuskas on the east, and typical elevations in nearby parts of that basin are near 1,800 m (5,900 ft). The eastern escarpment of the mountains is marked by slumps and landslides that extend out onto the western margin of the San Juan Basin. To the north, the Chuskas are separated from the Carrizo Mountains by Red Rock Valley, which is today commonly referred to as Red Valley.
The ChuskaMountains (Navajo: Chʼóshgai) are an elongate range on the southwest Colorado Plateau and within the Navajo Nation whose highest elevations...
Mountain (Navajo: Dziłkʼi Hózhóonii) is part of the ChuskaMountains and its summit is the highest point in San Juan County, New Mexico. The mountain...
The Oligocene Chuska Sandstone is a geologic formation that crops out in the ChuskaMountains of northeastern Arizona and northwestern New Mexico. The...
The Superstition Mountains (Yavapai: Wi:kchsawa) is a range of mountains in Arizona located to the east of the Phoenix metropolitan area. They are anchored...
Monument. These canyons were cut by streams with headwaters in the ChuskaMountains just to the east of the monument. None of the land is federally owned...
after joining Narbona's Band, and went to live at their camp near the ChuskaMountains. Narbona's reputation as a wealthy and powerful headman impressed Manuelito...
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of the North Rim of the Grand Canyon, and associated ranges of the ChuskaMountains region of the northeast Arizona and northwest New Mexico. The transition...
Value Mountain", a large mythic male figure comprising several mountain features throughout the region. The ChuskaMountains comprise the body, Chuska Peak...
National Monument. Mountain Ranges in the Four Corners include Sleeping Ute Mountains, Abajo Mountains, and the ChuskaMountains. Six governments have...
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mountains and surrounding areas in 1889, describing a set of six life zones found from the bottom of the Grand Canyon to the summit of the mountains,...
National Forest and the Galiuro Mountains in Arizona; the ChuskaMountains on Navajo lands; and the Guadalupe Mountains including the Carlsbad Caverns...
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Pass) is a pass through the natural break between the Tunicha and ChuskaMountains, an elongated range on the Colorado Plateau on the Navajo Nation. A...
a ruined great house of the Ancestral Puebloans, just east of the ChuskaMountains, in New Mexico. Based on ceramic dating, the buildings were built and...
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White Mountains. The summit of Mount Graham is the highest point of the Pinaleño Mountains. The summit of Roof Butte is the highest point of the Chuska Mountains...
shaped mountain on the run") is a peak in the ChuskaMountains in Arizona, United States. Roof Butte is the highest peak of the ChuskaMountains which...
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The Santa Rita Mountains were severely burned in July 2005 in the Florida Fire. On the western side of the northern Santa Rita Mountains, a large cliff...
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