Pajarito Plateau

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geographic region plateau volcanic mesa

Pajarito Plateau is a volcanic mesa region in northern New Mexico known for its canyons, forests, and as the site of Los Alamos and the Manhattan Project.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Jemez volcanic field 2

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographic region ⓘ
plateau ⓘ
volcanic mesa ⓘ
borderedBy Jemez Mountains region ⓘ
surface form: Jemez Mountains high country

Rio Grande ⓘ
climate semi-arid ⓘ
contains Ancestral Puebloan archaeological sites ⓘ
Bandelier National Monument ⓘ
Frijoles Canyon ⓘ
Los Alamos Laboratory ⓘ
surface form: Los Alamos National Laboratory

Los Alamos, New Mexico ⓘ
surface form: Los Alamos townsite

Valles Caldera National Preserve vicinity ⓘ
White Rock Canyon rim ⓘ
cliff dwellings ⓘ
rock art sites ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
county Los Alamos County ⓘ
elevationRange approximately 1900–2400 meters ⓘ
extendsInto Sandoval County, New Mexico ⓘ
surface form: Sandoval County
formedBy eroded volcanic tuff ⓘ
geologicalOrigin volcanic activity ⓘ
geology Bandelier National Monument ⓘ
surface form: Bandelier Tuff

ash-flow tuffs ⓘ
ignimbrite deposits ⓘ
hasLandform canyons ⓘ
mesas ⓘ
steep cliffs ⓘ
historicalSignificance site of Manhattan Project during World War II ⓘ
historicalUse logging ⓘ
ranching ⓘ
knownFor Los Alamos, New Mexico ⓘ
surface form: Los Alamos

Manhattan Project ⓘ
Ponderosa pine forests ⓘ
deep canyons ⓘ
forested mesas ⓘ
mixed conifer forests ⓘ
languageOfToponym Spanish ⓘ
locatedIn New Mexico ⓘ
northern New Mexico ⓘ
locatedOn Jemez Mountains region ⓘ
surface form: Jemez Mountains
nameMeaning little bird (in Spanish) ⓘ
near Santa Fe, New Mexico ⓘ
partOf Pajarito Plateau self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Jemez volcanic field
recreation hiking ⓘ
mountain biking ⓘ
skiing ⓘ
timeZone Mountain Time Zone ⓘ
vegetationType montane forest ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Los Alamos, New Mexico → locatedIn → Pajarito Plateau ⓘ
Bandelier National Monument → partOf → Pajarito Plateau ⓘ
Jemez Mountains region → partOf → Pajarito Plateau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jemez volcanic field
Pajarito Plateau → partOf → Pajarito Plateau self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jemez volcanic field