El Morro National Monument

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El Morro National Monument is a historic sandstone bluff in western New Mexico famed for its ancient Native American petroglyphs and centuries of inscriptions left by Spanish and American travelers.

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El Morro National Monument canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historic site
national monument
protected area
accessibleVia New Mexico State Road 53 NERFINISHED
administeredBy National Park Service
alsoKnownAs Inscription Rock NERFINISHED
AtsinnaPuebloOccupiedFrom circa 1275
AtsinnaPuebloOccupiedUntil circa 1400
contains Atsinna Pueblo NERFINISHED
country United States of America
surface form: United States
designatedBy President Theodore Roosevelt NERFINISHED
designationDate 1906-12-08
elevation approximately 2,180 meters
approximately 7,200 feet
establishedAs U.S. National Monument NERFINISHED
geologicalFormationPeriod Jurassic period
governingBody U.S. Department of the Interior NERFINISHED
hasArea approximately 1,278 acres
approximately 5.17 square kilometers
hasCulturalAssociation American settlers
Ancestral Puebloans NERFINISHED
Spanish explorers
Zuni people NERFINISHED
hasFeature inscriptions
petroglyphs
prehistoric pueblo ruins
water pool
hasGeologicalForm sandstone bluff
hasTrail Headland Trail NERFINISHED
Inscription Trail NERFINISHED
hasWaterSource permanent pool at base of cliff
inscriptionsDateBackTo 13th century
19th century American frontier period
Spanish colonial period
listedIn National Register of Historic Places NERFINISHED
locatedIn Cibola County, New Mexico NERFINISHED
New Mexico
locatedInRegion western New Mexico
nearestCommunity Ramah, New Mexico NERFINISHED
notableInscriptionBy Don Diego de Vargas NERFINISHED
Juan de Oñate NERFINISHED
U.S. Army expeditions
NRHPType historic district
partOf National Park System NERFINISHED
primaryAttraction historic inscriptions on sandstone cliff
views of surrounding high desert landscape
reasonForHistoricUse reliable water source along travel route

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Cibola County, New Mexico contains El Morro National Monument
western New Mexico contains El Morro National Monument
subject surface form: Western New Mexico