Mount Taylor massif

USA / New Mexico / Acomita Lake /
 mountain, volcano, stratovolcano
Elevation: 11,301 feet (3445 meters)

Mount Taylor is one of the Navajo's four sacred mountains. Just outside of Grants, New Mexico, and visible from Albuquerque.

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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Taylor_(New_Mexico)
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Coordinates:   35°14'21"N   107°35'25"W

Comments

  • The location for Mount Taylor is indicated here incorrectly. This peak is a related but dissimilar volcanic center, and is substantially lower in elevation. The Mount Taylor peak is found about 5 miles east northeastward, along the western edge of the stratovolcano's crater.
  • Moved and resized the box on January 3, 2007. It should be correct now.
  • The uranium ore deposits in the Grants area extend eastward under the Mt Taylor volcanic mass and can be reached by shaft mining on the east side. Kerr-McGee was starting a mine there just before the collapse of the nuclear power industry.
  • A quadrathalon (bike, run, snowshoe, ski) makes the trip up and down the mountain each year.
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