Shiprock

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From ship +‎ rock, from the peak's resemblance to a 19th-century clipper ship.

Proper noun

Shiprock

  1. A monadnock rising nearly 1,583 feet (482.5 m) above the high-desert plain of the Navajo Nation in San Juan County, New Mexico, United States.
    • 2018 July 17, Autumn Spanne, “Check out these crazy rock formations across the United States”, in CNN‎[1]:
      Shiprock is the remnants of a volcano that erupted more than 30 million years ago.
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