Mount Taylor (New Mexico)
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Mount Taylor is a dormant stratovolcano in northwest New Mexico, northeast of the town of Grants. It is the high point of the San Mateo Mountains and the highest point in the Cibola National Forest.
Mount Taylor NM
Mount Taylor, seen from the South
A view of Mount Taylor to the north from the west end of the Sky City of Acoma Pueblo.
A southwest view of Mount Taylor, as seen from the village of Encinal, NM.
Cabezon Peak
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Cabezon Peak is a large volcanic plug that is a prominent feature in northwestern New Mexico. It rises to 7,785 feet in elevation, and nearly 2,000 feet above the floor of the Rio Puerco Valley. Cabez
Mount Taylor (New Mexico)
…field straddles the extensional transition zone between the Colorado Plateau and the Rio Grande rift. The largest volcanic plug in the volcanic field is Cabezon Peak, which rises nearly 2,000 feet above the surrounding plain. Mount Taylor is sacred to the pueblos of Acoma, Laguna and Zuni, and the Hopi and Navajo…
Cabezon Peak at sunrise
Cabezon Peak is a volcanic plug located near the "ghost town" of Cabezon, NM
Cabezon Peak in northwestern New Mexico
Oblique air photo of Cabezon Peak, facing north