Pajarito Plateau

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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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Pajarito Plateau canonical 12
Jemez volcanic field 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geographic region
plateau
volcanic mesa
borderedBy Jemez Mountains high country
Rio Grande
climate semi-arid
contains Ancestral Puebloan archaeological sites
Bandelier National Monument
Frijoles Canyon
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Los Alamos townsite
Valles Caldera National Preserve vicinity
White Rock Canyon rim
cliff dwellings
rock art sites
country United States
county Los Alamos County
elevationRange approximately 1900–2400 meters
extendsInto Sandoval County
formedBy eroded volcanic tuff
geologicalOrigin volcanic activity
geology 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
Manhattan Project
Ponderosa pine forests
deep canyons
forested mesas
mixed conifer forests
languageOfToponym Spanish
locatedIn New Mexico
northern New Mexico
locatedOn Jemez Mountains
nameMeaning little bird (in Spanish)
near Santa Fe, New Mexico
partOf Jemez volcanic field
linked to: Pajarito Plateau
recreation hiking
mountain biking
skiing
timeZone Mountain Time Zone
vegetationType montane forest

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Los Alamos, New Mexico locatedIn Pajarito Plateau
Bandelier National Monument partOf Pajarito Plateau
Pajarito Plateau partOf Jemez volcanic field
linked to: Pajarito Plateau
Jemez Mountains region partOf Jemez volcanic field
linked to: Pajarito Plateau
Tsankawi locatedIn Pajarito Plateau
Tsankawi Trail offersViewOf Pajarito Plateau
Frijoles Canyon partOf Pajarito Plateau
Los Alamos County locatedOn Pajarito Plateau
NM 4 nearbyFeature Pajarito Plateau
White Rock, New Mexico locatedOn Pajarito Plateau
San Ildefonso Pueblo nearByFeature Pajarito Plateau
Española Basin boundedBy Pajarito Plateau
subject linked to: Espanola Basin