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 3

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

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cibola County, New Mexico → contains → El Morro National Monument ⓘ
Western New Mexico → contains → El Morro National Monument ⓘ
subject linked to: western New Mexico
New Mexico State Road 53 → passesNear → El Morro National Monument ⓘ