Monument Valley

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Monument Valley is a striking red-sandstone desert region on the Arizona–Utah border, famed for its towering buttes and mesas and its iconic use as a backdrop in classic Western films.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Monument Valley canonical 16
Monument Valley region 7

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf desert region ⓘ
landform ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
climate arid ⓘ
contains Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
elevation approximately 1700 meters above sea level ⓘ
approximately 5600 feet above sea level ⓘ
featuredIn Back to the Future Part III (1990 film) ⓘ
Forrest Gump (1994 film) ⓘ
linked to: Forrest Gump

Once Upon a Time in the West (1968 film) ⓘ
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949 film) ⓘ
Stagecoach (1939 film) ⓘ
The Searchers (1956 film) ⓘ
linked to: The Searchers
geologicalAge Permian ⓘ
Triassic ⓘ
geologicalFormation sandstone ⓘ
hasLandmark Artist's Point ⓘ
Camel Butte ⓘ
East Mitten Butte ⓘ
Elephant Butte ⓘ
John Ford Point ⓘ
Merrick Butte ⓘ
Rain God Mesa ⓘ
The Totem Pole ⓘ
Three Sisters ⓘ
West Mitten Butte ⓘ
knownFor iconic Western film backdrop ⓘ
locatedIn Arizona ⓘ
Navajo Nation Reservation ⓘ
linked to: Navajo Nation

Utah ⓘ
locatedOnBorderOf Arizona ⓘ
Utah ⓘ
managedBy Navajo Nation ⓘ
namedAfter its numerous rock monuments ⓘ
nearestTown Kayenta, Arizona ⓘ
Mexican Hat, Utah ⓘ
notableFor mesas ⓘ
red sandstone landscape ⓘ
towering buttes ⓘ
partOf Colorado Plateau ⓘ
Four Corners region ⓘ
popularActivity guided tours ⓘ
photography ⓘ
scenic driving ⓘ
primaryRock De Chelly Sandstone ⓘ
Moenkopi Formation ⓘ
Organ Rock Shale ⓘ
tourismInfrastructure scenic loop road ⓘ
visitor center ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (23)

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

The Searchers → filmingLocation → Monument Valley ⓘ
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon → filmingLocation → Monument Valley ⓘ
Fort Apache → filmingLocation → Monument Valley ⓘ
Rio Grande (1950 film) → filmingLocation → Monument Valley ⓘ
subject linked to: Rio Grande
Kayenta, Arizona → primaryAccessTo → Monument Valley ⓘ
San Juan County, Utah → containsLandform → Monument Valley ⓘ
Wagon Master (1950 film) → filmingLocation → Monument Valley ⓘ
Bluff, Utah → isGatewayTo → Monument Valley region ⓘ
linked to: Monument Valley
Wingate Sandstone → exposedIn → Monument Valley region ⓘ
linked to: Monument Valley
Valley of the Gods → near → Monument Valley ⓘ
Comb Ridge → hasViewOf → Monument Valley region ⓘ
linked to: Monument Valley
Blanding, Utah → near → Monument Valley region ⓘ
linked to: Monument Valley
Mexican Hat, Utah → near → Monument Valley ⓘ
Goosenecks of the San Juan → near → Monument Valley ⓘ
Goosenecks State Park → near → Monument Valley region ⓘ
linked to: Monument Valley
Ornament Valley rockwork → inspiredBy → Monument Valley ⓘ
Monument Valley High School → near → Monument Valley ⓘ
Kayenta Health Center → near → Monument Valley region ⓘ
linked to: Monument Valley
Wagon Master → filmingLocation → Monument Valley ⓘ
Agathla Peak → locatedNear → Monument Valley ⓘ
U.S. Route 163 → traverses → Monument Valley ⓘ
Everett Ruess → traveledTo → Monument Valley region ⓘ
linked to: Monument Valley