Tsé Bitʼaʼí

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Tsé Bitʼaʼí is the Navajo name for Shiprock, a prominent and sacred volcanic rock formation in northwestern New Mexico that is central to Navajo mythology and cultural identity.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Tsé Bitʼaʼí canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf rock formation ⓘ
sacred site ⓘ
volcanic neck ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Shiprock ⓘ
associatedMythology Navajo emergence stories ⓘ
story of the great bird that carried the Navajo ⓘ
category Landforms of San Juan County, New Mexico ⓘ
Sacred mountains of the Navajo ⓘ
Volcanic plugs of the United States ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
culturalSignificance central to Navajo mythology ⓘ
important to Navajo cultural identity ⓘ
distanceFrom about 17 km southwest of Shiprock, New Mexico ⓘ
elevation about 2188 meters above sea level ⓘ
featuredIn Navajo ceremonial songs ⓘ
Navajo oral tradition ⓘ
Navajo stories and legends ⓘ
formedBy volcanic activity ⓘ
geologicalAge Oligocene ⓘ
linked to: Oligocene Epoch
geologicalType volcanic plug ⓘ
governingBody Navajo Nation government ⓘ
hasPart radiating dike system ⓘ
height about 482 meters above surrounding plain ⓘ
locatedIn Four Corners region ⓘ
Navajo Nation ⓘ
New Mexico ⓘ
San Juan County, New Mexico ⓘ
northwestern New Mexico ⓘ
locatedOn Colorado Plateau ⓘ
nameInLanguage Navajo ⓘ
linked to: Navajo people
nameMeaning rock with wings ⓘ
winged rock ⓘ
near U.S. Route 491 NERFINISHED ⓘ
town of Shiprock, New Mexico ⓘ
notableFor cultural and spiritual importance ⓘ
dramatic isolated monolith ⓘ
partOf Navajo sacred landscape ⓘ
protectedStatus climbing prohibited by Navajo Nation ⓘ
religion Navajo traditional religion ⓘ
rockComposition minette ⓘ
volcanic breccia ⓘ
sacredTo Navajo people ⓘ
tourism popular subject of photography ⓘ
usedFor ceremonial purposes ⓘ
visibleFrom large distances across the surrounding plain ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Shiprock → nameInNavajo → Tsé Bitʼaʼí ⓘ
subject linked to: Shiprock (rock formation)
Shiprock → nativeName → Tsé Bitʼaʼí ⓘ
subject linked to: Shiprock (monadnock)