Notes: This iconic natural formation rises 550 meters above the high-desert in the four corners region of New Mexico. Because from a distance it appears to be a ship, it was named Shiprock. The Navajos call it Tsˇ Bit'a'’, "rock with wings" or "winged rock".

Radiometric dating shows the age of this formation to have been created 27 million years ago. Erosion has left this formation which was the "throat" of a volcano. The layers of mountains and hills surrounding it gives one a sense of ancient mystery, the sort that conjures a landscape of magical beauty.

Elevation: 2,188 m (7,177 ft)
Prominence: 482 m (1,583 ft)
Volcanic breccia and minette
Age: 27 million years
First ascent: 1939 by David Brower, Raffi Bedayn, Bestor Robinson and John Dyer