Defiance Plateau
The Defiance Plateau, part of the geologic Defiance Uplift, is an approximately 75-mile long, mostly north-trending plateau of Apache County, Arizona, with its east and southeast perimeter, as parts of San Juan and McKinley Counties, New Mexico.- Type: Heath
- Description: landform
- Also known as: “Chuska Plateau”, “Hubbell Plateau”, and “Whipple Plateau”
- Address: AZ
Defiance Plateau
- Category: plateau
- Location: Apache, Arizona, Southwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
35.83335° or 35° 50′ northLongitude
-109.24232° or 109° 14′ 32″ westElevation
7,838 feet (2,389 metres)Open location code
857GRQM5+83OpenStreetMap ID
node 369094209OpenStreetMap feature
natural=heath
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to German—“Defiance Plateau” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Defiance Plateau”
- German: “Defiance Plateau”
- German: “Defiance Uplift”
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