Skeleton Canyon

Skeleton Canyon, called Cañon Bonita by the Mexicans, is located 30 miles northeast of the town of , in the Peloncillo Mountains, which straddle the modern and state line, in the New Mexico Bootheel region.
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Skeleton Canyon

Latitude
31.59417° or 31° 35′ 39″ north
Longitude
-109.06889° or 109° 4′ 8″ west
Elevation
4,665 feet (1,422 metres)
Open location code
853GHWVJ+MC
Geo­Names ID
5314611
Wiki­data ID
Q518332
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Spanish—“Skeleton Canyon” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: Skeleton Canyon (walog sa Estados Unidos, Arizona, Cochise County)
  • Cebuano: Skeleton Canyon
  • Dutch: Skeleton Canyon
  • French: Skeleton Canyon
  • Italian: Skeleton Canyon
  • Russian: Каньон скелетов
  • Spanish: Cañon Bonita

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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Skeleton Canyon”. Photo: BAlvarius, CC BY-SA 3.0.