Chaco Canyon
Chaco Canyon is a valley in San Juan, New Mexico and has an elevation of 6,106 feet.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Pueblo Bonito and Kin Kletso.
Pueblo Bonito
Archaeological site
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Pueblo Bonito is the largest and best-known great house in Chaco Culture National Historical Park, northern New Mexico. It was built by the Ancestral Puebloans who occupied the structure between AD 828 and 1126.
Kin Kletso
Archaeological site
Kin Kletso is a Chacoan Ancestral Pueblo great house and notable archaeological site located in Chaco Culture National Historical Park, 25 miles southwest of Nageezi, New Mexico, United States.
Casa Rinconada
Archaeological site
Casa Rinconada is an Ancestral Puebloan archaeological site located atop a ridge adjacent to a small rincon across from Pueblo Bonito in Chaco Culture National Historical Park, northwestern New Mexico, United States.
Chaco Canyon
- Type: Valley with an elevation of 6,106 feet
- Description: valley in San Juan County, New Mexico, United States
- Category: landform
- Location: San Juan, New Mexico, Southwest, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to French—“Chaco Canyon” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Cañón del Chaco”
- Cebuano: “Chaco Canyon (walog sa Estados Unidos)”
- Cebuano: “Chaco Canyon”
- Finnish: “Chacon kanjoni”
- French: “Chaco Canyon”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Pueblo Bonito and Chettro Kettle.
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