Fajada Butte
Fajada Butte is a butte in Chaco Culture National Historical Park, in northwest New Mexico. Fajada Butte rises 135 meters above the canyon floor. Although there is no water source on the butte, there are ruins of small cliff dwellings in the higher regions of the butte.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Peak with an elevation of 6,627 feet
- Description: butte in New Mexico, United States
- Also known as: “Fachada Butte”, “Fahada Butte”, “Fahada Mesa”, “Mesa Fahada”, “Tsedighiili”, and “Tsedighin”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Hungo Pavi and Wijiji.
Hungo Pavi
Archaeological site
Photo: Semiautonomous, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Hungo Pavi is an Ancestral Puebloan great house and archaeological site located in Chaco Canyon, northwestern New Mexico, United States. A set of ruins located just 1 mile from the ruins of Una Vida, Hungo Pavi measured 872 feet in circumference.
Wijiji
Archaeological site
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Wijiji is an Ancestral Puebloan great house and archaeological site located in Chaco Canyon, in New Mexico, United States.
Fajada Butte
- Categories: butte, landmark, and landform
- Location: San Juan, New Mexico, Southwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
36.01906° or 36° 1′ 9″ northLongitude
-107.90992° or 107° 54′ 36″ westElevation
6,627 feet (2,020 metres)Open location code
858J239R+J2OpenStreetMap ID
node 357590477OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Spanish—“Fajada Butte” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Fajada Butte”
- Dutch: “Fajada Butte”
- Spanish: “Butte de Fajada”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Kimbeto and Lake Valley.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Chaco Culture Park Headquarters and Information Center and Chaco Canyon.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". 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 “Fajada Butte”. Photo: Rationalobserver, CC BY-SA 4.0.