Colorado Plateau

The Colorado Plateau is a physiographic and desert region of the Intermontane Plateaus, roughly centered on the region of the .
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Monument Valley.

is perhaps the most famous example of the classic American West landscape. In the close to the border of and , the valley has been the backdrop for many movies and advertisements, ranging from Marlboro cigarette ads to the films of John Ford to Back to the Future 3, Forrest Gump and Easy Rider.

Colorado Plateau

Latitude
37.00028° or 37° 0′ 1″ north
Longitude
-110.00096° or 110° 0′ 4″ west
Elevation
4,941 feet (1,506 metres)
Open location code
859F2X2X+4J
Geo­Names ID
5537202
Wiki­data ID
Q925906
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Colorado Plateau” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: هضبة كولورادو
  • Armenian: Կոլորադոյի սարավանդ
  • Basque: Coloradoko goi-ordokia
  • Belarusian: Каларада
  • Belarusian: Плато Каларада
  • Bengali: কলোরাডো মালভূমি
  • Bulgarian: Колорадо
  • Catalan: Altiplà del Colorado
  • Cebuano: Colorado Plateau
  • Chinese: 科羅拉多高原
  • Czech: Koloradská plošina
  • Dutch: Colorado Plateau
  • Dutch: Coloradoplateau
  • Esperanto: Kolorado-altebenaĵo
  • Estonian: Colorado platoo
  • Finnish: Coloradon laakio
  • French: plateau du Colorado
  • French: Plateau du Colorado
  • Georgian: კოლორადოს პლატო
  • German: Colorado-Plateau
  • Hebrew: רמת קולורדו
  • Hungarian: Colorado-fennsík
  • Icelandic: Colorado-sléttan
  • Indonesian: Dataran Tinggi Colorado
  • Italian: altopiano del Colorado
  • Italian: Altopiano del Colorado
  • Japanese: コロラド高原
  • Kabyle: Agni n Colorado
  • Kannada: ಕೊಲೆರಾಡೋ ಪ್ರಸ್ಥಭೂಮಿ
  • Kazakh: Колорадо үстірті
  • Kirghiz: Колорадо платосу
  • Kirghiz: Колорадо
  • Korean: 콜로라도고원
  • Lithuanian: Kolorado plynaukštė
  • Luxembourgish: Colorado-Plateau
  • Persian: فلات کلرادو
  • Polish: Wyżyna Kolorado
  • Portuguese: Planalto do Colorado
  • Russian: Колорадо
  • Scottish Gaelic: Àrd-thìr Cholorado
  • Slovak: Coloradská plošina
  • Slovenian: Colorado Plateau
  • Slovenian: Koloradska planota
  • Spanish: Meseta del Colorado
  • Turkish: Colorado Platosu
  • Turkish: Kolorado Platosu
  • Ukrainian: Колорадо
  • Uzbek: Kolorado (plato)
  • Uzbek: Kolorado
  • Welsh: Llwyfandir Colorado

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

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