Peñasco Blanco

Peñasco Blanco is a Chacoan Ancestral Puebloan great house and notable archaeological site located in Chaco Canyon, a canyon in , New Mexico, United States.
Wikipedia
Photo: Bob Adams NM, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • Type: Protected area
  • Description: human settlement in New Mexico, United States of America
  • Also known as: “Penasco Blanco” and “Penasco Blanco ruin”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Casa Chiquita and Kin Kletso.

Archaeological site
Photo: Semiautonomous, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is an Ancestral Puebloan great house and archaeological site located in Chaco Canyon, northwestern , United States. Located near the old north entrance to the canyon, its layout features a smaller profile with a square block of rooms surrounding a central elevated round room, or kiva. is situated 1½ miles southeast of Peñasco Blanco.

Archaeological site
Photo: HJPD, CC BY 3.0.
is a Chacoan Ancestral Pueblo great house and notable archaeological site located in , 25 miles southwest of , United States. is situated 2 miles southeast of Peñasco Blanco.

Peñasco Blanco

Latitude
36.08158° or 36° 4′ 54″ north
Longitude
-108.00305° or 108° 0′ 11″ west
Open location code
858H3XJW+JQ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 185295350
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Wiki­data ID
Q7179702
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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Spanish—“Peñasco Blanco” goes by many names.

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Penasco Blanco Great Kiva 2 and Penasco Blanco Great Kiva 1 antechambers.

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