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Montezuma Well (Yavapai: ʼHakthkyayva), a detached unit of Montezuma Castle National Monument, [1] is a natural limestone sinkhole near the town of Lake Montezuma, Arizona, through which some 1,500,000 US gallons (5,700,000 L; 1,200,000 imp gal) of water emerge each day from an underground spring. It is located about 11 miles (18 km) northeast ...
Tunneling began from the east portal, just west of Grant on the North Fork of the South Platte River, but was eventually done from both ends as well as from a 916-foot (279 m) deep access shaft 1.7 miles (2.7 km) northwest of Montezuma. At its deepest, the tunnel passes 4,465 feet (1,361 m) below the surface near Santa Fe Peak on the ...
Montezuma, Ohio, a village; ... a mountain in Arizona; Montezuma Range, Nevada, a mountain range; Montezuma Well, a natural limestone sinkhole near Rimrock, ...
According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 0.13 square miles (0.34 km 2), of which 0.12 square miles (0.31 km 2) is land and 0.01 square miles (0.03 km 2) is water. [8] Montezuma is located near Grand Lake St. Marys.
The ruins of several prehistoric dwellings are scattered in and around the rim of the Well. Their inhabitants belonged to several indigenous American cultures that are believed to have occupied the Verde Valley between 700 and 1425 CE, the foremost of which being a cultural group archaeologists have termed the Southern Sinagua.
The area of the promontory is approximately 12 acres (4.9 ha). [ 7 ] : plate 12 Across the isthmus are the remnants of small crescent-shaped earthworks and an artificial wall, which in the 1840s measured 30 feet (9.1 m) thick at the base and 10 feet (3.0 m) high; it is pierced by three small gateways, at each of which was originally located a ...
There is an unincorporated community named Portage Lakes in Summit County, near Elevation: 1,053 feet (321 m), [3] in the The area became an important trading post for settlers and Indians. It was a recognized landmark during the War of 1812 , serving as a rendezvous point of American troops.
This list includes significant mountain peaks located in the United States arranged alphabetically by state, district, or territory.The highest peak in each state, district or territory is noted in bold.