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Pages in category "Mesas of New Mexico" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. . Potrero (landform) B.
Raton Mesa is the namesake for Raton Pass and also lends its name to the cluster of mesas that separate northeastern New Mexico from southeastern Colorado, collectively recognized as the Raton Mesas (formerly known as the Raton Mountains). Raton Mesas are volcanic in origin caused by lava flows which solidified into basalt.
Mesa del Contadero, sometimes called Black Mesa, also appeared on a 1773 Spanish map as Mesa de Senecú, [1] is a basalt mesa that stands out on the east bank of the Rio Grande over three miles southwest of Val Verde in Socorro County, New Mexico. The mesa rises up dramatically from its lower surroundings in steep sides of 250 to 300 feet ...
Grazing on top of mesas was a traditional practice throughout northern New Mexico, where some mesas to this day are known as potreros. About 1887, Marion Bell, a railway construction worker, led a group of dissatisfied and unemployed railroad workers and coal miners from Blossberg (near Raton) and began homesteading the Mesa. The settlers ...
The West Mesa is an elevated landmass lying west of the Rio Grande in the Albuquerque area, stretching from the Pajarito Mesa in the South Valley northward to Bernalillo in the U.S. state of New Mexico. The eastern edge of the West Mesa is defined by an escarpment that borders the Rio Grande floodplain. The West Mesa also serves as the ...
Enchanted Mesa is a sandstone butte [1] in Cibola County, New Mexico, United States, about 2.5 miles (4.0 km) northeast of the pueblo of Acoma. It is called Mesa Encantada in Spanish and Katzimo or Kadzima in Keresan. Acoma tradition says that Enchanted Mesa was the home of the Acoma people until a severe storm and landslide destroyed the only ...
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Mesas of New Mexico (19 P) Mountain passes of New Mexico (12 P) Mountain ranges of New Mexico (4 C, 58 P) Mountains of New Mexico (1 C, 75 P) R.