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Proper Noun

1. 1
   A monadnock rising nearly 1,583 feet (482.5 m) above the high-desert plain of the Navajo Nation in San Juan County, New Mexico, United States.

   "Shiprock is the remnants of a volcano that erupted more than 30 million years ago."

Example

More examples

"Mother, I am going to Shiprock."

Etymology

From ship + rock, from the peak's resemblance to a 19th-century clipper ship.

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