ShiprockArticle Free Pass Shiprock, town, San Juan county,
northwestern New Mexico, U.S. Lying on the vast Navajo
reservation, the town, originally called Needles, was founded in
1903 as a centre of tribal government. It served as such until
1938, when the Navajo nation established its capital at Window
Rock, Arizona. The town takes its name from Ship Rock, a
volcanic rock located 10 miles (16 km) to the southwest. This
rock rises 1,400 feet (420 metres) from the desert; in Navajo
the peak is called tse bida’hi, “winged rock,” and it figures
prominently in Navajo mythology. Pop. (2000) 8,156; (2010)
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