List of National Natural Landmarks in New Mexico explained

From List of National Natural Landmarks, these are the National Natural Landmarks in New Mexico. There are 12 in total.

NameImageDateLocationCountyOwnershipDescription
1 33.3672°N -104.9484°Wfederal (Bureau of Land Management)A rare example of wrench faulting outside the Pacific Coast region.
2 33.456°N -104.4016°Wfederal (Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge) Saline artesian lakes that provide habitat for the only inland occurrence of a marine alga and two rare fish species.
3 privateAn example of the blue grama-buffalograss prairie of the Great Plains.
4 33.4991°N -105.5238°Wfederal (Fort Stanton – Snowy River Cave National Conservation Area)Cave containing distinctive examples of selenite needles, starbursts, and velvet flowstone.
5 34.8887°N -107.9935°Wfederal (El Malpais National Conservation Area) & native (Acoma Pueblo) One of the best examples of recent extrusive volcanism.
6 36.3298°N -106.474°WprivateFossil site where well-preserved Coelophysis skeletons were found.
7 31.9719°N -106.9647°WDoña Anafederal (Bureau of Land Management) An example of an uncommon volcanic feature known as a maar.
8 federal (Bureau of Land Management) The best example of a shinnery oak-sand prairie community in the southern Great Plains.
9 33.4161°N -103.8698°WChavesfederal (Bureau of Land Management) The best example of an active sand dune system in the southern Great Plains.
10 36.6875°N -108.8364°Wnative (Navajo Nation) An outstanding example of an exposed volcanic neck accompanied by radiating dikes.
11 federal (Bureau of Land Management) Cave with distinctive branching stalactites and helictites, the type site of Torgac-type helictites.
12 35.9°N -106.5333°Wfederal (Valles Caldera National Preserve) One of the largest calderas in the world.

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