Stock photography, photos: Shiprock Peak - New Mexico Stock photos of Shiprock Peak is the neck, or remains of a solidified lava core, of a dormant 40 million year old volcanic pinnacle. It is shaped somewhat like a 19th century Clipper Ship with high trap-dykes running north from Utah and south from the main spire and rising about 1,800 feet above the four-corners New Mexican plain. It's elevation is 7,178 feet above sea level. It lies about 13 miles southwest of the town of Shiprock, New Mexico, and 6 miles west of Highway 66. Shiprock in the Navajo Nation, New Mexico. USA Photograph: © Robert Burch Click for a larger image and more information Keywords associated with this stock photo: southwest, usa, west, western, landscape, landscapes, desert, shiprock, new mexico, navajo nation