Mexico's natural monuments (or Monumentos Naturales in Spanish) are protected natural areas. Five areas – Bonampak, Cerro de La Silla, Río Bravo del Norte...
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Natural Areas in Mexico, covering 98 million hectares in total. They are protected and administered by the National Commission of Protected Natural Areas...
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Cerro de la Silla (redirect from Cerro de la Silla Natural Monument)
Set aside as a natural monument by the Mexican government in 1991, the mountain, or hill, as mountains are often referred to in Mexico, is a popular recreational...
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Siete Luminarias (redirect from Siete Luminarias Natural Monument)
declared a natural monument by the government of Mexico. It covers an area of 89.28 km2 to the south, west, and northwest of the city of Valle de Santiago...
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Yagul (redirect from Yagul Natural Monument)
civilization of pre-Columbian Mesoamerica, located in the Mexican state of Oaxaca. The site was declared one of the country's four Natural Monuments on 13 October...
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Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. Covering 1,972,550 km2 (761,610 sq mi), it is the...
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Yaxchilan (category Natural monuments of Mexico)
city located on the bank of the Usumacinta River in the state of Chiapas, Mexico. In the Late Classic Period Yaxchilan was one of the most powerful Maya...
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defined as natural heritage. Mexico accepted the convention on 23 February 1984, making its historical sites eligible for inclusion on the list. Mexico has 35...
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Bonampak (category Natural monuments of Mexico)
archaeological site in the Mexican state of Chiapas. The site is approximately 30 km (19 mi) south of the larger site of the people Yaxchilan, under...
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wilderness areas and national monuments, including three UNESCO World Heritage Sites, the most of any U.S. state. New Mexico's economy is highly diversified...
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national monuments, with 19, followed by California with 18 and New Mexico with 13. At least seventy-seven national monuments protect places of natural significance...
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67 national parks, 4 natural monuments (protected in perpetuity for their aesthetic, scientific or historical value), 26 areas of protected flora and fauna...
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National Monument is a U.S. National Monument located in northeastern New Mexico that protects and interprets an extinct cinder cone volcano and is part of the...
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National Monument is a U.S. national monument in Cibola County, New Mexico, United States. Located on an ancient east–west trail in the western part of the...
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Petroglyph National Monument stretches 17 miles (27 km) along Albuquerque, New Mexico's West Mesa, a volcanic basalt escarpment that dominates the city's...
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Mexico City is the capital and largest city of Mexico, and is also North America's most populous city. It is one of the most important cultural and financial...
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El Malpais National Monument is a National Monument located in western New Mexico, in the Southwestern United States. The name El Malpais is from the...
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Peña de Bernal (category Rock formations of Mexico)
related to Peña de Bernal. "Geologic setting of the Peña de Bernal Natural Monument, Querétaro, México: An endogenous volcanic dome". Geosphere. Archived...
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Kilbourne Hole (category National Natural Landmarks in New Mexico)
designated as a National Natural Landmark by the National Park Service. It is now part of Organ Mountains–Desert Peaks National Monument. Kilbourne Hole and...
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Monument is a national monument in the Robledo Mountains of Doña Ana County, New Mexico, United States, near the city of Las Cruces. The monument's Paleozoic...
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toward some monuments being conceived as cultural heritage in the form of remains to be preserved, and concerning commemorative monuments, there has been...
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Milodón Natural Monument is a Natural Monument located in the Chilean Patagonia, 24 km (15 mi) northwest of Puerto Natales and 270 km (168 mi) north of Punta...
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the headwaters of the Gila River in southwest New Mexico. The 533-acre (2.16 km2) national monument was established by President Theodore Roosevelt through...
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it continues), or rejected. Notes: The dates of original protection are preferred. Many natural monuments were later re-evaluated by the new laws which...
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Shiprock (category National Natural Landmarks in New Mexico)
most prominent landmark in northwestern New Mexico. In 1975, Shiprock was designated a National Natural Landmark by the National Park Service. The Navajo...
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World Heritage Site (redirect from List of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage)
30 July 2022. Retrieved 1 October 2023. "Monuments of Nubia-International Campaign to Save the Monuments of Nubia". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Archived...
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Mammoth National Monument Junior Ranger. Biology portal Paleontology portal List of national monuments of the United States Natural history museums in...
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Organ Mountains (redirect from Organ Mountains (New Mexico))
southern New Mexico in the Southwestern United States. Organ Mountains–Desert Peaks National Monument was declared a national monument on May 21, 2014...
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Teotihuacan (redirect from Teotihuacán, State of Mexico)
in a sub-valley of the Valley of Mexico, which is located in the State of Mexico, 40 kilometers (25 mi) northeast of modern-day Mexico City. Teotihuacan...
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Half Moon Caye (redirect from Half Moon Caye Natural Monument)
Caye is an island and natural monument of Belize located at the southeast corner of Lighthouse Reef Atoll. This natural monument was the first nature reserve...
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