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Black Mesa Preserve is a nature reserve located in the Oklahoma panhandle, managed by The Nature Conservancy. The preserve protects a basalt mesa formed by ancient lava flows and contains the highest point in the state of Oklahoma at 4,973 feet. The area is ecologically significant for its mix of sh...

Cerro Pedernal, commonly called Pedernal, is a prominent flat-topped mountain in northern New Mexico near Abiquiú. Its resistant cap and steep slopes make it a distinctive landmark above the surrounding high-desert terrain. American painter Georgia O'Keeffe repeatedly depicted Pedernal from differen...

Mesa Verde National Park protects the remarkably preserved archaeological remains of the Ancestral Puebloan people who lived between approximately 600 and 1300 CE. Located in southwestern Colorado, the park features numerous cliff dwellings constructed within natural alcoves of sandstone mesas. Thes...

Sheep Mountain Table is a broad, flat-topped landform in the South Unit of Badlands National Park, South Dakota. Its elevated surface overlooks eroded pinnacles, mixed-grass prairie, and the White River valley, providing a different perspective from the park's main paved scenic road. Access typicall...

A broad sandstone mesa within Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park on the Arizona-Utah border, composed of De Chelly sandstone and a defining element of the park's skyline.

Black Mesa is a long, flat-topped landform extending across parts of Colorado, New Mexico, and the Oklahoma Panhandle. Its Oklahoma section contains the state's highest natural point, at 4,973 feet above sea level, in Cimarron County near the New Mexico border. The mesa's resistant cap rock is volca...

Breakaways Conservation Park is a protected arid landscape near Coober Pedy in northern South Australia. Its scenery consists of eroded mesas, flat-topped hills, plains, and exposed strata in red, brown, white, and ochre tones, formed through the retreat and weathering of an ancient plateau. The are...