# Beautiful Mountain

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{{Short description|Mountain in New Mexico, United States}}
{{About|the mountain in New Mexico, USA|the mountain in Nova Scotia|Beinn Bhreagh, Nova Scotia}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name = Beautiful Mountain
| image =
| image_caption =
| elevation_ft = 9392
| elevation_ref = <ref name="pb">{{cite peakbagger |pid=3929 |name=Beautiful Mountain, New Mexico |accessdate=2008-08-07}}</ref>
| prominence_ft = 1508
| prominence_ref = <ref name="pb"/>
| listing = San Juan County high point
| location = [San Juan County](/source/San_Juan_County%2C_New_Mexico), [New Mexico](/source/New_Mexico), U.S.
| map = New Mexico
| map_caption = none
| map_size = 200
| label = 
| label_position =
| coordinates = {{coord|36.4888906|N|108.9892618|W|type:mountain_region:US-NM_scale:100000_source:GNIS|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| range_coordinates = 
| coordinates_ref = <ref name="gnis">{{cite gnis |id=902172 |name=Beautiful Mountain |accessdate=2014-02-10}}</ref>
| topo_map = [USGS](/source/United_States_Geological_Survey) Sanostee West
| type =
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'''Beautiful Mountain''' ({{langx|nv|Dziłkʼi Hózhóonii}}) is part of the [Chuska Mountains](/source/Chuska_Mountains) and its summit is the highest point in [San Juan County](/source/San_Juan_County%2C_New_Mexico), [New Mexico](/source/New_Mexico). The mountain is about {{convert|26|mi}} southwest of the community of [Shiprock](/source/Shiprock%2C_New_Mexico) in the [Four Corners](/source/Four_Corners) region. It is on the [Navajo Nation](/source/Navajo_Nation) and plays a significant role in Navajo [mythology](/source/mythology).

==History==
Navajo legend includes "Beautiful Mountain" as the feet of a large mythic male figure, with the Chuska Mountains comprising the body, Chuska Peak as the head and the [Carrizo Mountains](/source/Carrizo_Mountains) as the legs. [Shiprock](/source/Shiprock) is said to be either a medicine pouch or a bow carried by the figure.<ref name="linford">{{cite book |first=Laurance D. |last=Linford |title=Navajo Places: History, Legend, Landscape |publisher=University of Utah Press |location=Salt Lake City |year=2000 |isbn=0-87480-623-2 |pages=264–265}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Wyman |first=Leland C. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C5MlEAAAQBAJ&dq=Beautiful+Mountain+mythic+New+Mexico&pg=PA137 |title=The Mountainway of the Navajo |date=2019-05-28 |publisher=University of Arizona Press |isbn=978-0-8165-4022-8 |language=en}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{cite summitpost |id=583708 |name=Beautiful Mountain}}

{{Mountains of New Mexico}}

Category:Landforms of San Juan County, New Mexico
Category:Landmarks in New Mexico
Category:Mountains of New Mexico
Category:Religious places of the Indigenous peoples of North America
Category:Sacred mountains of the United States
Category:Mountains of San Juan County, New Mexico
Category:Navajo Nation

{{SanJuanCountyNM-geo-stub}}

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