Monument Valley (Navajo: Tse'Bii'Ndzisgaii) is an area in the United States, on the border between the states of Utah and Arizona, known for the unique rock formations found there. It is located on the Colorado Plateau 100 km west of Four Corners, the point where the states of Utah, Arizona, Colorado and New Mexico meet. Monument Valley is part of the Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park of the Navajo Indians, and is accessible via U.S. Route 163. The valley, located on the Colorado Plateau at an altitude of about'm above sea level, consists of sandstone and siltstone and owes its characteristic red colour to the iron oxide present in the soil. Soil erosion has formed sandstone formations that are between 100 and 300 metres high and bear names such as East and West Mitten, Totem Pole and Three Sisters.
The area around Monument Valley was once a lowland. Over millions of years, due to erosion of the then young Rocky Mountains, material was deposited, gradually creating a plateau that reached almost 5,000 metres above sea level.
During the last 50 million years, much of this material eroded in turn. The softer layers were more subject to erosion than the harder rocks, leaving the formations now on view.
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