Monument Valley, Tribal Park, Utah. by Gert Hilbink

About "Monument Valley, Tribal Park, Utah."

by Gert Hilbink

About the artwork

Monument Valley 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 elevation of about 1,700 feet above sea level, consists of sandstone and siltstone and owes its characteristic red color to the iron oxide present in the soil. Through erosion of the soil, sandstone formations have formed that are between 100 and 300 meters high and bear names like East and West Mitten, Totem Pole and Three Sisters. The area around Monument Valley was once a lowland. Over millions of years, erosion of the then-young Rocky Mountains deposited material that gradually created a plateau that reached nearly 5,000 feet 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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