National Monument

El Malpais National Monument

New Mexico · Grants, NM

1987

Established

114K

Acres

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Operator:505-876-2783
Address:1900 E. Santa Fe Ave. · Grants, NM · 87020

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Imported description

El Malpais preserves a volcanic landscape of lava flows, cinder cones, and lava tube caves. The monument includes some of the longest lava tube systems in North America.

Source: nps.gov

From Wikipedia

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 Spanish term Malpaís, meaning badlands, due to the extremely barren and dramatic volcanic field that covers much of the park's area.

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