List of National Natural Landmarks in New Mexico

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From List of National Natural Landmarks, these are the National Natural Landmarks in New Mexico. There are 12 in total.

Mescalero Sands South Dune

Border Hills Structural Zone

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	Name	Date	Location	County	Ownership	Description
1	Border Hills Structural Zone	1980	33°22′02″N104°56′54″W / 33.367226°N 104.948359°W / 33.367226; -104.948359 (Border Hills Structural Zone)	Lincoln	federal (Bureau of Land Management)	A rare example of wrench faulting outside the Pacific Coast region.
2	Bitter Lake Group	1980	33°27′22″N104°24′06″W / 33.456047°N 104.401621°W / 33.456047; -104.401621 (Bitter Lake Group)	Chaves	federal (Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge)	Saline artesian lakes that provide habitat for the only inland occurrence of a marine alga and two rare fish species.
3	Bueyeros Shortgrass Plains	1980		Harding	private	An example of the blue grama-buffalograss prairie of the Great Plains.
4	Fort Stanton Cave	1980	33°29′57″N105°31′26″W / 33.499099°N 105.523798°W / 33.499099; -105.523798 (Fort Stanton Cave)	Lincoln	federal (Fort Stanton – Snowy River Cave National Conservation Area)	Cave containing distinctive examples of selenite needles, starbursts, and velvet flowstone.
5	Grants Lava Flow	1969	34°53′19″N107°59′36″W / 34.888718°N 107.993472°W / 34.888718; -107.993472 (Grants Lava Flow)	Valencia	federal (El Malpais National Conservation Area) & native (Acoma Pueblo)	One of the best examples of recent extrusive volcanism.
6	Ghost Ranch	1975	36°19′47″N106°28′26″W / 36.329789°N 106.474°W / 36.329789; -106.474 (Ghost Ranch)	Rio Arriba	private	Fossil site where well-preserved Coelophysis skeletons were found.
7	Kilbourne Hole	1975	31°58′19″N106°57′53″W / 31.971944°N 106.964722°W / 31.971944; -106.964722 (Kilbourne Hole)	Doña Ana	federal (Bureau of Land Management)	An example of an uncommon volcanic feature known as a maar.
8	Mathers Research Natural Area	1980		Chaves	federal (Bureau of Land Management)	The best example of a shinnery oak-sand prairie community in the southern Great Plains.
9	Mescalero Sands South Dune	1982	33°24′58″N103°52′11″W / 33.416122°N 103.869842°W / 33.416122; -103.869842 (Mescalero Sands South Dune)	Chaves	federal (Bureau of Land Management)	The best example of an active sand dune system in the southern Great Plains.
10	Ship Rock	1975	36°41′15″N108°50′11″W / 36.6875°N 108.836389°W / 36.6875; -108.836389 (Shiprock)	San Juan	native (Navajo Nation)	An outstanding example of an exposed volcanic neck accompanied by radiating dikes.
11	Torgac Cave	1974		Lincoln	federal (Bureau of Land Management)	Cave with distinctive branching stalactites and helictites, the type site of Torgac-type helictites.
12	Valles Caldera	1975	35°54′00″N106°32′00″W / 35.9°N 106.533333°W / 35.9; -106.533333 (Valles Caldera)	Rio Arriba, Sandoval	federal (Valles Caldera National Preserve)	One of the largest calderas in the world.

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