Roof Butte ( nv, Adáá dikʼá "Roof shaped mountain on the run") is a peak in the
Chuska Mountains in
Arizona
Arizona ( ; nv, Hoozdo Hahoodzo ; ood, Alĭ ṣonak ) is a state in the Southwestern United States. It is the 6th largest and the 14th most populous of the 50 states. Its capital and largest city is Phoenix. Arizona is part of the Fou ...
, United States. Roof Butte is the highest peak of the Chuska Mountains which run in a north-northwest direction across the Arizona-New Mexico border. Roof Butte is a visible
butte
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In geomorphology, a butte () is an isolated hill with steep, often vertical sides and a small, relatively flat top; buttes are smaller landforms than mesas, plateaus, and tablelands. The word ''butte'' comes from a French word mea ...
for miles around. The butte has an elevation of . A manned-lookout tower is located on Roof Butte. Two funnel shaped explosion
volcanic pipes formed the flattish summit of Roof Butte, and a low
lava dome
In volcanology, a lava dome is a circular mound-shaped protrusion resulting from the slow extrusion of viscous lava from a volcano. Dome-building eruptions are common, particularly in convergent plate boundary settings. Around 6% of eruptions on ...
caps one nearby peak.
Access to the Navajo Nation requires a permit.
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Landforms of Apache County, Arizona
Buttes of Arizona