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LeChee Rock is a prominent sandstone pillar on Navajo Nation land in northern Arizona, south of Lake Powell, rising about 5,900 feet above sea level and more than 900 feet above the surrounding terrain. Visible from Arizona State Route 98 and distant viewpoints, it stands on the Colorado Plateau at the southern edge of the Great Basin Desert. Its Jurassic layers include Romana Sandstone, the Entrada Sandstone's Escalante Member, and the Salt Wash Member of the Morrison Formation, above the Carmel Formation at its base. Its name comes from the Navajo Łichíí, meaning red, and the official spelling LeChee Rock was adopted in 2004.
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