Barber Peak

{{Short description|Volcanic plug on Navajo Nation land in New Mexico}}

{{Infobox mountain

|name = Barber Peak

|other_name = Tsé Naajin

|photo = Barber Peak (Navajo Volcanic Field, northwestern New Mexico, USA).jpg

|photo_caption = West aspect

|elevation_ft = 5778

|elevation_ref = {{cite web|url=https://listsofjohn.com/peak/15509|title=Barber Peak - 5,778' NM|website=listsofjohn.com|accessdate=2020-12-04}}

|prominence_ft = 308

|prominence_ref =

|isolation_mi = 1.47

|isolation_ref =

|parent_peak = Table Mesa (5,850 ft){{cite web|url=https://peakvisor.com/peak/barber-peak.html|website=peakvisor.com|title=Barber Peak |accessdate=2020-12-04}}

|range = Chuska Mountains
Colorado Plateau

|location = San Juan County, New Mexico, US

|map = New Mexico#USA

|map_caption = Location in New Mexico

|map_size = 230

|coordinates = {{coord|36|35|14|N|108|41|47|W|type:mountain_region:US-NM_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|coordinates_ref = {{cite gnis|id=886056|name=Barber Peak|accessdate=2020-12-04}}

|topo = USGS Table Mesa

|type = Volcanic plug

|rock = Volcanic breccia

|age = Oligocene

|first_ascent = 1981 by M. Dalen, D. Nordstrom[https://www.mountainproject.com/area/107413733/barber-peak Barber Peak, Mountainproject.com]

|easiest_route = Southeast gully, {{YDS|5.8+}}

}}

Barber Peak is a {{convert|5,778|ft|m|abbr=off|sp=us|adj=on}} elevation volcanic plug located on Navajo Nation land in San Juan County of northwest New Mexico, United States. It is a prominent landmark set one-half mile east of U.S. Route 491, approximately 15 miles south of the community of Shiprock, New Mexico. Its nearest higher neighbor is Table Mesa, one mile to the west, and Cathedral Cliff is set 1.5 mile to the northwest. Barber Peak is one of the phreatomagmatic diatremes of the Four Corners area, and with significant relief as it rises {{convert|300|ft|m|abbr=off|sp=us}} above the high-desert plain. It is situated about {{convert|11|mi}} southeast of Shiprock, the most famous of these diatremes. Barber Peak is set in the northeastern part of the Navajo Volcanic Field, a volcanic field that includes intrusions and flows of minette and other unusual igneous rocks which formed around 30 million years ago during the Oligocene.Steven C. Semken, The Navajo Volcanic Field, in Volcanology in New Mexico, New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 18, p. 79, 2001. {{ISSN|1524-4156}} In the Navajo language, this geographical feature is called Tsé Naajin, meaning "black downward rock."Laurance D. Linford, Tony Hillerman's Navajoland, 2nd edition, University of Utah Press, 2005, page 10.