Which mountain did Georgia O'Keeffe have her ashes scattered over?

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Georgia O'Keeffe had her ashes scattered over Cerro Pedernal.

Cerro Pedernal is a distinctive flat-topped mountain in northern New Mexico that O'Keeffe painted repeatedly. She first encountered it in the landscape near Abiquiú and made it one of her recurring subjects, often simplifying its horizontal summit and surrounding terrain into bold, spare forms.

O'Keeffe died in Santa Fe on March 6, 1986. In accordance with her wishes, her ashes were scattered from the summit of Cerro Pedernal. The mountain therefore became both a visual motif in her paintings and a final place of personal significance.

The name is sometimes confused with Ghost Ranch, where O'Keeffe also lived and worked, or with the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, a larger mountain range visible in northern New Mexico. Cerro Pedernal is an individual landmark, recognizable by its distinctive mesa-like profile.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Oct. 2026

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