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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 14 November 2024. Isolated hill with steep, often vertical sides and a small, relatively flat top For other uses, see Butte (disambiguation). The Mittens and Merrick Butte in Monument Valley, Utah – Arizona In geomorphology, a butte is an isolated hill with steep, often vertical sides and a small ...
View of Monument Valley in Utah, looking south on U.S. Route 163 from 13 miles (21 km) north of the Utah–Arizona state line Mitchell Mesa from the View Hotel.. Monument Valley (Navajo: Tsé Biiʼ Ndzisgaii, pronounced [tsʰépìːʔ ǹtsɪ̀skɑ̀ìː], meaning "valley of the rocks") is a region of the Colorado Plateau characterized by a cluster of sandstone buttes, with the largest reaching ...
Mount Conner, a mesa located in Northern Territory, Australia Aerial view of mesas in Monument Valley, on the Colorado Plateau Cockburn Range, Kimberley, Western Australia, Australia Har Qatum, a mesa located on the southern edge of Makhtesh Ramon, Israel Amadiya, Iraq, a city in its entirety built on a mesa Ingleborough in North Yorkshire, England Mount Garfield, a mesa in Colorado A mesa in ...
Depending on either their size, other physical characteristics, or geographic location, the landforms comprising a tableland are individually referred to by a number of names including butte, mesa, plateau, potrero, tepui, or tuya. [1] [2] A homologous landform under the sea is called either a tablemount or guyot.
Mesa – Elevated area of land with a flat top and sides, usually much wider than buttes; Mountain pass – Route through a mountain range or over a ridge; Plain – Expanse of land that is mostly flat and treeless; Plateau – Highland area, usually of relatively flat terrain; Ravine – Small valley, often due to stream erosion
Black Top Mesa: Pinal: 3354 ft (1022 m) Lone Mountain (Cave Creek) Maricopa: 3353 ft (1022 m) Black Cross Butte: Maricopa: 3351 ft (1021 m) Indian Fortress: Maricopa: 3342 ft (1018 m) Panorama Peak: Maricopa: 3325 ft (1013 m) Cunningham Mountain: La Paz: 3316 ft (1011 m) Pass Mountain North (Usery Park) Maricopa: 3312 ft (1009 m) Little Cat ...
Sentinel Mesa is a 6,450-foot-elevation (1,966-meter) summit in San Juan County, Utah, United States. [1] It is situated 1.5 miles (2.4 km) north of the Monument Valley visitor center on Navajo Nation land and can be seen from Highway 163. The mesa is immediately northwest of the iconic West and East Mitten Buttes.
The highlands are a dissected plateau, with an average elevation of about 2,740 m (8,990 ft), and subdued topography. The highest point is Roof Butte (36.4601° N, 109.0929° W) at 2,994 m (9,823 ft), near the northern end of the range in Arizona.