What should I call this?

[alpacinou]

Can I call this a mountain since it's not that tall? Or should I call it a hill?

1. flat-topped hill

2. flat-topped mountain

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

It depends on where it is. In the Southwest US, it's a mesa. Elsewhere, it might be a plateau or a flattop or flat-topped mountain.

Let's see what others say.

 

[jutfrank]

I definitely wouldn't think of it as a mountain. I don't see a hill, either. I'd like a view from a reverse angle to say more.

 

[alpacinou]

I definitely wouldn't think of it as a mountain. I don't see a hill, either. I'd like a view from a reverse angle to say more.

I only have these photos.

 

[jutfrank]

Perhaps a mount?

 

[GoesStation]

Names for that sort of geographical feature vary by region. For example, Californians call things that would be mountains in the eastern United States "hills".

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

Names for that sort of geographical feature vary by region. For example, Californians call things that would be mountains in the eastern United States "hills".

Yup. I had a girlfriend from the Pacific Northwest who called the White Mountains and Green Mountains bumps.

Anyhow, Al, two words to look up are mesa and another I just remembered, butte.

Mesas:



Buttes:

 

[jutfrank]

Nice butte, Charlie. ;-)

 

[GoesStation]

Nice butte, Charlie. ;-)

Sorry, it doesn't work. "Butte" is pronounced b-yout.

 

[GoesStation]

Anyhow, Al, two words to look up are mesa and another I just remembered, butte.

Those are American English only, as far as I know.

 

[jutfrank]

Sorry, it doesn't work. "Butte" is pronounced b-yout.

What a beaut, Charlie. ;-)