butte

butte

One illustrated example of butte.

butte (isolert platåfjell / small isolated flat-topped erosional remnant)

All languages

English: butte
Norwegian: isolert platåfjell
Japanese: ビュート — びゅーと — byūto
Korean: 뷰트 — byuteu
Spanish: cerro testigo
French: butte
German: Butte

Beta edition. Illustrations are AI-generated and translations are undergoing language review.

Reference sources

National Park Service — buttes are smaller flat-topped mountains or hills with steep slopes on all sides, typically protected by resistant cap rock
National Park Service — buttes are smaller remnants of mesas that stand conspicuously alone and retain a hard horizontal cap