mesa

mesa

An isolated, flat-topped upland with steep sides, typically broader than a butte.

mesa (mesafjell / broad isolated flat-topped highland)

All languages

English: mesa
Norwegian: mesafjell
Japanese: メサ — めさ — mesa
Korean: 메사 — mesa
Spanish: mesa
French: mesa
German: Tafelberg

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

Reference sources

National Park Service — mesas are isolated broad flat-topped mountains with at least one steep side
USGS-NPS glossary — a mesa is broad, nearly flat-topped, usually isolated, cliff-bounded, and wider across the summit than the bounding escarpments are high