Re: [OM] From the Air [was Friday Mountain)

[Moose]

On 5/17/2012 6:52 AM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
> Both very interesting shots.  I'd never heard of the Sutter Buttes so
> had to look them up.<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sutter_Buttes>   I've
> always considered a butte and a mesa as pretty much synonymous but I see
> that buttes are not necessarily flat topped.

Merriam-Webster says: "an isolated hill or mountain with steep or precipitous 
sides usually having a smaller summit area 
than a mesa "

That doesn't seem to apply exactly, either. I guess those who named the 
formation weren't bothered by such niceties.

Wikipedia has a further discussion of practical usage. 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butte>

Butted Moose*

* Send in the goats.

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