haystack hill

haystack hill
   (Puerto Rican.) In the tropics, rounded conical hill of limestone developed as a result of solution. Term replaced by mogote [10].
   Synonyms: (French.) mogote; (German.) Mogote; (Italian.) mogote, rilievo carsico residuo; (Spanish.) mogote; (Turkish.) konik !!kireçtaÕ2 tepesi; (Yugoslavian.) hum.
   See also mogote.

A Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology with Special Reference to Environmental Karst Hydrology. . 2002.

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