Mogote
A mogote () is a generally-isolated steep-sided residual hill in the tropics composed of either limestone, marble, or dolomite. Mogotes are surrounded by nearly flat alluvial plains. The hills typically have a rounded, tower-like form. Overview
This term is used for hills, isolated or linked, with very steep, almost vertical, walls, surrounded by alluvial plains in the tropics, regardless of whether the carbonate strata in which they have formed are folded or not. Mogotes are common in tropical and subtropical karst areas around the world, which is that of southern China, the Southeast Asian countries of Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam; as well as the Caribbean, especially in Cuba and Puerto Rico. Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic is another karst area that contains mogotes. The word mogote comes from the Basque word 'mokoti' meaning "sharp-pointed" (moko' meaning "mountain peak"). In Puerto Rico, several mogotes along a ridge are called pepinos''. Gallery

 See also 
 Bornhardt
 Butte
 Inselberg
 Tepui
Tower karstAreas'''
 Chocolate Hills, Philippines
 Hin Namno, Laos
 Kinta Valley, Malaysia
 Krabi Province, Thailand
Los Haitises, Dominican Republic
 Northern Karst Region, Puerto Rico
 Phong Nha-Ke Bang, Vietnam
 South China Karst, China
 Viñales Valley, Cuba

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Inselbergs
Landforms of Cuba
Erosion landforms
Karst