butte
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There are already wind turbines atop the butte, built by the landowning Galt family with Borgquist’s help.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2024
Next month, the Oregon Geographic Names Board, which supervises the naming of geographic features within the state, is set to vote to rename Swastika Mountain, a 4,197-foot butte in the Umpqua National Forest.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 27, 2022
An Oregon butte unfortunately titled “Swastika Mountain” will be getting a new name in the near future.
From Washington Times • Aug. 24, 2022
One cold winter solstice day, we found ourselves alone on the summit of a rock-topped butte, watching transfixed as a huge black cloud barreled toward us in an otherwise blue sky.
From New York Times • Mar. 18, 2022
Small, rudely fashioned models of farmhouses and farmyards covered the top of the butte.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
Vocabulary lists containing butte
Geological Features
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Physical Geography - Middle School
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The United States
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