1,088 miles
Jan 9 - The name Pilot
Butte, meaning "Lookout Point", was chosen for this settlement in
1883, referring to the flat-topped hill that served as a lookout for hunting
buffalo and a signal point. Later it
also served as a landmark for airplanes approaching Regina.
The word
“butte” comes from a French word meaning “small hill”. Specifically, a butte is a conspicuous
isolated hill with steep, often vertical sides and a small, relatively flat
top. Buttes are not to be confused with
mesas. A mesa is a landform that is wider
than it is high and a butte is one that is higher than it is wide.
A butte’s
characteristic shape is due to the layers of rock forming them. The top layer
of a butte is a hardened layer of rock that is resistant to erosion. This top
layer, called the cap rock, is usually composed of sedimentary rock, but
sometimes is the remains of cooled and hardened lava flows. Beneath this flat
protective cap of rock are horizontal layers of softer sedimentary rock. The bare sides of these softer rock layers of
buttes are eroded away over time.
historical
info: Wikipedia
butte image
& info: http://www.universetoday.com/73855/butte/
butte-mesa
diagram: http://geo-mexico.com/?p=7106
That picture is NOT of pilot butte
ReplyDeleteWrong Pilot Butte! That's the one in oregon!
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ReplyDeleteOh, dear! I trusted the US Geological Service... which, I guess, should have been a hint to me that it is NOT Canada. I'll need further video research. Thanks for the heads up.
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