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Also called:
Dagala
Related Topics:
kipuka
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steptoe

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Also known as: dagala
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History

steptoe, a hill or mountain that projects like an island above a surrounding lava field. This landform, a type of kipuka (q.v.), is named after Steptoe Butte, a quartzite protrusion above the Columbia Plateau lava flows near Colfax, Washington, U.S.