Definition
The word ‘tower’ therefore subsumes a myriad of forms, and a variety of terms in different languages has been used to describe them, including turm, mogote, cone, piton, hum and pepino.
Ford and Williams, 2007
Mogotes are isolated karst towers that rise from the blanket sands in the northern section.
Gunn, 2004
haystack hill : In the tropics, rounded conical hill of limestone developed as a result of solution. Term being replaced by mogote.
Monroe, 1970
hum : Karst inselberg. Residual hill of limestone on a fairly level floor, such as the isolated hills of limestone in poljes. In some tropical areas, used loosely as synonym for mogote.
Monroe, 1970
mogote : A steep-sided hill of limestone, generally surrounded by nearly flat alluviated plains; karst inselberg. Originally used in Cuba in referring to residual hills of folded limestone in the Sierra de los Organos but now used internationally for karst residual hills in the Tropics.
Monroe, 1970
piton : Limestone hill having sharply pointed peak.
Monroe, 1970
Frame
| CAUSE | developed as a result of solution |
| FORM | rounded conical hill |
| surrounded by nearly flat alluviated plains | |
| karst residual hills | |
| steep-sided | |
| isolated | |
| having sharply pointed peak | |
| COMPOSITION | of limestone |
| Residual hill of limestone | |
| rise from the blanket sands | |
| Limestone | |
| LOCATION | In the tropics |
| on a fairly level floor | |
| in the northern section |