steptoe

steptoe
/step"toh'/, n. Western U.S.
an isolated hill or mountain surrounded by lava.
[STEP + TOE]

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also called  Dagala,  

      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.

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