pinnacle

Japanese: pinnacle
pinnacle

… shoal: An offshore area of ​​unconsolidated material that is dangerous to marine navigation. pinnacle: A tall tower or pointed column of rock or coral with an isolated or ridged top. bank: Also called a bank. …

From [Karst Topography]

… On the other hand, karst in tropical and subtropical rainy regions often presents a unique landscape with large undulations, with clusters of cone-shaped or tower-shaped limestone hills. In Vietnam and the Malay Peninsula, where Paleozoic limestone is distributed, these limestone hills are called pinnacles, and in Cuba and Puerto Rico in the West Indies, where Tertiary limestone is abundant, they are called pepinos, or larger ones, mogotes. Some can reach heights of tens or hundreds of meters. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "pinnacle" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

… 瀬shoal沖合にある未固結物質からなる海上航行に危険な場所。 尖礁pinnacle高い塔状か,尖った柱状の岩やサンゴをいい,頂上は孤立しているか嶺をなしている。 堆bankバンクともいう。…

【カルスト地形】より

… 一方,熱帯・亜熱帯の多雨地域のカルストでは,円錐状または塔状の石灰岩丘が群在する起伏の大きい特異な景観を表すところが多い。古生代の石灰岩分布地域のベトナムやマレー半島では,こうした石灰岩の残丘をピナクルpinnacleと呼び,第三紀の石灰岩の多い西インド諸島のキューバやプエルト・リコでは,ペピーノpepinoあるいは大型のものをモゴテスmogotesと呼んでいる。その高さは数十mから数百mに達するものもある。…

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