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Fri, 06/07/2013 - 20:51Well, I'll go to the foot of our stairs! Never heard of them before. Very interesting. I Google Chocolate Hills and several sites conform they are limestone. Several describes it as kaste landscape ( Croatian name for their landscape, but the same as The Pennines and The Burren.) My only comment on that would be that I always assumed kaste landscape to be flatish bedding, so this surprised me.
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Fri, 06/07/2013 - 20:56Yes, thanks, you see the same as me. Lots of speculation but nothing to say they have been drilled through. I guess they come under the heading of geomorphological features if anything. My theory is that they are burial mounds as I cant see erosional forces making such a nice neat job - they are nicely rounded and conical in shape.
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Submitted by listlad on Fri, 06/07/2013 - 20:35.Hi
A bit far afield but does anybody know anything about the Chocolate Hills in Bohol Island, Philippines? They are down as being of geological / geomorphological in origin, the most popular theory being some kind of karst feature in limestones. They are certainly very interesting and eye catching. My question is, have they been confirmed as being of solid limestone.
http://palos.smugmug.com/Philippine-Islands-and-Beaches/Bohol-Philippines/4088142_WXFgWD/238269633_Z4vpKrj#!i=238269633&k=Z4vpKrj
Many thanks. Listlad