Macau has generally flat terrain resulting from extensive land reclamation, but numerous steep hills mark the original natural land mass.
The hill marks the spot where Santiago-bound pilgrims get their first view of the cathedral's three spires.
The hills normally mark the hill size physically with a horizontal line across the hill.
The hills marked the edge of the Sykerst, the empty lands that stretched eastward two thousand miles, an eternal, rolling plain of grass.
"Perhaps these hills mark the northern limits of U-Gor," I suggested.
A hill on the battlefield, Weir Point, is named in his honor and marks the furthest point of the advance of the would-be relief force.
That hill, hewn deep upon the other side, marked one shore of famous Iron Lake.
In medieval times, the hill marked one of the northernmost limits of the Lordship of Bowland.
They rise to 600 metres above the surrounding Southland Plains, of which the hills mark a northern extremity.
Land reclamation in the 17th century transformed Macau into a peninsula with generally flat terrain, though numerous steep hills still mark the original land mass.