The highest point of a mountain, hill or ridge, the culmination of its slopes and the reference elevation by which the landform is measured. A summit may be a sharp point, a broad rounded dome, or a nearly flat plateau top, depending on the rock type and erosional history that shaped it.
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A summit is a point on a surface that is higher in elevation than all points immediately adjacent to it.
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The term top (mountain top) is generally used only for a mountain peak that is located at some distance from the nearest point of higher elevation.
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The topographic terms acme, apex, peak (mountain peak), and zenith are synonymous.
Shaped By: Glacial Erosion, Formation statement for target 287667
A pyramidal peak is an exaggerated form produced by ice erosion of a mountain top.
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a principal mountain mass, such as a compact portion of a mountain range, containing one or more summits
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