The pointed or rounded top of a mountain or hill, the highest point on its landform, formed where converging ridgelines or a resistant rock cap resists erosion longer than the slopes around it. A peak is the generic landform type that every individually named summit, from Everest to a minor local hill, is an instance of.
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The topographic terms acme, apex, peak (mountain peak), and zenith are synonymous.
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A pyramidal peak is an exaggerated form produced by ice erosion of a mountain top.
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A pyramidal peak, sometimes called a glacial horn in extreme cases, is an angular, sharply pointed mountain peak which results from cirque erosion caused by multiple glaciers diverging from a central point.
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