A
peak's line parent is the closest higher peak on the highest ridge leading away from the peak's "key col". A
col is the lowest point on the ridge between two summits and is roughly synonymous with
pass
Pass, PASS, The Pass or Passed may refer to:
Places
* Pass, County Meath, a townland in Ireland
* Pass, Poland, a village in Poland
* Pass, an alternate term for a number of straits: see List of straits
* Mountain pass, a lower place in a moun ...
, gap, saddle and notch. The highest col of a peak is its
key col
In topography, prominence (also referred to as autonomous height, relative height, and shoulder drop in US English, and drop or relative height in British English) measures the height of a mountain or hill's summit relative to the lowest contou ...
. If there is more than one ridge which can be followed to a higher peak then the line parent is the peak closest to the key col. Usually, a line parent must meet some
prominence
In topography, prominence (also referred to as autonomous height, relative height, and shoulder drop in US English, and drop or relative height in British English) measures the height of a mountain or hill's summit relative to the lowest contou ...
criteria, which might vary depending on the author and the location of the peak.
There are at least two other kinds of
peak parentage.
Island parentage, which is also referred to as encirclement or topographic parentage; and source parentage.
See also
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Topographic prominence
In topography, prominence (also referred to as autonomous height, relative height, and shoulder drop in US English, and drop or relative height in British English) measures the height of a mountain or hill's summit relative to the lowest contou ...
References
External links
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Mountains
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