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A summit is a point on a surface that is higher in elevation than all points immediately adjacent to it. The topographic terms acme, apex, peak (mountain peak), and zenith are 
In many parts of the Western United States, the term ''summit'' can also be used for the highest point along a road, highway, or railroad, more commonly referred to as a '' pass''. For example, the highest point along
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A summit is a point on a surface that is higher in elevation than all points immediately adjacent to it. The topographic terms acme, apex, peak (mountain peak), and zenith are synonymous
A synonym is a word, morpheme, or phrase that means exactly or nearly the same as another word, morpheme, or phrase in a given language. For example, in the English language, the words ''begin'', ''start'', ''commence'', and ''initiate'' are all ...
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The term (mountain top) is generally used only for a mountain peak that is located at some distance from the nearest point of higher elevation. For example, a big, massive rock next to the main summit of a mountain is not considered a summit. Summits near a higher peak, with some prominence or isolation, but not reaching a certain cutoff value for the quantities, are often considered ''subsummits'' (or ''subpeaks'') of the higher peak, and are considered part of the same mountain. A pyramidal peak is an exaggerated form produced by ice erosion of a mountain top. Summit may also refer to the highest point along a line, trail, or route.
The highest summit in the world is Mount Everest with a height of above sea level. The first official ascent was made by Tenzing Norgay and Sir Edmund Hillary. They reached the mountain's peak in 1953.
Whether a highest point is classified as a summit, a sub peak or a separate mountain is subjective. The International Climbing and Mountaineering Federation's definition of a peak is that it has a prominence of or more; it is a mountain summit if it has a prominence of at least . Otherwise, it's a subpeak.
In many parts of the Western United States, the term ''summit'' can also be used for the highest point along a road, highway, or railroad, more commonly referred to as a '' pass''. For example, the highest point along Interstate 80
Interstate 80 (I-80) is an east–west transcontinental freeway that crosses the United States from downtown San Francisco, California, to Teaneck, New Jersey, in the New York metropolitan area. The highway was designated in 1956 as one o ...
in California is referred to as Donner Summit and the highest point on Interstate 5 is Siskiyou Mountain Summit. This can lead to confusion as to whether a labeled "summit" is a pass or a peak.
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Information and statistics about the mountain peaks and mountain ranges of the world
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peakery.com
Worldwide peakbagging community with over 300,000 peak summit logs and peak lists
peakbook.org
International peakbagging community with worldwide peak lists
peakhunter.org
Global summit log project with crowd sourced peak data
hill-bagging.co.uk
Database and logging of British and Irish hills {{Authority control Geodesy Cartography Physical geography Slope landforms Surveying Topography Oronyms