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List Of Summits Named Round Top
Round Top or Roundtop is the name of several summits, notably: In the United States Northeastern US * Round Top (New York), a Catskills summit of Kaaterskill High Peak * Big Round Top, a hill in the Battle of Gettysburg * Little Round Top, an important hill in the Battle of Gettysburg * Roundtop (York County, Pennsylvania), a hill, home of the Roundtop Mountain Resort Southeastern US * Round Top (Georgia), a peak on the List of peaks on Appalachian Trail in Georgia#Peaks, Appalachian Trail in Georgia * Round Top Mountain (Arkansas), a summit in Polk County, Arkansas, Polk County, , () * Round Top Mountain (Tennessee), in the Unaka Range of Sevier County, Western US * Little Round Top (California), a triple watershed point on the Sierra Crest () * Round Top (Alpine County, California), the highest peak in the Mokelumne Wilderness at () * Round Top (Contra Costa County, California), an extinct volcano in the Berkeley Hills of California, United States * Round Top (Oregon), a moun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Summit
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. 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. For summits that are permanently covered in significant layers of ice, the height may be measured by the highest point of rock (rock height) or the highest point of permanent solid ice (snow height). The highest summit in the wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
