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Summit (other)
A summit is the highest point of a mountain, hill, road, or railway. Summit may also refer to: Places * Summit, Alabama, an unincorporated community * Summit, Arizona, a census-designated place * Summit, Arkansas, a city * Summit, California (other) * Summit Bridge, Delaware, an unincorporated community also called Summit * Summit, Illinois, a village * Summit, DeKalb County, Indiana, an unincorporated community * Summit, Greene County, Indiana, an unincorporated community * Summit, LaPorte County, Indiana, an unincorporated community * Summit, Kentucky, an unincorporated community * Summit, Mississippi, a town * Summit, Missouri, an unincorporated community * Summit, New Jersey, a city * Summit, New York, a town * Summit, Oklahoma, a town * Summit, Oregon, an unincorporated community * Summit, Rhode Island, a village * Summit, South Carolina, a town * Summit, South Dakota, a town * Summit, Utah, a census-designated place * Summit, Washington, a census-designated place * S ... [...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] |
