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Also known as peak, mountain peak

thumb|upright=1.05|A climber taking the final few steps to the summit of Imja Tse (Island Peak) in [[Nepal, 2004]] thumb|View from the summit of Switzerland's highest peak, [[Monte Rosa]]

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A summit is the highest point of a mountain or peak. Reaching a summit matters to mountaineers and climbers as a significant achievement that requires skill, preparation, and endurance.

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thumb|upright=1.05|A climber taking the final few steps to the summit of Imja Tse (Island Peak) in [[Nepal, 2004]] thumb|View from the summit of Switzerland's highest peak, [[Monte Rosa]]

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.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “summit” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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