# Peak

Peak or The Peak may refer to:

## Basic meanings
### Geology

* Mountain peak
** Pyramidal peak, a mountaintop that has been sculpted by erosion to form a point

### Mathematics

* Peak hour or rush hour, in traffic congestion
* Peak (geometry), an (n-3)-dimensional element of a polytope
* Peak electricity demand or peak usage
* Peak-to-peak, the highest (or sometimes the highest and lowest) points on a varying waveform
* Peak (pharmacology), the time at which a drug reaches its maximum plasma concentration
* Peak experience, psychological term for a euphoric mental state

### Resource production

In terms of resource production, the peak is the moment when the production of a resource reaches a maximum level, after which it declines; in particular see:
* Peak oil
* Peak car
* Peak coal
* Peak farmland
* Peak gas
* Peak minerals
* Peak water
* Peak wheat
* Peak wood

### Other basic meanings

* Visor, a part of a hat, known as a "peak" in British English
* Peaked cap

## Geography

* Peak District in the Midlands of England
** The Peak, summit of Kinder Scout, the highest point in the Peak District
* Ravenscar, North Yorkshire, a village in England formerly known as "Peak" and "The Peak"
* The Peak (Hong Kong), also known as Victoria Peak
* Victoria Peak (disambiguation)
* Peak, a village in Ya Tung, Cambodia

## People

* Bob Peak (1927–1992), American commercial illustrator
* Howard W. Peak (b. 1948), American politician
* Jill Peak, British dog breeder and Crufts judge
* Junius W. Peak (1845–1934), Confederate soldier and Texas Ranger

## Products and brands

* BIAS Peak, a professional audio editing program on the Apple platform
* GeeksPhone Peak, a mobile phone
* PEAKS, a software program for tandem mass spectroscopy
* Peak Sport Products, a Chinese sneaker brand
* The Peak Twin Towers, an apartment building in Jakarta, Indonesia
* Peak (automotive products), a manufacturer of automotive products
* Healthpeak Properties, an American real estate company having stock that trades under the symbol PEAK

### Transportation

* A nickname used to refer to the British Rail Class 44 diesel locomotives, and also classes 45 and 46
* The highest corner of a four-sided, fore-aft sail
* PRS Peak, a German mountain descent paraglider design
* The Peak Terminus, Hong Kong

## Media and entertainment

* The Peak (newspaper), a student newspaper of Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
* The Peak (TV series), a TV series in Singapore
* CFBV, a radio station branded as The Peak based in Smithers, British Columbia
* 98.7 The Peak, a radio station in Phoenix, Arizona
* 100.5 The Peak, a radio station based in Vancouver, British Columbia
* 107.1 The Peak, a radio station based in White Plains, New York
* CKCB-FM, a radio station branded as 95.1 The Peak FM based in Collingwood, Ontario
* KPEK, a radio station on 100.3 FM branded as The Peak based in Albuquerque, New Mexico
* Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise, a 2016 book
* Peak (novel), by Roland Smith
* Peak Records, a record label
* "Peak", a song by Drake from Scorpion
* "Peak", a song by Anne-Marie from Speak Your Mind

## Other uses

* Peak Alternative High School, former school in Michigan, US