page_title: Summit
section_title: Gallery
hierarchical_section_title: Summit / Gallery
caption_attribution_description: English: Mount Damavand in Mazandarand Province, Iran, seen from the southwest, above the Lar Dam.
context_page_description: 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, and zenith are synonymous.
  The term 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 then 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 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 8844.43 m 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.
caption: The summit of Mount Damavand, Iran
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