Talk:Mountain pass

message: ..for research: are there passes which never were passed? Maybe there are geographic saddle points which nobody wants to enter, i.e. between lower mountains in Alaska, Sibiria or Antarctica. 
There are saddle points beween mountains climbed by men - but never traversed: imho the South Col of Mount Everest. Entered mainly from the west by some 2000 or 3000 persons. Extremely seldom entered (imo 9 persons) from the east side, but everybody climbed down same side as he climbed up.. No traverse. --77.11.230.123 (talk) 18:06, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Hint

message: I came across the articles water gap and wind gap.  It might be useful to link to these in the article and constant how they are different; or, if they aren't, to considering merging.  —Sladen (talk) 15:09, 2 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Water gap]] 

message: Consider removal of the Andes Mountains section, or merging with another subject, as it fits poorly into the structure of this article. Consider reducing the summary, and placing some of the information into sub-topics such as Formation, Etymology, Famous passes and other relevant topics. GARETHenterprises© 17:39, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Restructuring of the article

message: This page is totally wrong.  A pass is a route through high mountains.  It is frequently at a saddle point, but is not defined to be so. 63.107.91.99 (talk) 18:46, 1 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Comment

message: A summit is usually considered to be the highest point on a pass; however, the term is sometimes used for the highest point on a mountain or hill. To confuse matters further, however, a summit may be a high point along a road, whether or not in a pass; in either case, the geographical feature may be designated on maps, road signs, etc., as "Such-and-such Summit," rather than "Such-and-such Pass." 
If anyone has reliable links to information about this, it might be incorporated into the article. 69.42.7.98 (talk) 04:46, 28 August 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: A summit is the term usually reserved for a peak but yes it has the subsidiary meaning of the high point of a road through a hill or mountain range as in the phrase 'summit of the (such and such) road'. Okay to insert in article provided the context is explained. Geopersona (talk) 07:24, 7 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Summit": another word for a pass? 

message: It's the 21st century for Christ's sake.  Please stop using feet and inches to measure things like mountains.  It's a primitive system used only by a very small number of people round the world (mostly Americans) and totally confuses the rest of us.  Sure someone will point out that some British people still use such measurements but anyone who has been schooled since the 1970s was ONLY taught metric units.  Wikipedia shouldn't be dumbing down and if Americans can't find the sense to use metric measurements then we shouldn't pander to such ignorance.  Proving measurements in imperial units (or using both imperial and metric) just discourages Americans from ever bothering to convert.--Xania talk 22:23, 30 August 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: This page uses metres. Foot equivalents are mentioned in parentheses. Are you asking people to stop using feet altogether, even parenthetically? Are you confused by the parentheses? Pfly (talk) 03:08, 31 August 2009 (UTC)
replies: text:  Apparently confused by parentheses. Maybe Xania expects us to dumb down Wikipedia and remove parentheses so that he/she is not confused anymore. Pantherskin (talk) 06:19, 4 September 2009 (UTC)
replies: text:  How narrow-minded! If people want to use feet to measure mountain heights, let them! Wikipedia conveniently caters for both. --Bermicourt (talk) 19:10, 8 July 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  use of 'feet' for measurement 

message: 'Brennig' has been listed as a word for a pass  - in what language is this? Citation required or it needs removing- I'm happy for someone to enlighten me. Geopersona (talk) 07:26, 7 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Brennig 

message: Whilst a mountain pass usually crosses a col or saddle, they are not the same thing and cols and saddles may have no recognised routes over them. I propose we create a separate article called "col" (redirect "saddle"). --Bermicourt (talk) 19:10, 8 July 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cols and saddles are not necessarily mountain passes 

message: I'm being lazy here. But this article could do with some info on the wider significance of mountain passes beyond geography and transport. Even beside their historical significance these places are fascinating.158.223.165.11 (talk) 16:00, 2 April 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: What sort of wider significance are you thinking of? Geography and transport seems pretty all-encompassing to me. - DavidWBrooks (talk) 17:15, 2 April 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Political,Cultural etc. significance 

message: Following up a comment from 13 years ago (!!!) - both water gap and wind gap are small, lame articles with no references but good graphics - they should be incorporated into this one. - DavidWBrooks (talk) 19:15, 29 September 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Water gap and wind gap