The Matterhorn, a classic example of a pyramidal peak.
A pyramidal peak, sometimes called a glacial horn in extreme cases, is an angular, sharply pointed mountain peak which results from the cirque erosion due to multiple glaciers diverging from a central point. Pyramidal peaks are often examples of nunataks.
A pyramidalpeak, sometimes called a glacial horn in extreme cases, is an angular, sharply pointed mountain peak which results from the cirque erosion...
Georgia) (485 m) Pyramid Peak (Victoria Land) (2,565 m) Pyramid Mountain (disambiguation) Pyramidalpeak This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct...
considered subsummits (or subpeaks) of the higher peak, and are considered part of the same mountain. A pyramidalpeak is an exaggerated form produced by ice erosion...
Pyramidal cells, or pyramidal neurons, are a type of multipolar neuron found in areas of the brain including the cerebral cortex, the hippocampus, and...
border between Italy and Switzerland. It is a large, near-symmetric pyramidalpeak in the extended Monte Rosa area of the Pennine Alps, whose summit is...
the massif has been extensively sculpted by glaciation, forming the pyramidalpeak of Snowdon and the arêtes of Crib Goch and Y Lliwedd. It is part of...
include: 77°26′S 167°00′E / 77.433°S 167.000°E / -77.433; 167.000. Pyramidalpeak on the north side of Mount Erebus, between it and Mount Bird. Charted...
earth or to the human level take place in a goose-shaped vessel. A pyramidalpeak of the Tian Shan range between China, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan, is...
Sangemarmar Sar (Urdu: سنگ مرمر سر), or Sangemar Mar and Sang-e-Marmar, is a pyramidalpeak in the Batura Muztagh, at the end of a spur ridge running southwest...
of peaks and nunataks, 9 nautical miles (17 km; 10 mi) long and 4 nautical miles (7.4 km; 4.6 mi) wide, rising to 2,565 metres (8,415 ft) at Pyramid Peak...
Peak or The Peak may refer to: Mountain peakPyramidalpeak, a mountaintop that has been sculpted by erosion to form a point Peak hour or rush hour, in...
is a pyramidalpeak mountain on the Great Divide, on the British Columbia/Alberta border in Canada. At 3,618 m (11,870 ft), it is the highest peak in the...
If multiple cirques encircle a single mountain, they create pointed pyramidalpeaks; particularly steep examples are called horns. Passage of glacial ice...
that make up their composition. Arête Drumlin Esker Flyggberg Nunatak Pyramidalpeak Whaleback mountain Cinder cone Complex volcano Guyot Lava cone Lava...
on the north face of Mount Everest in Tibet which lies east of the pyramidalpeak and extends to within 150 m below the summit. Its companion to the west...
159°56′E / 70.767°S 159.933°E / -70.767; 159.933. A distinctive pyramidalpeak, the southernmost member of the Bigler Nunataks. It was named by US-ACAN...
with the name Horn, part of a saddle Hörn, or Freyja, a Norse goddess Pyramidalpeak, sometimes called a glacial horn The horn, a slang term for telephone...
coordinates) 75°14′S 110°57′W / 75.233°S 110.950°W / -75.233; -110.950. A pyramidalpeak, 760 metres (2,490 ft) high, near the end of the large spur descending...
col the ridge rises again, joining the main Snowdon ridge via the sister peak Garnedd Ugain in the west. Here the path meets the Pyg Track (which descends...
workforce of about 13,200 people and a peak workforce of roughly 40,000. The first precise measurements of the pyramid were made by Egyptologist Flinders...
the massif has been extensively sculpted by glaciation, forming the pyramidalpeak of Snowdon and the arêtes of Crib Goch and Y Lliwedd. The cliff faces...
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