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Certainly! Let’s delve into the fascinating world of topographic prominence. Topographic prominence measures the height of a mountain or hill’s summit relative to the lowest contour line encircling it but containing no higher summit within it. In other words, it quantifies the independence of a summit. Here are the key points: Definition: The prominence of a peak is the least drop in height necessary to get from its summit to any higher terrain.
It can be calculated as the difference between the elevation of the peak and the elevation of its key col (the highest saddle connecting the peak to higher terrain). Parent Peak: The parent peak is a higher mountain selected based on various criteria. It may be either close or far from the subject peak.
For example, Mount Everest is the parent peak of Aconcagua in Argentina, even though they are thousands of miles apart. Wet vs. Dry Prominence: Wet prominence considers all permanent water, snow, and ice features on Earth’s surface. Dry prominence ignores water bodies, snow, and ice features, assuming that the Earth’s surface is defined by the solid bottom of those features12.
Example: Aconcagua, the highest peak in South America, has a wet prominence of 6,962 meters. Its dry prominence, accounting for the depth of the highest col of the Bering Strait, is about 7,012 meters
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