false summit

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English[edit]

Noun[edit]

false summit (plural false summits)

(mountaineering) A minor peak or shoulder on a mountain which appears, when approached from below, to be the principal summit.

Synonyms[edit]

false peak

Translations[edit]

minor peak that appears the principal summit

Finnish: valehuippu
Spanish: falso pico m

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