Double summit

One speaks of a double summit or twin summit when a mountain has two peaks that are separated from each other by a notch or depression.

A syncline forms this double peak in Patagonia

A well-known double summit is the Großglockner , here the Kleinglockner and Großglockner summits are separated by the Glocknerscharte, which has formed in the area of ​​a geological fault. Other double peaks are due to the geological folds . At Mont Withrow in British Columbia , for example, the resilient sandstones of the fold legs form the double peaks, while the soft rock in the fold core has been eroded.

More rarely, there are also triple peaks, such as the Rosengartenspitze in the Dolomites , or quadruple peaks such as on Illimani in Bolivia.

Well-known double peaks (selection)

Double peaks known to tourists are (approximately from east to west):

In the Limestone Alps

The Furchetta in the Dolomites

• the Schneeberg (Rax-Schneeberg-Gruppe)
• the Kaiserstein in the Wetterin massif (Styria)
• the Lugauer in Gesäuse (Styria)
• the Krippenstein (north of the Dachstein group)
• the Bischofsmütze in the Dachstein area (Gosaukamm)
• the Brietkogel and the Eiskogel in the Tennengebirge (Salzburg)
• the Karlspitzen in the Kaiser Mountains
• the Roßstein and Buchstein (Upper Bavaria)
• the Klammspitze in the Ammergau Alps
• the Guffert in Rofan (Tyrol)
• the Grauspitz (Liechtenstein)
• the Furchetta in the Geisler Group (?)
• the Altmann in Alpstein , Eastern Switzerland

In the central alps

The Großglockner, on the left the Klein-, on the right the Großglockner summit

• the Grossglockner
• the Seekarspitze
• the Gleichenberge (Styria)
• the Lasörling in Großvenediger, Hohe Tauern
• the Unterberghorn in eastern North Tyrol
• the Wilde Kreuzspitze in the Zillertal Alps
• the Rofelewand in the Ötztal Alps
• the Watzespitze in the Kaunergrat, Ötztal Alps
• the Wildspitze in the Weißkamm, Ötztal Alps
• the Schwarzhorn and Weißhorn in South Tyrol
• the Ortstock (Glarus Alps)
• the Aiguille du Dru in the Montblanc massif
• the Aiguille Verte in the Montblanc area

In other mountains in Europe

The double peaked Elbrus in the Caucasus

• the Smolikas (Bogdani and Kapetan Tsekouras) in Greece
• the Bubenik in Upper Lusatia
• the Strohmberg in Upper Lusatia
• the Osser in the Bavarian Forest
• the Špičák (Saddle Mountain) in the Ore Mountains
• the Burgstadtl in the Duppau Mountains
• the Schanzberge at the Tischberg , South Bohemia
• Black Wall and Kamenec on the Upper Austria-Bohemia border
• Great Auerberg in the Harz Mountains (at the same height of 10 cm!)
• the honorary citizen , a witness mountain in Franconian Switzerland
• the Hohenstoffeln (volcano in Hegau)
• the Berguedà in the Pyrenees

In the high mountains of Asia

Ushba in the Caucasus

• the Hasan Dağı in the Cappadocia region , Turkey
• the Ushba in Georgia
• the Elbrus (two-peaked volcano) in the Caucasus
• the Raja Gyepang in Central Lahaul (India)
• the Machapuchare in the Annapurna massif in the Himalayas, Nepal
• the Chogolisa in the Karakoram , Pakistan
• of Broad Peak with pre- and main peak in the Karakoram, China / Pakistan
• of Gasherbrum IV , southern neighbor of Broad Peak in the Karakoram, Pakistan

In other mountain regions

• the Mont Ross on the Kerguelen
• the Pico Duarte in Haiti (Dominican Republic)
• the Chaupi Orco in the Andes
• the Ancohuma in the Andes
• the Olympic Mountains in the Rock Mountains (USA / Washington)
• Una Peaks vv. Una's Tits at Cape Renard

Individual evidence

1. ^ Geological map of the Republic of Austria, 1: 50,000, sheet 153, Vienna 1994. (No longer available online.) Federal Geological Institute , archived from the original on June 8, 2012 ; Retrieved March 29, 2009 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ↑ Mt. Withrow syncline ( Memento of the original from April 4, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved May 12, 2009.