Double summit

A double summit, double peak, twin summit, or twin peak refers to a

One well-known double summit is

Triple peaks occur more rarely; one example is the Rosengartenspitze in the Dolomites. The Illimani in Bolivia is an example of a rare quadruple summit.

Well known double summits (selection)

Well known double summits are (roughly from east to west):

Europe

Limestone Alps

• Schneeberg (Lower Austria)
• Kaiserstein in the massif of the Wetterin, Styria
• Gesäuse
  , Styria
• Dachstein Group
  )
• Bischofsmütze in the Dachstein region (Gosaukamm)
• Salzburg state
• Karlspitzen in the Kaiser Mountains
• Roßstein and Buchstein, Upper Bavaria
• Klammspitze in the Ammergau Alps
• Tyrol
• Grauspitz, Liechtenstein
• Furchetta in the Geisler Group
  (?)
• Altmann in the Alpstein, East Switzerland

Central Alps

• Großglockner
• Seekarspitze (Schladming Tauern)
• Gleichenberge (Styria)
• Lasörling in the Großvenediger, High Tauern
• Unterberghorn in eastern North Tyrol
• Wilde Kreuzspitze in the Zillertal Alps
• Rofelewand in the Ötztal Alps
• Watzespitze in the Kaunergrat, Ötztal Alps
• Wildspitze in the Weißkamm, Ötztal Alps
• Weißhorn in South Tyrol
• Ortstock, Glarus Alps
• Aiguille du Dru in the Mont Blanc massif
• Aiguille Verte in the Mont Blanc region

Other mountain ranges of Europe

• Smolikas (Bogdani and Kapetan Tsekouras) in Greece
• Bubenik in Upper Lusatia
• Strohmberg in Upper Lusatia
• Špičák (Sattelberg) in the Ore Mountains
• Burgstadtl in the
  Duppau Mountains
• Schanzberge near
  South Bohemia
• Schwarze Mauer and Kamenec on the Upper Austrian-Bohemian border
• Großer Auerberg in the Harz
• Ehrenbürg, a Zeugenberg in Franconian Switzerland
• Hohenstoffeln (volcano in the Hegau)
• Berguedà in the Pyrenees
• Pen y Fan in the Brecon Beacons

Asia

• Hasan Dağı in the region of Cappadocia, Turkey
• Ushba in Georgia
• Elbrus (twin-peaked volcano) in the Caucasus
• Raja Gyepang in Central Lahaul, India
• Machapucharé in the Annapurna massif in the Himalayas, Nepal
• Karakorum, Pakistan
• Broad Peak with pre- and main summit in the Karakorum, China/Pakistan
• Gasherbrum IV, southern neighbour of Broad Peak in the Karakorum, Pakistan

Other mountain regions

• Mont Ross on the Kerguelen Islands
• Pico Duarte on Haiti (Dominican Republic)
• Chaupi Orco in the Andes
• Ancohuma in the Andes
• The Brothers in the Olympic Mountains (USA/Washington)
• Cascade Mountains
  (USA/Washington)
• Kaufmann Peaks in Banff National Park Canada

References