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Pyramidal peak
Angular, sharply pointed mountainous peak / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other uses, see Peak (disambiguation).
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.
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