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GCSE Geography · key term
A pointed mountain summit formed as three or more corries erode back towards one another.
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Specification 3.1.3.4 · Paper 1
Revise: Glacial Processes and Landforms of ErosionWhere three or more corries erode back towards a mountain summit from different directions, they leave a pointed pyramidal peak. Snowdon in Wales is an example. These features are connected: corrie erosion shapes both the hollows and the ridges or peaks left between them.
Specification 1.14 · Paper 1
A pointed mountain summit formed where three or more corries erode back towards one another.
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A pyramidal peak is a pointed summit formed where three or more corries erode back towards one another. Look for contours closing around a high summit and ridges extending between the surrounding corries. Closed summit contours alone show a hill; the surrounding pattern provides evidence for a glacial peak.