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Summit

Map symbol for a summit: a black dot with the elevation in metres beside it, or a triangle with a white fill for a triangulation point used in land surveying.

A summit is marked with a black dot and black numbers showing the elevation. On larger mountains the summit is also marked with the name in black.

Summits can also be marked with a black triangle with a white fill. This means that the summit is a triangulation point used in land surveying.

A summit marked with a triangle on the map.

A summit marked with a triangle. Map: screenshot from norgeskart.no.

In Rondane, both Digerronden and Høgronden are triangulation points used in land surveying. Midtronden is an “ordinary” summit marked with a black dot.

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