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Gipfelkamm

English translation: summit crest

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German term or phrase:Gipfelkamm
English translation:summit crest
Entered by: Barbara L Pavlik

11:11 Sep 24, 2013
German to English translations [PRO]
Science - Geology
German term or phrase: Gipfelkamm
"Es handelt sich dabei um migmatische Bändergneise, Migmatite und Amphibolite, die den **Gipfelkamm** des Kleinen und des Großen Reißecks aufbauen."

"Gipfel" is a crest, crown, peak, summit, etc., and "Kamm" is most likely "ridge." I haven't found any translations of the whole phrase, but an image search for Gipfelkamm yields photos that look a lot like saddle ridges. The only problem is that there are other words for saddle and saddle ridge in German. Is this an alternate term? (It's Austrian German). Photos of the "Kleinen und des Großen Reißecks" also look like saddle ridges with the small peak being only slightly smaller than the larger peak:

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=kleines grosses reisseck&l...

There is also evidence for "summit ridge" as a geologic term, so I guess what I'm asking is whether these two terms are synonymous (whether "saddle ridge" is a valid translation for this term, or whether I should stick with the more literal translation, which I don't like as well).
Barbara L Pavlik
United States
Local time: 18:30
summit crest
Explanation:
The summit crest of the North Ushba from the South side:
http://www.summitpost.org/the-summit-crest-of-the-north/1171...

The website of a professional british mountain guide:
Matterhorn_summit_crest.jpg
http://www.robinbeadle.com/
http://www.robinbeadle.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Matter...

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Note added at 6 Tage (2013-10-01 08:56:12 GMT) Post-grading
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Gerne & viel Erfolg!
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Coqueiro
Local time: 00:30
Grading comment
Thanks, Coqueiro!
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summit crest


Explanation:
The summit crest of the North Ushba from the South side:
http://www.summitpost.org/the-summit-crest-of-the-north/1171...

The website of a professional british mountain guide:
Matterhorn_summit_crest.jpg
http://www.robinbeadle.com/
http://www.robinbeadle.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Matter...

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Note added at 6 Tage (2013-10-01 08:56:12 GMT) Post-grading
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Gerne & viel Erfolg!

Coqueiro
Local time: 00:30
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Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 148
Grading comment
Thanks, Coqueiro!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Wendy Streitparth: Looks more like a crest than a ridge.
5 hrs
  -> thank you, Wendy ;-)
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