Talk:Col

Definition of prominence sounds wrong

Specifically calling the key col the "highest col" sounds totally wrong to me, based on what I understood from the Topographic prominence page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hugovdm (talk • contribs) 00:10, 21 August 2015 (UTC)

That article says "For every ridge (or path of any kind) connecting the peak to higher terrain, find the lowest point on the ridge. This will be at a col (also called a saddle point or pass). The key col (or key saddle, or linking col, or link) is defined as the highest of these cols, along all connecting ridges. (If the peak is the highest point on a landmass, the key col will be the ocean, and the prominence of the peak is equal to its elevation.) The prominence is the difference between the elevation of the peak and the elevation of the key col." I don't see why that's a problem. --Bermicourt (talk) 05:27, 21 August 2015 (UTC)