Route summit

A '''route summit''' is the highest point on a transportation route crossing higher ground. The term is often used in describing railway routes, less often in road transportation. In canal terminology, the highest pound on a route is called the summit pound.

==Examples of usage==

=== Rail ===

* Beattock Summit<ref name="Butt30">Butt (1995), page 30</ref> * Stainmore Summit, formerly the second highest railway in England until its closure in 1962 * Summit Tank - highest point Unanderra - Moss Vale * Cullerin - highest point Sydney - Albury * Shap

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