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<p>In <a href="page.php?w=topography">topography</a>, <b>prominence</b> (also referred to as <b>autonomous height</b>, and <b>shoulder drop</b> in US English, and <b>drop</b> in British English) is the relative height of a <a href="page.php?w=mountain">mountain</a> or hill's <a href="page.php?w=summit">summit</a> relative to the lowest <a href="page.php?w=contour_line">contour line</a> encircling it but containing no higher summit within it. It is a measure of the independence of a summit. The key <a href="page.php?w=col">col</a> ("saddle") around</p><p>
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