> On Apr 30, 2019, at 9:28 PM, Warin <61sundow...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Depends? > > Warning - my interpretation! > > SADDLE = low point between two high points (mountains), it does not descend > near the level of the adjacent valleys. > > PASS =A gap in a range of mountains or hills permitting easier passage from > one side to the other, it descends near the level of the adjacent valleys. > > This gives me a difference between 'pass' and 'saddle',otherwise they appear > to be the same? > > > If it were a 'pass' then that would make the range into two separate ways. > If it is a saddle then it does not break the range, but forms part of it. > > Some mountain ranges do not have crest along their entire length .. yet they > are a mountain range along the entire length. >
Hmmm. Then many of the passes, including Donner Pass and Tioga Pass, in California’s Sierra Nevada are actually saddles? I’ve assumed that a pass was simply a saddle that was a convenient route for travel. Looking at https://www.vividmaps.com/2018/11/gap-vs-pass-vs-notch-vs-saddle.html <https://www.vividmaps.com/2018/11/gap-vs-pass-vs-notch-vs-saddle.html> maybe the difference between pass, saddle, gap and passage - at least in the US - is mostly a difference in regional dialect. In which case I guess OSM can do its usual and try to formalize the use and definition of one that most closely matches UK usage.
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