What is a crest? A crest is the topmost ridge of a mountain chain.

Crest, mountain

Mountain peaks and crests seen from an airplane.

The crest is a sharp ridge along the top of a mountain. If you look at the picture above, you will see that there are many pointed peaks, and that they are joined by long, sharp-edged ridges. Those are crests.

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