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A dot with a number giving an exact elevation.
Also known as: Elevation point, Spot elevation, Height point
A spot height is a single surveyed point with its elevation printed beside it, usually more precise than the contours around it. It marks the height of a point, not of the whole hill, which is the misreading it invites at a summit.
Gives the surveyed elevation of one specific point, printed beside a small dot or cross.
Contexts: Maps
States the height of that point alone, so a spot height near a summit is not necessarily the summit's height unless it is placed on it.
Contexts: Maps
Is distinguished on British maps from a triangulation pillar height, which is a physical monument rather than a surveyed ground point.
Contexts: Maps
A small solid dot or fine cross with a printed number set immediately beside it.