Template:Infobox mountain/doc

Note: the design of this infobox reflects the consensus of WikiProject Mountains. If you would like to change the template, please leave a note at Wikipedia Talk:WikiProject Mountains. It is also the main template for WikiProject Volcanoes. Thanks!

For a list of articles using it, see WikiProject Mountains/List of mountains.

Usage

The following parameters can be used to create a mountain infobox. Remove any parameters that are not likely to be useful.

{{Infobox mountain
| name = 
| other_name = 
| photo = 
| photo_size = 
| photo_alt = 
| photo_caption = 
| elevation = 
| elevation_m = 
| elevation_ft = 
| elevation_ref = 
| range = 
| prominence = 
| prominence_m = 
| prominence_ft = 
| prominence_ref = 
| parent_peak = 
| location = 
| map = 
| map_alt = 
| map_caption = 
| map_size = 
| label = 
| label_position = 
| lat_d = 
| lat_m = 
| lat_s = 
| lat_NS = 
| long_d = 
| long_m = 
| long_s = 
| long_EW = 
| region = 
| coordinates = 
| coordinates_ref = 
| topo = 
| type = 
| volcanic_arc/belt= 
| age = 
| last_eruption = 
| first_ascent = 
| easiest_route = 
| grid_ref_UK = 
| grid_ref_Ireland = 
| listing = 
}}

Parameter documentation

Field	Description
name	Name of the mountain, peak or hill. If more than one mountain by the name exists, the article is likely disambiguated but this name in the infobox should be the undisambiguated name. For example, Mount Columbia (for Mount Columbia (Alberta) or Mount Columbia (Colorado). This field is required.
other_name	Other name for the mountain if relatively well known. For example, Denali for Mount McKinley. Quotes can be used as normal to italicize or bold the text if desired.
photo	Photograph of the mountain. Preferably a distance shot to show most/all of the mountain rather than a view from the summit. Do not include the "File:" prefix. If uploading a new image, please put them on Commons so they can be easily used by the other language Wikipedias. If the only image available is less than 300px wide, you can use the photo_size parameter to indicate its size.
photo_size	Specify the width of the photo in pixels. For example photo_size = 200 with no "px". If no value is specified, the default width is 285 pixels. A standard horizontal photographic composition will generally display well at 285px. A standard vertical composition may need to be adjusted to 180 or 220 pixels.
photo_alt	Alt text for the photo, primarily for visually impaired readers. See Wikipedia:Alternative text for images.
photo_caption	Description of the photograph which is displayed below. Include the month and year if known.
elevation	Maximum height of the mountain above mean sea level. If the mountain has multiple high points, use the highest. Metres should be used first for all mountains outside of the United States and feet for those within in the U.S. For conversions, use elevation_m for conversions from metres to feet or elevation_ft for conversions from feet to metres, or use the {{convert}} template to specify the height in metres or feet. For example {{convert|5959|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}. This field is required.
elevation_ref	Reference for the elevation using the standard <ref> </ref> tags. If elevation_m/elevation_ft was used, the reference must be specified using this parameter.
location	Province or state first, followed by country. For USA, the county is optional but if given, be provided before the state. If a pushpin map is being used, the location will be used for the map's caption unless the map_caption parameter is set.
range	Mountain range if applicable. The specific range subgroup should be provided instead of any major mountain system unless there is no applicable subgroup. For example, use Teton Range and not Rocky Mountains or Bernese Alps not Alps.
prominence	The topographic prominence of the summit. use prominence_m for conversions from metres to feet or prominence_ft for conversions from feet to metres, or use the {{convert}} template to specify the prominence in metres or feet. For example {{convert|1422|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}.
prominence_ref	Reference for the prominence using the standard <ref> </ref> tags.
parent_peak	In computation of prominence, peaks form a hierarchy: this is the parent of the peak in the hierarchy. For more information, see topographic prominence#Prominence parentage
map	The name of a location map as per Template:Location map (eg. Indonesia or Russia). The coordinate fields (e.g. lat_d and long_d) position a pushpin coordinate marker and label on the map automatically. Example see: Mount Everest
label	Label to be used for the mountain's location on the map. If not specified, the value of the name parameter is used.
label_position	The position of the label on the pushpin map relative to the pushpin coordinate marker. Valid options are {left, right, top, bottom, none}. If this field is not specified, the default value is right.
map_alt	Alt text for the map, primarily for visually impaired readers. See Alt text for maps.
map_caption	Fill out if a map caption is desired. If not specified, location will be used.
map_size	Must be entered as only a number—no need for px. The default value is 250.
lat_d	Latitude degrees. Can also be used for decimal degrees
lat_m	Latitude minutes.
lat_s	If known, latitude seconds.
lat_NS	N for North; S for South.
long_d	Longitude degrees.
long_m	Longitude minutes.
long_s	If known, longitude seconds.
long_EW	E for East; W for West.
region	Either a two character ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code or an ISO 3166-2 region code.
coordinates	The latitude and longitude of the summit using the {{coord}} template with display=inline,title. If the article uses a geolinks template in the external links section, do not use the display parameter. NOTE: If a push pin map is used, this field is ignored.
coordinates_ref	For any references regarding the coordinates reported. <ref> </ref> tags must be used.
topo	The name of the topographic map showing the mountain. In Canada, this is usually the National Topographic System map number while for the USA, it's the map name from the USGS.
type	The type of mountain — see List of mountain types.
volcanic_arc/belt	If the mountain is a volcano, it may be part of a volcanic arc or volcanic belt.
age	Age of the rock. Geologic time scales may be useful here.
last_eruption	The date of the last eruption if the mountain is of volcanic origin. Only use Unknown if a verifiable source such as the Global Volcanism Program states it as such.
first_ascent	Date of the first ascent, if known. Typically, this is the first recorded ascent but not necessarily the first true ascent. If it is quite probable the peak/mountain was ascended by local people before then, a footnote should be added.
easiest_route	The easiest route to the summit. Some possibilities include Hike, Scramble or any of the YDS grades.
grid_ref_UK	If the mountain is in Great Britain, the British grid reference. For mountains outside of Great Britain, this field is not applicable and therefore should be removed if it is present.
grid_ref_Ireland	If the mountain is in Ireland (whether Northern Ireland or the Republic), the Irish grid reference. For mountains outside Ireland, this field is not applicable and therefore should be removed it it is present.
listing	Name of a relevant list of mountains that the peak belongs to. See Lists of mountains for examples.
translation	If the peak name is not English, the English translation.
language	The language of the translation.

General notes

• Only the name and elevation fields are required. All other fields are optional and will not display if not present in the template or do not have any value.
• Blank starter templates for various areas of the world (just copy and paste):

• Infobox for mountains in the Alps
• Infobox for mountains in Canada
• Infobox for mountains in the Himalaya
• Infobox for mountains in the United Kingdom
• Infobox for mountains in the United States

Examples

Example 1

K2
A large angular white mountain, with steeply sloped sides mostly covered with snow, dominates surrounding brown mountains K2 in Summer
Highest point
Elevation	8,611 m (28,251 ft)
Prominence	4,017 m (13,179 ft)
Listing	2nd highest on Earth
Geography
Location	Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County, Xinjiang, China/Northern Areas, Pakistan
Parent range	Karakoram
Climbing
First ascent	July 1954 by Lacedelli and Compagnoni
Easiest route	Rock, snow and ice climb

{{Infobox mountain
| name = K2
| photo = K2-big.jpg
| photo_alt = A large angular white mountain, with steeply sloped sides mostly covered with snow, dominates surrounding brown mountains
| photo_size = 250
| photo_caption = K2 in Summer
| elevation_m = 8611
| elevation_ref = 
| prominence_m = 4017
| listing = [[Eight-thousander|2nd highest on Earth]]
| location = [[Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County]], [[Xinjiang]], [[China]]/[[Northern Areas, Pakistan]]
| range = [[Karakoram]]
| topo = 
| first_ascent = July 1954 by Lacedelli and Compagnoni
| easiest_route = Rock, snow and ice climb
| map = Pakistan
| label_position = right
| map_alt = K2 is located on the far northwest border of Pakistan, next to China
| map_caption = Location on Pakistan/China border
| map_size = 200
| coordinates_ref = 
| lat_d  = 35 | lat_m  = 52 | lat_s  = 57 | lat_NS  = N
| long_d = 76 | long_m = 30 | long_s = 48 | long_EW = E
}}

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Example 2

Mount Shasta
Mount Shasta and Shastina from the Butte Valley (North-East)
Highest point
Elevation	14,179 feet (4,322 m)
Geography
Location	California, USA
Parent range	Cascades
Topo map	USGS Mount Shasta
Geology
Age of rock	Less than 593 ka
Mountain type	Composite volcano
Last eruption	1786
Climbing
First ascent	1854 by E.D. Pearce and party
Easiest route	rock/ice

{{Infobox mountain
| name = Mount Shasta
| photo = Mt_Shasta_from_the_northwest-750px.JPG
| photo_alt = A large mountain rises in the distance over shrubs and trees, its peak covered with snow. A lower brown mountain on its right does not rise to a sharp peak.
| photo_caption = Mount Shasta and Shastina from the Butte Valley (North-East)
| elevation = {{convert|14179|ft|m|0}}
| location = [[California]], [[United States|USA]]
| range = [[Cascade Range|Cascades]]
| prominence = 
| coordinates = 
| topo = [[United States Geological Survey|USGS]] Mount Shasta
| type = [[Composite volcano]]
| age = Less than 593 [[kiloannum|ka]]
| last_eruption = 1786
| first_ascent = 1854 by E.D. Pearce and party
| easiest_route = rock/ice
| listing = 
| translation = 
| language = 
}}

Microformat

The HTML markup produced by this template includes an hCard microformat, which makes the place-name and location parsable by computers, either acting automatically to catalogue articles across Wikipedia, or via a browser tool operated by a person, to (for example) add the subject to an address book. Within the hCard is a Geo microformat, which additionally makes the coordinates (latitude & longitude) parsable, so that they can be, say, looked up on a map, or downloaded to a GPS unit. For more information about the use of microformats on Wikipedia, please see the microformat project.

Sub-templates

If the place or venue has "established", "founded", "opened" or similar dates, use {{start date}} for the earliest of those dates unless the date is before 1583 CE.

If it has a URL, use {{URL}}.

Please do not remove instances of these sub-templates.

Classes

hCard uses HTML classes including:

• adr
• agent
• category
• county-name
• extended-address
• fn
• label
• locality
• nickname
• note
• org
• region
• street-address
• uid
• url
• vcard

Geo is produced by calling {{coord}}, and uses HTML classes:

• geo
• latitude
• longitude

Please do not rename or remove these classes nor collapse nested elements which use them.

Precision

When giving coordinates, please use an appropriate level of precision. Do not use {{coord}}'s |name= parameter.