Peak

Peak or The Peak may refer to:

Basic meanings

Geology

• Mountain peak
• Pyramidal peak, a mountaintop that has been sculpted by erosion to form a point

Mathematics

• Peak hour or rush hour, in traffic congestion
• Peak (geometry), an (n-3)-dimensional element of a polytope
• Peak electricity demand or peak usage
• Peak-to-peak, the highest (or sometimes the highest and lowest) points on a varying waveform
• Peak (pharmacology), the time at which a drug reaches its maximum plasma concentration
• Peak experience, psychological term for a euphoric mental state

Resource production

In Hubbert peak theory's model of resource production trends, the peak is the moment when the production of a resource reaches a maximum level, after which it declines; in particular see:

• Peak oil
• Peak car
• Peak coal
• Peak farmland
• Peak gas
• Peak minerals
• Peak water
• Peak wheat
• Peak wood

Other basic meanings

• Visor, a part of a hat, known as a "peak" in British English
• Peaked cap

Geography

• Peak District in the Midlands of England
• The Peak, summit of Kinder Scout, the highest point in the Peak District
• Ravenscar, North Yorkshire, a village in England formerly known as "Peak" and "The Peak"
• The Peak (Hong Kong), also known as Victoria Peak
• Victoria Peak (disambiguation)
• Peak, a village in Ya Tung, Cambodia

People

• Bob Peak (1927–1992), American commercial illustrator
• Howard W. Peak (b. 1948), American politician
• Junius W. Peak (1845–1934), Confederate soldier and Texas Ranger

Products and brands

• BIAS Peak, a professional audio editing program on the Apple platform
• GeeksPhone Peak, a mobile phone
• PEAKS, a software program for tandem mass spectroscopy
• Peak Sport Products, a Chinese sneaker brand
• The Peak Twin Towers, an apartment building in Jakarta, Indonesia
• Peak (automotive products), a manufacturer of automotive products
• Healthpeak Properties, an American real estate company having stock that trades under the symbol PEAK

Transportation

• A nickname used to refer to the British Rail Class 44 diesel locomotives, and also classes 45 and 46
• The highest corner of a four-sided, fore-aft sail
• PRS Peak, a German mountain descent paraglider design
• The Peak Terminus, Hong Kong

Media and entertainment

• The Peak (newspaper), a student newspaper of Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
• The Peak (TV series), a TV series in Singapore
• CFBV, a radio station branded as The Peak based in Smithers, British Columbia
• 98.7 The Peak, a radio station in Phoenix, Arizona
• 100.5 The Peak, a radio station based in Vancouver, British Columbia
• 107.1 The Peak, a radio station based in White Plains, New York
• CKCB-FM, a radio station branded as 95.1 The Peak FM based in Collingwood, Ontario
• KPEK, a radio station on 100.3 FM branded as The Peak based in Albuquerque, New Mexico
• ', a 2016 book
• Peak (novel), by Roland Smith
• Peak Records, a record label
• "Peak", a song by Drake from Scorpion
• "Peak", a song by Anne-Marie from Speak Your Mind
• Peak (video game), a 2025 video game