List of the major 100-kilometer summits of North America explained
See also: List of the highest major summits of North America and List of the most prominent summits of North America.
The following sortable table comprises the 230 mountain peaks of greater North America[1] with at least 100km (100miles) of topographic isolation and at least 500m (1,600feet) of topographic prominence.[2]
The summit of a mountain or hill may be measured in three principal ways:
- The topographic elevation of a summit measures the height of the summit above a geodetic sea level.[3] [4]
- The topographic prominence of a summit is a measure of how high the summit rises above its surroundings.[5] [4]
- The topographic isolation (or radius of dominance) of a summit measures how far the summit lies from its nearest point of equal elevation.[6]
Denali is one of only three summits on Earth with more than 6000km (4,000miles) of topographic isolation. Four major summits of greater North America exceed 2000km (1,000miles), eight exceed 1000km (1,000miles), 35 exceed 500km (300miles), 107 exceed 200km (100miles), the following 230 major summits exceed 100km (100miles), and 413 exceed 50km (30miles) of topographic isolation.
__TOC__
Major 100-kilometer summits
See main article: List of the most isolated major summits of North America. Of these 230 major 100-kilometer summits of North America, 103 are located in the United States (excluding four in Hawaiʻi), 50 in Canada, 33 in México, 21 in Greenland, four in Honduras, three in Cuba, two in Guatemala, two in Haiti, two in Panamá, and one each in the Dominican Republic, Costa Rica, Guadeloupe, Puerto Rico, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, Nicaragua, Belize, Grenada, and the British Virgin Islands. Two of these peaks lie on the Canada-United States border and one lies on the Nicaragua-Honduras border.
The 230 summits of greater North America with at least 100 kilometers of topographic isolation and at least 500 meters of topographic prominence
!Rank!Mountain Peak!Region!Mountain Range!Elevation!Prominence!Isolation!Location1 | | Alaska Range | 63.069°N -151.0063°W |
2 | | Island of Greenland | 68.9184°N -29.8991°W |
3 |
| Cordillera Neovolcanica | 19.0305°N -97.2698°W |
4 | | Sierra Nevada | 36.5786°N -118.292°W |
5 | | Blue Ridge Mountains | 35.7649°N -82.2651°W |
6 | | White Mountains | 44.2705°N -71.3032°W |
7 | | Cascade Range | 46.8529°N -121.7604°W |
8 | | Sawatch Range | 39.1178°N -106.4454°W |
9 | | Cordillera Central, Hispaniola | 19.0231°N -70.9977°W |
10 | | Cordillera de Talamanca | 9.4843°N -83.4889°W |
11 | | Unimak Island | 54.7554°N -163.9709°W |
12 | | Ellesmere Island | 81.9148°N -75.0093°W |
13 | | Torngat Mountains | 58.8878°N -63.7098°W |
14 | | Sierra de las Nubes | 15.043°N -91.9037°W |
15 | | Melville Island | 75.3694°N -115.0827°W |
16 | | île de Basse-Terre | 16.0449°N -61.6638°W |
17 | | Tanaga Island | 51.8838°N -178.1429°W |
18 | | Island of Greenland | 77.5°N -47.6167°W |
19 | | Brooks Range | 69.2025°N -143.802°W |
20 | | Southampton Island | 64.7403°N -83.1573°W |
21 | | Saint Elias Mountains | 60.5671°N -140.4055°W |
22 | | Bylot Island | 73.2298°N -78.623°W |
23 | | Ouachita Mountains | 35.1671°N -93.6447°W |
24 | | Baffin Island | 66.5468°N -65.4289°W |
25 | | Sierra Madre Oriental | 24.8719°N -100.2327°W |
26 | | Coast Mountains | 51.3737°N -125.2636°W |
27 | | Melville Hills | 69.2425°N -121.5391°W |
28 | | Mackenzie Mountains | 63.4314°N -130.3243°W |
29 | | Cascade Range | 41.4092°N -122.1949°W |
30 | | Island of Greenland | 71.4°N -51.9667°W |
31 | | Mealy Mountains | 53.6465°N -58.5536°W |
32 | | Island of Greenland | 83.3167°N -35.3333°W |
33 | | Island of Newfoundland | 48.8331°N -58.4843°W |
34 | | Isla Socorro | 18.8°N -110.9833°W |
35 | | Island of Greenland | 72.4667°N -37.1°W |
36 | | Wind River Range | 43.1842°N -109.6542°W |
37 | | Monts Otish | 52.3223°N -70.4451°W |
38 | | Canadian Rockies | 53.1105°N -119.1566°W |
39 | | Seward Peninsula | 64.9922°N -165.3294°W |
40 | | Brooks Range | 67.4129°N -154.9656°W |
41 | | Muskwa Ranges | 57.3464°N -124.0928°W |
42 | | Cordillera Central, Island of Puerto Rico | 18.1722°N -66.5917°W |
43 | | Sierra Madre Occidental | 23.206°N -104.9442°W |
44 | | Sierra Maestra, Island of Cuba | 21.9853°N -80.1327°W |
45 | | Chic-Choc Mountains | 48.9879°N -65.9483°W |
46 | | Cordillera Neovolcanica | 19.5633°N -103.6087°W |
47 | | Island of Greenland | 66.2°N -52.35°W |
48 | | San Francisco Peaks | 35.3464°N -111.678°W |
49 | | Island of Greenland | 76.3426°N -62.3453°W |
50 | | Victoria Island | 71.8528°N -112.6073°W |
51 | | Snake Range | 38.9858°N -114.3139°W |
52 | | Island of Greenland | 76.6606°N -25.7067°W |
53 | | Baffin Island | 70.7993°N -71.6502°W |
54 | | Umnak Island | 53.1256°N -168.6938°W |
55 | | Island of Greenland | 66.9354°N -36.7873°W |
56 | | Ellesmere Island | 78.8007°N -79.5292°W |
57 | | Island of Greenland | 80.4333°N -19.8333°W |
58 | | Sierra La Laguna | 23.5392°N -109.9542°W |
59 | | Tres Virgenes | 27.47°N -112.5919°W |
60 | | Isla Guadalupe | 29.1016°N -118.3132°W |
61 | | Alaska Peninsula | 56.2194°N -159.2975°W |
62 | | Sierra de San Pedro Mártir | 30.9925°N -115.3753°W |
63 | | Sierra Madre del Sur | 16.2115°N -96.1967°W |
64 | | Coast Mountains | 57.393°N -132.3031°W |
65 | | Hall Island | 60.6647°N -173.0887°W |
66 | | Kuskokwim Mountains | 60.1159°N -159.3241°W |
67 | | Island of Greenland | 60.8333°N -44.2333°W |
68 | | Island of Greenland | 73.0905°N -28.6187°W |
69 | | Allegheny Mountains | 38.6999°N -79.5328°W |
70 | | Island of Jamaica | 18.0465°N -76.5788°W |
71 | | Uinta Mountains | 40.7763°N -110.3729°W |
72 | | Axel Heiberg Island | 79.7397°N -91.4061°W |
73 | | Sacramento Mountains | 33.3743°N -105.8087°W |
74 | | Devon Island | 75.3429°N -82.6186°W |
75 | | Island of Greenland | 63.6667°N -50.2167°W |
76 | | San Bernardino Mountains | 34.0992°N -116.8249°W |
77 | | Richardson Mountains | 67.9833°N -136.5833°W |
78 | | Longfellow Mountains | 45.9044°N -68.9213°W |
79 | | Nulato Hills | 64.4535°N -159.4152°W |
80 | | Coast Mountains | 54.4185°N -127.7441°W |
81 | | White Mountains | 33.9059°N -109.5626°W |
82 | | Lost River Range | 44.1374°N -113.7811°W |
83 | | Sierra Madre Occidental | 22.2739°N -102.6073°W |
84 | | Bighorn Mountains | 44.3821°N -107.1739°W |
85 | | Sierra Madre Occidental | 25.956°N -107.0476°W |
86 | | Pelly Mountains | 61.9224°N -133.3677°W |
87 | | Franklin Mountains | 63.4063°N -123.2061°W |
88 | | Mexican Plateau | 27.0345°N -102.3922°W |
89 | | Black Hills | 43.8658°N -103.5324°W |
90 | | Ogilvie Mountains | 64.4706°N -138.5553°W |
91 | | Mackenzie Mountains | 61.8752°N -127.6807°W |
92 | | Catskill Mountains | 41.9992°N -74.3859°W |
93 | | Banks Island | 71.1358°N -122.9531°W |
94 | | Alaska Peninsula | 58.3534°N -155.0958°W |
95 | | Spring Mountains | 36.2716°N -115.6956°W |
96 | | Sierra Maestra, Island of Cuba | 19.9898°N -76.836°W |
97 | | Massif de la Hotte, Island of Hispaniola | 18.3822°N -74.0243°W |
98 | | Santa Lucia Range | 36.1457°N -121.4191°W |
99 | | Skagit Range | 48.7768°N -121.8145°W |
100 | | Adirondack Mountains | 44.1127°N -73.9237°W |
101 | | Laurentian Mountains | 47.31°N -70.8312°W |
102 | | Chugach Mountains | 61.4374°N -147.7525°W |
103 | | Alaska Range | 63.6203°N -146.7178°W |
104 | | Wallowa Mountains | 45.245°N -117.2929°W |
105 | | Steens Mountain | 42.6364°N -118.5767°W |
106 |
| Saint Elias Mountains | 58.9064°N -137.5265°W |
107 | | Saint Christopher Island (Island of Saint Kitts) | 17.3685°N -62.8029°W |
108 | | Mackenzie Mountains | 64.7256°N -132.7781°W |
109 | | Mexican Plateau | 25.1359°N -103.2304°W |
110 | | Canadian Shield | 51.5309°N -68.0763°W |
111 | | Sierra Madre del Sur | 17.4682°N -100.1364°W |
112 | | Moresby Island | 53.0191°N -132.0856°W |
113 | | Saint Lawrence Island | 63.592°N -170.3804°W |
114 | | Tushar Mountains | 38.3692°N -112.3714°W |
115 | | Cordillera Neovolcanica | 18.3455°N -94.8576°W |
116 | | North Yukon Plateau | 63.1357°N -135.6359°W |
117 | | Sierra Madre del Sur | 17.1344°N -97.664°W |
118 | | Darién | 8.1659°N -77.2959°W |
119 | | Olympic Mountains | 47.8013°N -123.7108°W |
120 | | Isla Cedros | 28.1301°N -115.2206°W |
121 | | Island of Greenland | 76.4035°N -68.7271°W |
122 | | Brooks Range | 68.5598°N -160.3281°W |
123 | | Sangre de Cristo Mountains | 37.5775°N -105.4856°W |
124 | | Island of Greenland | 72.1167°N -24.9°W |
125 | | Sierra Madre de Chiapas | 16.8358°N -92.5894°W |
126 | | Island of Saint Vincent | 13.3477°N -61.1761°W |
127 | | Ray Mountains | 65.6865°N -150.9498°W |
128 | | Lewis Range | 48.9249°N -113.8482°W |
129 | | Toquima Range | 38.7519°N -116.9267°W |
130 |
| Canadian Rockies | 52.1473°N -117.4416°W |
132 | | Alaska Range | 61.4086°N -152.4125°W |
133 | | Coast Mountains | 50.1878°N -121.9032°W |
134 | | Aleutian Range | 57.1334°N -156.9912°W |
135 | | Davis Mountains | 30.6356°N -104.1737°W |
136 | | Hualapai Mountains | 35.0751°N -113.8979°W |
align=center rowspan=2 | 137 | | Ruby Mountains | 40.6217°N -115.4754°W |
137 --> |
| Mexican Plateau | 30.5483°N -108.6167°W |
139 | | Alaska Peninsula | 55.4173°N -161.8932°W |
140 | | Northern Range, Island of Trinidad | 10.7231°N -61.2499°W |
141 | | Cape Breton Highlands, Cape Breton Island | 46.7022°N -60.5989°W |
142 | | Cordillera Nombre de Dios | 15.5575°N -86.8756°W |
143 | | Misinchinka Ranges | 55.9383°N -123.421°W |
144 | | Baffin Island | 72.1809°N -75.909°W |
145 |
| Cordillera Neovolcanica | 19.0225°N -98.6278°W |
146 |
| Sierra de las Nubes | 13.7631°N -86.3983°W |
147 |
| Canadian Rockies | 50.8696°N -115.6509°W |
148 | | Magdalena Mountains | 33.991°N -107.1879°W |
149 | | Kenai Mountains | 59.9129°N -150.4348°W |
150 | | Great Sitkin Island | 52.0763°N -176.1108°W |
151 | | Warner Mountains | 41.2835°N -120.2007°W |
152 | | Island of Skjoldungen | 63.4552°N -41.8508°W |
153 | | San Mateo Mountains | 35.2387°N -107.6085°W |
154 | | Brooks Range | 68.4433°N -148.0947°W |
155 | | Baffin Island | 69.6524°N -69.3059°W |
156 | | Beartooth Mountains | 45.1634°N -109.8075°W |
157 | | Yucatán Peninsula | 16.4941°N -89.0456°W |
158 | | Kiska Island | 52.1027°N 177.603°W |
159 | | Atka Island | 52.3816°N -174.1653°W |
160 | | San Juan Mountains | 38.0717°N -107.4621°W |
161 | | Stikine Plateau | 59.7234°N -131.448°W |
162 |
| Coast Mountains | 58.7289°N -133.8402°W |
163 | | Cordillera Neovolcanica | 19.4166°N -102.3198°W |
164 | | Azuero Peninsula | 7.3179°N -80.681°W |
165 | | Island of Greenland | 70.2°N -27.6667°W |
166 | | Kodiak Island | 57.3548°N -153.3235°W |
167 | | Mount St. Catherine Massif, Island of Grenada | 12.1623°N -61.675°W |
168 | | Notre Dame Mountains | 47.378°N -66.8761°W |
169 | | Cordillera Los Maribios | 12.7026°N -87.0057°W |
170 | | Vancouver Island Ranges, Vancouver Island | 49.6627°N -125.747°W |
171 | | Unalaska Island | 53.8782°N -166.9299°W |
172 | | San Emigdio Mountains | 34.8128°N -119.1454°W |
173 | | Cabinet Mountains | 48.2231°N -115.689°W |
174 | | Baja California Peninsula | 28.4073°N -113.4387°W |
175 | | Pinaleño Mountains | 32.7017°N -109.8714°W |
176 | | Santa Rosa Range | 41.6681°N -117.5889°W |
177 | | Sierra de las Nubes | 14.534°N -88.6804°W |
178 | | Albion Range | 42.1856°N -113.6611°W |
179 | | Sweetgrass Hills | 48.9316°N -111.5324°W |
180 | | Sierra Madre de Chiapas | 16.197°N -93.6112°W |
181 | | Baranof Island | 57.0151°N -134.9882°W |
182 | | Mission Range | 47.3826°N -113.9191°W |
183 | | Chaîne de la Selle, Island of Hispaniola | 18.3602°N -71.9767°W |
184 | | Chimaltenango | 14.5016°N -90.8755°W |
185 | | Sierra Madre Oriental | 23.8007°N -99.8464°W |
186 | | Coast Mountains | 56.3372°N -129.9817°W |
187 | | Madison Range | 44.9166°N -111.4593°W |
188 | | Sierra de Agalta | 14.9576°N -85.9165°W |
189 | | Island of Greenland | 82°N -59.1667°W |
190 | | Wasatch Range | 39.8219°N -111.7603°W |
191 | | Pioneer Mountains | 45.4805°N -112.9655°W |
192 | | Sierra de la Giganta | 26.1064°N -111.5844°W |
193 | | Island of Tortola | 18.4095°N -64.6556°W |
194 | | Island of Greenland | 62.792°N -48.8483°W |
195 | | Nulato Hills | 63.4107°N -159.6559°W |
196 | | Buldir Island | 52.3482°N 175.9105°W |
197 | | Cordillera Neovolcanica | 19.102°N -99.7677°W |
198 | | Skeena Mountains | 55.9392°N -127.4799°W |
199 | | Chugach Mountains | 60.6518°N -143.6972°W |
200 | | La Sal Mountains | 38.4385°N -109.2292°W |
201 | | Island of Greenland | 73.95°N -23.2°W |
202 | | Guadalupe Mountains | 31.8916°N -104.8606°W |
203 | | Owyhee Mountains | 42.9805°N -116.6575°W |
204 | | Cascade Range | 40.4882°N -121.505°W |
205 |
| Great Smoky Mountains | 35.5629°N -83.4986°W |
206 | | Semisopochnoi Island | 51.9859°N 179.6021°W |
207 | | Cascade Range | 42.4445°N -122.3156°W |
208 | | Teton Range | 43.7412°N -110.8024°W |
209 | | Kaibab Plateau | 36.3958°N -112.1509°W |
210 | | Humboldt Range | 40.5224°N -118.1708°W |
211 | | Oaxaca | 16.7652°N -94.4514°W |
212 | | White Mountains | 37.6341°N -118.2557°W |
213 | | Laramie Mountains | 42.2681°N -105.4425°W |
214 | | Huachuca Mountains | 31.3928°N -110.293°W |
215 | | Nulato Hills | 62.9285°N -161.7461°W |
216 | | Diablo Range | 37.3468°N -121.63°W |
217 |
| Mexican Plateau | 20.9338°N -100.1805°W |
218 | | Longfellow Mountains | 45.0318°N -70.3132°W |
219 | | Kiglapait Mountains | 56.9686°N -61.6692°W |
220 | | Cassiar Mountains | 57.9272°N -126.8485°W |
221 | | Chiricahua Mountains | 31.8456°N -109.291°W |
222 | | Michoacán | 18.7215°N -102.974°W |
223 | | Sierra Madre de Oaxaca | 17.1324°N -96.0125°W |
224 | | Mexican Plateau | 23.6667°N -100.8873°W |
225 | | Yukon–Tanana Uplands | 64.237°N -143.8442°W |
226 | | Brooks Range | 67.7083°N -159.4053°W |
227 | | Yukon–Tanana Uplands | 65.461°N -146.4758°W |
228 | | Bearpaw Mountains | 48.1487°N -109.6509°W |
229 | | Island of Greenland | 71.3333°N -26.3333°W |
230 | | Island of Cuba | 20.0115°N -75.627°W | |
See also
External links
63.069°N -151.0063°W
Notes and References
- This article defines greater North America as the portion of the continental landmass of the Americas extending westward and northward from the Isthmus of Panama plus the ocean islands surrounding that landmass. This article defines the ocean islands of greater North America to include the coastal islands of North America, the islands of the Caribbean Sea, the Lucayan Archipelago, the islands of Greenland (Kalaallit Nunaat), the islands of Canada, and the islands of Alaska. The Hawaiian Islands are not included because they are considered part of Oceania.
- This article defines a significant summit as a summit with at least 100m (300feet) of topographic prominence, and a major summit as a summit with at least 500m (1,600feet) of topographic prominence. All summits in this article have at least 500 meters of topographic prominence. An ultra-prominent summit is a summit with at least 1500m (4,900feet) of topographic prominence.
- All elevations in the 48 states of the contiguous United States include an elevation adjustment from the National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 (NGVD 29) to the North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD 88). For further information, please see this United States National Geodetic Survey note.
- If the elevation or prominence of a summit is calculated as a range of values, the arithmetic mean is shown.
- The topographic prominence of a summit is the topographic elevation difference between the summit and its highest or key col to a higher summit. The summit may be near its key col or quite far away. The key col for Denali in Alaska is the Isthmus of Rivas in Nicaragua, 7642km (4,749miles) away.
- The topographic isolation of a summit is the great-circle distance to its nearest point of equal elevation.