List of the highest major summits of North America explained
See also: List of the most prominent summits of North America and List of the most isolated major summits of North America.
The following sortable table comprises the 403 mountain peaks of greater North America[1] with at least 3000m (10,000feet) of elevation 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]
In greater North America, only Denali exceeds 6000m (20,000feet) elevation. Three major summits exceed 5500m (18,000feet), 11 exceed 5000m (16,000feet), 21 exceed 4500m (14,800feet), 124 exceed 4000m (13,000feet), 277 exceed 3500m (11,500feet), and the following 403 major summits exceed 3000m (10,000feet) elevation.
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Major 3000-meter summits
Of the 403 major 3000-meter summits of greater North America, 299 are located in the United States (excluding three in Hawaiʻi), 67 in Canada, 30 in México, and eight in Guatemala, four in Greenland, two in Costa Rica, and one each in Panamá and the Dominican Republic. Eight of these peaks lie on the Canada-United States border and one lies on the México-Guatemala border. Additional references and maps for the 200 highest of these major summits can be found on the List of the highest major summits of North America.
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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.
