List of the major 3000-meter summits of the Rocky Mountains explained
The following sortable table comprises the 184 peaks of the Rocky Mountains of North America with at least 3000m (10,000feet) of elevation and at least 500m (1,600feet) of topographic prominence.[1]
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.[2] [3]
- The topographic prominence of a summit is a measure of how high the summit rises above its surroundings.[4] [3]
- The topographic isolation (or radius of dominance) of a summit measures how far the summit lies from its nearest point of equal elevation.[5]
In the Rocky Mountains, 62 major summits exceed 4000m (13,000feet) elevation, 137 exceed 3500m (11,500feet), and the following 184 exceed 3000m (10,000feet) elevation.
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Major 3000-meter summits
Of the 401 major 3000-meter summits of greater North America, the following 184 (or 46%) are in the Rocky Mountains.
Of these 184 major 3000-meter summits of the Rocky Mountains, 116 are located in Colorado, 17 in Wyoming, 15 in Montana, 12 in Alberta, 11 in British Columbia, seven in New Mexico, five in Idaho, and four in Utah. Three of these summits lie on the Great Divide between Alberta and British Columbia. The 30 highest major summits of the Rocky Mountains are all located in Colorado.
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Notes and References
- 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.