List of the most isolated major summits of Canada explained
See also: List of the highest major summits of Canada and List of the most prominent summits of Canada.
See main article: List of mountain peaks of Canada.
The following sortable table comprises the 150 most topographically isolated mountain peaks of Canada with at least 500abbr=off0abbr=off 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]
- The topographic prominence of a summit is a measure of how high the summit rises above its surroundings.[2] [3]
- The topographic isolation (or radius of dominance) of a summit measures how far the summit lies from its nearest point of equal elevation.[4]
Twelve major summits of Canada exceed 500km (300miles) of topographic isolation, 31 exceed 200km (100miles), 50 exceed 100km (100miles), and 92 major summits exceed 50km (30miles) of topographic isolation.
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Most isolated major summits
Of the 150 most isolated major summits of Canada, 98 are located in British Columbia, 16 in Nunavut, 16 in Yukon, seven in Alberta, six in Newfoundland and Labrador, five in Quebec, three in the Northwest Territories, and one each in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. Three of these summits lie on the British Columbia-Alberta border and one lies on the British Columbia-Yukon border. Four of these summits lie on the international British Columbia-Alaska border and two lie on the international Yukon-Alaska border.
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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.
- 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 distant. 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.
