List of mountain peaks of Hawaii explained

See also: Geography of Hawaii.

The Hawaiian Islands and the U.S. State of Hawaiʻi 13 major mountain peaks with at least 500m (1,600feet) of topographic prominence.

The summit of a mountain or hill may be measured in three principal ways:

  1. The topographic elevation of a summit measures the height of the summit above a geodetic sea level.[1] The first table below ranks the 13 major summits of Hawaiʻi by topographic elevation.
  2. The topographic prominence of a summit is a measure of how high the summit rises above its surroundings.[2] [1] The second table below ranks the 13 major summits of Hawaiʻi by topographic prominence.
  3. The topographic isolation (or radius of dominance) of a summit measures how far the summit lies from its nearest point of equal elevation.[3] The third table below ranks the 13 major summits of Hawaiʻi by topographic isolation.

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Highest major summits

Of the 13 major summits of Hawaiʻi, Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa exceed 4000m (13,000feet) elevation, Haleakalā exceeds 3000m (10,000feet), Hualalai exceeds 2000m (7,000feet), and 11 peaks exceed 1000m (3,000feet) elevation.

Four of these peaks rise on the island of Hawaiʻi, two on Maui, two on Kauaʻi, two on Molokaʻi, two on Oʻahu, and one on Lānaʻi.

Of the 13 major summits of Hawaiʻi, Mauna Kea exceeds 4000m (13,000feet) of topographic prominence, Haleakalā exceeds 3000m (10,000feet), Mauna Loa exceeds 2000m (7,000feet), six peaks are ultra-prominent summits with more than 1500m (4,900feet), and eight peaks exceed 1000m (3,000feet) of topographic prominence.

Of the 13 major summits of Hawaiʻi, Mauna Kea has 3947km (2,453miles) of topographic isolation and four peaks exceed 100km (100miles) of topographic isolation.

The 13 highest summits of Hawaiʻi with at least 500 meters of topographic prominence

!Rank!Mountain peak!!Island!Elevation!Prominence!Isolation!Location
1Island of Hawaiʻi19.8207°N -155.4681°W
2Island of Hawaiʻi19.4756°N -155.6054°W
3Island of Maui20.7097°N -156.2533°W
4Island of Hawaiʻi19.6889°N -155.8644°W
5Island of Maui20.8904°N -156.5863°W
6Island of Hawaiʻi20.086°N -155.7171°W
7Island of Kauaʻi22.0586°N -159.4973°W
8Island of Molokaʻi21.1065°N -156.8682°W
9Island of Molokaʻi21.1325°N -156.8498°W
10Island of Oʻahu21.5079°N -158.1426°W
11Island of Lānaʻi20.8122°N -156.8732°W
12Island of Oʻahu21.358°N -157.7882°W
13Island of Kauaʻi21.9254°N -159.4018°W

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19.8207°N -155.4681°W

Notes and References

  1. If the elevation or prominence of a summit is calculated as a range of values, the arithmetic mean is shown.
  2. 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.
  3. The topographic isolation of a summit is the great-circle distance to its nearest point of equal elevation.

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