List of the most prominent summits of Canada explained
See main article: List of mountain peaks of Canada.
The following sortable table comprises the 150 most topographically prominent mountain peaks of Canada.
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.[1]
- The topographic prominence of a summit is a measure of how high the summit rises above its surroundings.[2] [1]
- The topographic isolation (or radius of dominance) of a summit measures how far the summit lies from its nearest point of equal elevation.[3]
Mount Logan exceeds 5000abbr=off0abbr=off of topographic prominence. Five peaks of Canada exceed 3000abbr=off0abbr=off, 11 exceed 2500abbr=off0abbr=off, 41 exceed 2000abbr=off0abbr=off, and 143 ultra-prominent summits exceed 1500abbr=off0abbr=off of topographic prominence.
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Most prominent summits
See also: List of the ultra-prominent summits of Canada. Of these 150 most prominent summits of Canada, 108 are located in British Columbia, 20 in Yukon, 16 in Nunavut, ten in Alberta, and one in the Northwest Territories. Three of these summits lie on the British Columbia-Alberta border and two lie on the British Columbia-Yukon border. Four of these summits lie on the international Yukon-Alaska border and four lie on the international British Columbia-Alaska border.
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Notes and References
- 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.
