List of the highest major summits of the United States information
Further information: List of mountain peaks of the United States
See also: List of the most isolated major summits of the United States
Denali in Alaska is the highest mountain peak in North America. Denali is the third most topographically prominent and third most topographically isolated summit on Earth after Mount Everest and Aconcagua.
The following sortable table comprises the 477 mountain peaks of the United States with at least 3,000 m (9,843 ft) of topographic elevation and at least 500 m (1,640 ft) 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 United States, only Denali exceeds 6000 meters (19,685 feet) elevation. Four major summits exceed 5000 meters (16,404 feet), nine exceed 4500 meters (14,764 feet), 104 exceed 4000 meters (13,123 feet), 246 exceed 3500 meters (11,483 feet), and the following 477 major summits exceed 3000 meters (9843 feet) elevation.
^This article defines a significant summit as a summit with at least 100 m (328.1 ft) of topographic prominence, and a major summit as a summit with at least 500 m (1,640 ft) 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 1,500 m (4,921 ft) 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.
^ abIf 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, 7642 kilometers (4749 miles) away.
^The topographic isolation of a summit is the great-circle distance to its nearest point of equal elevation.
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