List of the most prominent summits of the United States

The following sortable table comprises the 200 most topographically prominent mountain peaks of the United States of America.

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.
2. The topographic prominence of a summit is a measure of how high the summit rises above its surroundings.
3. The topographic isolation (or radius of dominance) of a summit measures how far the summit lies from its nearest point of equal elevation.

Denali is one of only three summits on Earth with more than 6,000 meters (20,000 feet) of topographic prominence. Three summits of the United States possess a prominence greater than 4,000 meters (13,000 feet), six exceed 3,500 meters (11,500 feet), ten exceed 3,000 meters (9,800 feet), 19 exceed 2,500 meters (8,200 feet), 45 exceed 2,000 meters (6,600 feet), 128 ultra-prominent summits exceed 1,500 meters (4,900 feet), and 264 major summits exceed 1,000 meters (3,300 feet) of topographic prominence.

Most prominent summits

Of the 200 most prominent summits of the United States, 84 are located in Alaska, 17 in California, 17 in Nevada, 14 in Washington, 12 in Montana, 11 in Utah, nine in Arizona, seven in Hawaii, six in Colorado, six in Oregon, four in Wyoming, four in Idaho, four in New Mexico, two in North Carolina, and one each in New Hampshire, New York, Tennessee, Texas and Maine. Four of these peaks lie on the international border between Alaska and British Columbia, four lie on the international border between Alaska and Yukon, and one lies on the state border between Tennessee and North Carolina.

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See also

• List of mountain peaks of North America
  • List of mountain peaks of Greenland
  • List of mountain peaks of Canada
  • List of mountain peaks of the Rocky Mountains
  • List of mountain peaks of the United States
    • List of the highest major summits of the United States
      • List of United States fourteeners
    • List of the most prominent summits of the United States
    • List of the most isolated major summits of the United States
    • List of mountain peaks of Alaska
    • List of mountain peaks of California
    • List of mountain peaks of Colorado
    • List of mountain peaks of Hawaii
  • List of mountain peaks of México
  • List of mountain peaks of Central America
  • List of mountain peaks of the Caribbean
• United States of America
  • Geography of the United States
  • Geology of the United States
    • Category:Mountains of the United States
      • commons:Category:Mountains of the United States
• Physical geography
  • Topography
    • Topographic elevation
    • Topographic prominence
    • Topographic isolation

Notes

References

External links

• United States Geological Survey (USGS)
  • Geographic Names Information System @ USGS
• United States National Geodetic Survey (NGS)
  • Geodetic Glossary @ NGS
  • NGVD 29 to NAVD 88 online elevation converter @ NGS
  • Survey Marks and Datasheets @ NGS
• Bivouac.com
• Peakbagger.com
• Peaklist.org
• Peakware.com
• Summitpost.org