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The summit of a mountain or hill may be measured in three main ways: The topographic elevation of a summit measures the height of the tip of a mountain above a geodetic sea level. [b] [c] The first table below ranks the 100 highest major summits of the United States by elevation.
The 477 summits of the United States with at least 3000 meters (9,843 feet) of topographic elevation and 500 meters (1,640 feet) of topographic prominence; Rank Mountain Peak State Mountain Range Elevation Prominence Isolation Location; 1 Denali [a] (Mount McKinley) Alaska: Alaska Range: 20,310 ft 6190.5 m: 20,146 ft 6141 m: 4,629 mi 7,450 km
Mount Washington is an ultra-prominent mountain in the state of New Hampshire.It is the highest peak in the Northeastern United States at 6,288.2 ft (1,916.6 m) and the most topographically prominent mountain east of the Mississippi River.
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: The topographic elevation of a summit measures the height of the summit above a geodetic sea level. [1] [2]
Midway Atoll, Sand Island high point – 50 feet (15 m) [92] – The highest point of the U.S. minor outlying islands in the Pacific Ocean. Navassa Island high point – 280 feet (85 m) [91] – The highest point of all the U.S. minor outlying islands. Palmyra Atoll high point – 10 feet (3 m) [92] Wake Island high point – 26 feet (8 m) [93]
Under the law, the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965, [127] the number of first-generation immigrants living in the United States has increased, [128] from 9.6 million in 1970 to about 38 million in 2007. [129] Around a million people legally immigrated to the United States per year in the 1990s, up from 250,000 per year in the 1950s. [130]
This list includes significant mountain peaks located in the United States arranged alphabetically by state, district, or territory. The highest peak in each state, district or territory is noted in bold.
To be included on the list, a place needs to be an incorporated municipality (i.e. a city, town, or village) and it needs to be at an elevation of 3,000 feet (914 m) or higher. In the United States, settlements above 3,000 feet are found primarily on the High Plains, in the Rocky Mountains, and in Western North Carolina. However, since many ...