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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
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.
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.
Of the 403 major 3000-meter summits of greater North America, 299 are located in the United States (excluding three in Hawaiʻi), 67 in Canada, 30 in México, and eight in Guatemala, four in Greenland, two in Costa Rica, and one each in Panamá and the Dominican Republic.
The highest peak at Great Smoky Mountains National Park is officially reverting to its Cherokee name more than 150 years after a surveyor named it for a Confederate general.
Uncompahgre Peak 14,321' – highest summit of the San Juan Mountains; United States Mountain 13,036' Ute Peak 9,984' – highest summit of the Ute Mountains; Vermilion Peak 13,900' Vestal Peak 13,870' – highest summit of the Grenadier Range; Wasatch Mountain 13,555' Waugh Mountain 11,716' – highest summit of the South Park Hills; West ...
Of the 100 highest major summits of greater North America, only Denali exceeds 6000 meters (19,685 feet) elevation, 11 peaks exceed 5000 meters (16,404 feet), and all 100 peaks exceed 4076 meters (13,373 feet) elevation. Of these 100 peaks, 81 are located in the United States, 17 in Canada, seven in México, and one in Guatemala.
Denali in Alaska is the highest mountain peak of the United States and North America.Denali is the third most topographically prominent and third most topographically isolated summit on Earth after Mount Everest and Aconcagua.
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