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The topographic isolation of a summit is the minimum horizontal distance to a point of equal elevation, representing a radius of dominance in which the peak is the highest point. It can be calculated for small hills and islands as well as for major mountain peaks and can even be calculated for submarine summits.
In the United States, only Denali exceeds 4000 kilometers (2485 miles) of topographic isolation. 3 summits exceed 2000 kilometers (1243 miles), 8 exceed 1000 kilometers (621.4 miles), 13 exceed 500 kilometers (310.7 miles), 47 exceed 200 kilometers (124.3 miles), 113 exceed 100 kilometers (62.14 miles), and 214 major summits exceed 50 ...
The topographic isolation (or radius of dominance) of a summit measures how far the summit lies from its nearest point of equal elevation. [ e ] The third table below ranks the 50 most isolated major summits of the United States.
Mountain peak Region Mountain range Elevation Prominence Isolation Location; 1 Denali [a] (Mount McKinley) Alaska: Alaska Range: 6190.5 m 20,310 ft: 6141 m 20,146 ft: 7,450 km/4,629 mi 2 Mount Logan [b] Yukon: Saint Elias Mountains: 5959 m 19,551 ft: 5247 m 17,215 ft: 623 km 387 mi
Contrast between topographic isolation and prominence. In topography, prominence or relative height (also referred to as autonomous height, and shoulder drop in US English, and drop in British English) measures the height of a mountain or hill's summit relative to the lowest contour line encircling it but containing no higher summit within it.
The topographic isolation (or radius of dominance) of a summit measures how far the summit lies from its nearest point of equal elevation. [6] Denali is one of only three summits on Earth with more than 6000 kilometers (3728 miles) of topographic isolation. Four major summits of greater North America exceed 2000 kilometers (1243 miles), eight ...
List of mountain peaks of California; Mountain peaks of Canada; List of the major 100-kilometre summits of Canada; List of the most isolated major summits of Canada; List of mountain peaks of the Caribbean; List of mountain peaks of Central America; Table of the most isolated major summits of Colorado; List of mountain peaks of Colorado
Mountain Peak Region Mountain range Elevation Prominence Isolation Location; 9 Mara Mountain [a] [7] Greenland Island of Greenland: 1155 m 3,790 ft: 1149 m 3,770 ft: 37.5 km 23.3 mi 8 Peary Land high point [8] [b] Greenland Island of Greenland: 1910 m 6,266 ft: 500 m