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Mount Whitney (Paiute: Too-man-i-goo-yah [6] or Too-man-go-yah [7]) is the highest mountain in the contiguous United States, with an elevation of 14,505 feet (4,421 m). [1] It is in East–Central California, in the Sierra Nevada, on the boundary between California's Inyo and Tulare counties, and 84.6 miles (136.2 km) [8] west-northwest of North America's lowest topographic point, Badwater ...
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
The northwesternmost point of the contiguous United States is Cape Flattery, Washington. [ 15 ] The northeasternmost point of the contiguous United States is Van Buren, Maine , 47°14.140′N 68°01.233′W / 47.235667°N 68.020550°W / 47.235667; -68.020550
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.
The topographic prominence of a summit is a measure of how high the summit rises above its surroundings. [d] [c] The second table below ranks the 50 most prominent summits of the United States. The topographic isolation (or radius of dominance) of a summit measures how far the summit lies from its nearest point of equal elevation.
Kingman Reef high point – less than 7 feet (2 m) [92] 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 ...
Borah Peak, also known as Mount Borah or Beauty Peak, is a mountain in the western United States and the highest summit in Idaho. [4] One of the most prominent peaks in the contiguous United States, [5] it is located in the central section of the Lost River Range, within the Challis National Forest in eastern Custer County. On February 11, 2021 ...
Mount Whitney is the highest mountain peak in the Sierra Nevada, the State of California, and the contiguous United States. This article comprises three sortable tables of major mountain peaks [a] of the U.S. State of California. The summit of a mountain or hill may be measured in three principal ways: