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Of the 50 most prominent summits of the United States, only Denali exceeds 5000 meters (16,404 feet) of topographic prominence, three peaks exceed 4000 meters (13,123 feet), ten peaks exceed 3000 meters (9843 feet), 45 peaks exceed 2000 meters (6562 feet), and all 50 peaks exceed 1932 meters (6339 feet) of topographic prominence.
United States Mountain is a 13,036-foot-elevation (3,973-meter) mountain summit located in Ouray County of southwest Colorado, United States. [3] It is situated six miles southwest of the community of Ouray , on land managed by Uncompahgre National Forest .
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 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
Of these 100 peaks, 78 (including the 30 highest) are located in Colorado, ten in Wyoming, six in New Mexico, three in Montana, and one each in Utah, British Columbia, and Idaho. The 100 highest summits of the Rocky Mountains with at least 500 meters of topographic prominence
San Gorgonio Mountain United States: 3,506 2,528: 978 ... Map of the top 50 by Ken Jones; Lists and/or maps covering all peaks in the world with 1500 m+ prominence ...
The United States Board on Geographic Names is the official authority for all United States geographic names. The United States Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System provides Internet access to these geographic names.
A topographic map of the United States. The United States is the world's third-largest country by total area behind Russia and Canada. [d] [179] [180] The 48 contiguous states and the District of Columbia occupy a combined area of 3,119,885 square miles (8,080,470 km 2).