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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.
The following sortable table comprises the 209 most topographically isolated mountain peaks of the United States of America (including its territories) with at least 500 meters (1640 feet) of topographic prominence. [1] [a] The summit of a mountain or hill may be measured in three principal ways:
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.
A mountain range or hill range is a series of mountains or hills arranged in a line and connected by high ground. A mountain system or mountain belt is a group of mountain ranges with similarity in form, structure, and alignment that have arisen from the same cause, usually an orogeny . [ 1 ]
[1] [2] The topographic prominence of a summit is a measure of how high the summit rises above its surroundings. [3] [4] [2] The topographic isolation (or radius of dominance) of a summit measures how far the summit lies from its nearest point of equal elevation. [5]
Kings Peak (at right) is the highest summit of the Uinta Mountains, the U.S. State of Utah, and the Western Rocky Mountains. This article comprises three sortable tables of major mountain peaks [1] of the U.S. State of Utah. The summit of a mountain or hill may be measured in three principal ways:
Sheep Mountain is located 39 miles (63 km) south of Bozeman in the Gallatin Range, which is a subrange of the Rocky Mountains. [1] It is set on the common boundary shared by Yellowstone National Park and the Gallatin National Forest.
Mountain peak Country Mountain range Elevation Prominence Isolation Location; 1 Volcán Tajumulco [5] [a] [b] Guatemala: Sierra de las Nubes: 4220 m 13,845 ft: 3990 m 13,091 ft: 722 km 448 mi 2 Volcán Tacaná [6] [7] [c] Chiapas Guatemala: Sierra de Istatan