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The ten highest major summits of the United States are all located in Alaska. The northernmost summit with at least 3000 metres elevation and 500 metres prominence is Hess Mountain in central Alaska; the southernmost is Mauna Loa on the Island of Hawaii; the westernmost is Haleakalā on the Island of Maui; and the easternmost is East Spanish ...
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.
The following sortable table comprises the 403 mountain peaks of greater North America [1] with at least 3000 meters (9843 feet) of elevation and at least 500 meters (1640 feet) of topographic prominence. [2] The summit of a mountain or hill may be measured in three principal ways:
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. The following sortable table comprises the 200 most topographically prominent mountain peaks of the United States of ...
Denali in Alaska is the highest mountain peak of North America. Denali is the third most topographically prominent and third most topographically isolated summit on Earth after Mount Everest and Aconcagua. This article comprises three sortable tables of major mountain peaks [1] of greater North America. [2]
The Cherokee people have a long and rich history in the Great Smoky Mountains, but at many points throughout the last 300 years, that cultural tradition has been threatened.
Pueblo Mountain, highest in the Pueblo Mountains, a volcanically-formed range; Rogers Peak; Sacajawea Peak, highest in the Wallowa Mountains; Sawtooth Peak; Shellrock Mountain Cascade Range; South Sister, one of the three stratovolcanoes (is a stratovolcano itself) and shield volcano, and third-highest peak in Oregon; Steens Mountain, an old ...
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.