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SOTA Mapping Project (SMP) is a website (www.sotamaps.org) offering mapping resources for radio amateurs participating in the Summits On The Air (SOTA) awards program. It aims to provide comprehensive mapping information in graphical form based on Google Maps on summits included in the program, for participants in the program as well as for the ...
The topographic prominence of a summit is a measure of how high the summit rises above its surroundings. [5] [4] The topographic isolation (or radius of dominance) of a summit measures how far the summit lies from its nearest point of equal elevation. [6] In greater North America, only Denali exceeds 6000 meters (19,685 feet) elevation. Three ...
Topographic map of North America. ... United States of America: Denali [25] 6,190 m (20,310 ft) References This page was last edited on 29 October 2024, at 13:13 ...
The topographic prominence of a summit is a measure of how high the summit rises above its surroundings. [5] [4] The second table below ranks the 50 most prominent summits of greater North America. The topographic isolation (or radius of dominance) of a summit measures how far the summit lies from its nearest point of equal elevation. [6]
Summits On The Air (SOTA) is an amateur radio operating award program launched in Great Britain in 2002 by John Linford. [2] [3]The aim of SOTA is to encourage licensed amateur radio operators [4] to operate temporarily from mountainous locations [5] [6] using any method of travel including hiking, [7] mountain climbing, [8] and cycling [9] while operating their amateur radio station from the ...
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.
Denali, Alaska, United States — highest summit of North America at 6,190.5 m (20,310 [ 1 ] Pico de Orizaba ( Volcán Citlaltépetl ), [ note 1 ] [ 2 ] Puebla and Veracruz , Mexico 19°1′50″N 97°16′11″W / 19.03056°N 97.26972°W / 19.03056; -97.26972 ( Pico de Orizaba ) — highest volcano summit of North America at ...
Of these 230 major 100-kilometer summits of North America, 103 are located in the United States (excluding four in Hawaiʻi), 50 in Canada, 33 in México, 21 in Greenland, four in Honduras, three in Cuba, two in Guatemala, two in Haiti, two in Panamá, and one each in the Dominican Republic, Costa Rica, Guadeloupe, Puerto Rico, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ...