Most prominent mountain peaks of the United States

Most prominent mountain peaks of the United States

The following sortable table lists the 100 most topographically prominent mountain peaks of the United States. Topographic prominence is the elevation difference between the summit and the highest or key col to a higher summit. A total of 52 of these most prominent peaks are located in Alaska, 7 in California, 7 in Nevada, 6 in Utah, 5 in Washington, 4 in Hawaiʻi, 4 in Oregon, 3 in Wyoming, 3 in Montana, 2 in Colorado, 2 in Arizona, 2 in Idaho, and 1 each in New Hampshire, North Carolina, and New Mexico.

Most prominent summits

Extension to 1,500 m

This table, combined with the one above, covers all the Ultras of the United States; hence its inclusion.

ources

* [http://www.peaklist.org/USlists/AK5000.html List - Alaska & Hawaii]
* [http://www.peaklist.org/USlists/USP5000.html List - Lower 48]
* [http://www.peaklist.org/USPcells/P5000s/P5000cells.jpgMap - Western US]

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ee also

*Geography of the United States
*Geology of the United States of America
*Highest mountain peaks of the United States
*Lists of mountains
*Most isolated mountain peaks of the United States
*Most prominent mountain peaks of Canada
*Most prominent mountain peaks of México
*Most prominent mountain peaks of North America
*Mountain peaks of Alaska
*Mountain peaks of California
*Mountain peaks of Canada
*Mountain peaks of Colorado
*Mountain peaks of México
*Mountain peaks of North America
*Mountain peaks of the Rocky Mountains
*physical geography
*summit (topography)
*topographic elevation
*topographic isolation
*topographic prominence
*topography
*United States

References

External links

* [http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/ National Geodetic Survey (NGS)]
** [http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/ds_desig.prl NGS Datasheets]
** [http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/VERTCON/vert_con.prl NGVD 29 to NAVD 88 online elevation converter @ NGS]
** [http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/CORS-Proxy/Glossary/xml/NGS_Glossary.xml Geodetic Glossary @ NGS]
* [http://www.usgs.gov/ United States Geological Survey (USGS)]
** [http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/ Geographic Names Information System @ USGS]
* [http://www.peakbagger.com/ peakbagger.com]
* [http://www.peaklist.org/ peaklist.org]
* [http://www.summitpost.org/ summitpost.org]
* [http://www.peakware.com/ World Mountain Encyclopedia @ peakware.com]


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