Most prominent mountain peaks of North America
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The following sortable table lists the 100 most topographically prominent mountain peaks on the continent of North America. Topographic prominence is the elevation difference between a summit of a mountain and the highest or key col to a higher summit. For this article, North America is defined as the continental landmass of the Americas extending north from the Isthmus of Panamá. A total of 48 of these most prominent peaks are located in the United States (including 28 in Alaska), 39 in Canada (including 29 in British Columbia), 12 in México, 3 in Guatemala, 2 in Honduras, and 1 in Costa Rica.
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[edit] Most prominent North American summits
Rank | Mountain Peak | PSEC | Mountain Range | Elevation | Prominence | Isolation |
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1 | Mount McKinley (Denali)[1] | Alaska Range | 20,320 feet |
6194 m20,174 feet |
6149 m4631.0 miles |
7450.7 km|
2 | Mount Logan[2] | Saint Elias Mountains | 19,551 feet |
5959 m17,215 feet |
5247 m387.4 miles |
623.4 km|
3 | Pico de Orizaba (Citlaltépetl)[3] | Cordillera Neovolcanica | 18,491 feet |
5636 m16,148 feet |
4922 m1669.6 miles |
2687.0 km|
4 | Mount Rainier[4][5] | Cascade Range | 14,417 feet |
4394 m13,231 feet |
4033 m731.0 miles |
1176.8 km|
5 | Volcán Tajumulco[6] | Guatemala | 13,845 feet |
4220 m13,058 feet |
3980 m448.7 miles |
722.2 km|
6 | Mount Fairweather[7] | Saint Elias Mountains | 15,325 feet |
4671 m12,983 feet |
3957 m125.0 miles |
200.7 km|
7 | Cerro Chirripó[8] | Costa Rica | 12,530 feet |
3819 m12,224 feet |
3726 m536.8 miles |
863.8 km|
8 | Mount Blackburn | Wrangell Mountains | 16,390 feet |
4996 m11,640 feet |
3548 m61.0 miles |
97.6 km|
9 | Mount Hayes | Alaska Range | 13,832 feet |
4216 m11,502 feet |
3506 m127.2 miles |
204.7 km|
10 | Mount Saint Elias[9] | Saint Elias Mountains | 18,008 feet |
5489 m11,250 feet |
3429 m26.0 miles |
41.4 km|
11 | Mount Waddington | Waddington Range | 13,186 feet |
4019 m10,791 feet |
3289 m349.5 miles |
562.4 km|
12 | Mount Marcus Baker | Chugach Mountains | 13,176 feet |
4016 m10,676 feet |
3254 m127.5 miles |
205.2 km|
13 | Mount Whitney[10] NGS | Sierra Nevada | 14,505 feet |
4421 m10,076 feet |
3071 m1647.0 miles |
2650.4 km|
14 | Mount Lucania | Saint Elias Mountains | 17,146 feet |
5226 m10,010 feet |
3051 m26.7 miles |
43.0 km|
15 | Volcán Popocatépetl[11] | Cordillera Neovolcanica | 17,802 feet |
5426 m9,974 feet |
3040 m88.9 miles |
143.1 km|
16 | Mount Shasta NGS | Cascade Range | 14,179 feet |
4322 m9,822 feet |
2994 m334.8 miles |
538.7 km|
17 | Monarch Mountain | Monarch Icefield PB | 11,663 feet |
3555 m9,564 feet |
2915 m44.4 miles |
71.4 km|
18 | Mount Robson[12] | Northern Continental Ranges PB | 12,989 feet |
3959 m9,281 feet |
2829 m285.5 miles |
459.5 km|
19 | Mount Redoubt | Chigmit Mountains | 10,197 feet |
3108 m9,147 feet |
2788 m58.7 miles |
94.5 km|
20 | Mount Elbert[13] NGS | Sawatch Range | 14,440 feet |
4401 m9,093 feet |
2772 m670.6 miles |
1079.2 km|
21 | Mount Sir Wilfrid Laurier | Cariboo Mountains | 11,535 feet |
3516 m8,950 feet |
2728 m32.1 miles |
51.7 km|
22 | Mount Baker[4] | Cascade Range | 10,786 feet |
3287 m8,931 feet |
2722 m132.2 miles |
212.8 km|
23 | Nevado de Colima[14] | Cordillera Neovolcanica | 14,206 feet |
4330 m8,924 feet |
2720 m253.1 miles |
407.3 km|
24 | Mount Vancouver | Saint Elias Mountains | 15,787 feet |
4812 m8,898 feet |
2712 m27.3 miles |
43.9 km|
25 | Mount Sir Sandford | Selkirk Mountains | 11,545 feet |
3519 m8,881 feet |
2707 m38.5 miles |
62.0 km|
26 | Mount Torbert | Alaska Range | 11,413 feet |
3479 m8,688 feet |
2648 m97.8 miles |
157.3 km|
27 | San Jacinto Peak NGS | San Jacinto Mountains | 10,834 feet |
3302 m8,339 feet |
2542 m20.6 miles |
33.2 km|
28 | San Gorgonio Mountain[4] | San Bernardino Mountains | 11,503 feet |
3506 m8,294 feet |
2528 m162.8 miles |
262.0 km|
29 | Mount Charleston NGS | Spring Mountains | 11,916 feet |
3632 m8,257 feet |
2517 m135.3 miles |
217.7 km|
30 | Mount Pavlof | Alaska Peninsula | 8,200 feet |
2499 m8,225 feet |
2507 m94.4 miles |
151.9 km|
31 | Mount Veniaminof | Alaska Peninsula | 8,225 feet |
2507 m8,200 feet |
2499 m209.7 miles |
337.5 km|
32 | Mount Adams NGS | Cascade Range | 12,281 feet |
3743 m8,136 feet |
2480 m46.3 miles |
74.6 km|
33 | Skihist Mountain | Lillooet Range PB | 9,738 feet |
2968 m8,081 feet |
2463 m97.6 miles |
157.1 km|
34 | Mount Hubbard | Saint Elias Mountains | 14,950 feet |
4557 m8,061 feet |
2457 m21.3 miles |
34.4 km|
35 | Mount Ratz PB | Boundary Ranges | 10,138 feet |
3090 m7,972 feet |
2430 m193.4 miles |
311.3 km|
36 | Mount Odin PB | Monashee Mountains | 9,747 feet |
2971 m7,904 feet |
2409 m40.7 miles |
65.4 km|
37 | Iliamna Volcano | Chigmit Mountains | 10,016 feet |
3053 m7,866 feet |
2398 m33.6 miles |
54.1 km|
38 | Mount Monashee PB | Monashee Mountains | 10,741 feet |
3274 m7,854 feet |
2394 m32.2 miles |
51.8 km|
39 | Mount Olympus NGS | Olympic Mountains | 7,980 feet |
2432 m7,838 feet |
2389 m108.0 miles |
173.8 km|
40 | Mount Columbia[15] | Columbia Icefield | 12,274 feet |
3741 m7,818 feet |
2383 m98.2 miles |
158.0 km|
41 | Mount Queen Bess | Homathko Icefield PB | 10,820 feet |
3298 m7,726 feet |
2355 m28.4 miles |
45.6 km|
42 | Mount Hood[16] NGS | Cascade Range | 11,249 feet |
3429 m7,706 feet |
2349 m57.6 miles |
92.8 km|
43 | Mount Sanford | Wrangell Mountains | 16,237 feet |
4949 m7,687 feet |
2343 m40.3 miles |
64.8 km|
44 | Mount Tom White PB | Chugach Mountains | 11,191 feet |
3411 m7,641 feet |
2329 m73.0 miles |
117.6 km|
45 | Mount Cooper PB | Selkirk Mountains | 10,151 feet |
3094 m7,608 feet |
2319 m31.0 miles |
49.9 km|
46 | Wheeler Peak NGS | Snake Range | 13,065 feet |
3982 m7,568 feet |
2307 m231.8 miles |
373.1 km|
47 | Glacier Peak[4] | Cascade Range | 10,525 feet |
3208 m7,518 feet |
2291 m56.1 miles |
90.3 km|
48 | Ulysses Mountain PB | Muskwa Ranges | 9,921 feet |
3024 m7,510 feet |
2289 m270.8 miles |
435.9 km|
49 | Mount Cook | Saint Elias Mountains | 13,760 feet |
4194 m7,460 feet |
2274 m14.5 miles |
23.4 km|
50 | Volcán Tacaná[17] | Chiapas and Guatemala | 13,425 feet |
4092 m7,457 feet |
2273 m15.4 miles |
24.7 km|
51 | Mount Kimball | Alaska Range | 10,300 feet |
3139 m7,425 feet |
2263 m55.8 miles |
89.8 km|
52 | Mount Chamberlin PB | Brooks Range | 9,020 feet |
2749 m7,424 feet |
2263 m395.2 miles |
636.0 km|
53 | Wedge Mountain | Garibaldi Mountains PB | 9,488 feet |
2892 m7,388 feet |
2252 m39.7 miles |
63.9 km|
54 | Otter Mountain PB | Boundary Ranges | 8,832 feet |
2692 m7,356 feet |
2242 m15.8 miles |
25.4 km|
55 | Mount Griggs | Alaska Peninsula | 7,600 feet |
2316 m7,300 feet |
2225 m136.3 miles |
219.3 km|
56 | Nevado de Toluca | Cordillera Neovolcanica | 15,354 feet |
4680 m7,300 feet |
2225 m73.1 miles |
117.6 km|
57 | Peak 04-57 PB | Northern Pacific Ranges PB | 7,480 feet |
2280 m7,300 feet |
2225 m22.9 miles |
36.9 km|
58 | Mount Foraker | Alaska Range | 17,400 feet |
5304 m7,250 feet |
2210 m14.5 miles |
23.3 km|
59 | White Mountain Peak NGS | White Mountains | 14,252 feet |
4344 m7,196 feet |
2193 m67.5 miles |
108.7 km|
60 | Mount Crillon | Saint Elias Mountains | 12,726 feet |
3879 m7,176 feet |
2187 m19.5 miles |
31.4 km|
61 | Keele Peak | Mackenzie Mountains | 9,751 feet |
2972 m7,156 feet |
2181 m354.2 miles |
570.0 km|
62 | Cerro Teotepec[18] PB | Sierra Madre del Sur | 11,614 feet |
3540 m7,152 feet |
2180 m115.8 miles |
186.3 km|
63 | Scud Peak PB | Boundary Ranges | 9,800 feet |
2987 m7,126 feet |
2172 m35.7 miles |
57.4 km|
64 | Cloud Peak NGS | Bighorn Mountains | 13,167 feet |
4013 m7,077 feet |
2157 m145.0 miles |
233.4 km|
65 | Gannett Peak[19] NGS | Wind River Range | 13,809 feet |
4209 m7,076 feet |
2157 m290.6 miles |
467.6 km|
66 | Razorback Mountain PB | Nuit Range PB | 10,443 feet |
3183 m7,064 feet |
2153 m22.7 miles |
36.5 km|
67 | Cerro el Nacimiento PB | Sierra Madre del Sur | 12,139 feet |
3700 m7,021 feet |
2140 m0.8 miles |
1.4 km|
68 | Picacho del Diablo[20] | Sierra San Pedro Mártir | 10,171 feet |
3100 m7,021 feet |
2140 m207.9 miles |
334.6 km|
69 | Cerro Nube Flan[21] PB | Sierra Madre del Sur | 12,303 feet |
3750 m6,988 feet |
2130 m205.3 miles |
330.4 km|
70 | Mount Hesperus | Alaska Range | 9,828 feet |
2996 m6,978 feet |
2127 m58.2 miles |
93.6 km|
71 | Mount Farnham PB | Purcell Mountains | 11,460 feet |
3493 m6,932 feet |
2113 m45.2 miles |
72.7 km|
72 | Mount Bona | Saint Elias Mountains | 16,500 feet |
5029 m6,900 feet |
2103 m49.8 miles |
80.1 km|
73 | Oscar Peak PB | Kitimat Ranges | 7,664 feet |
2336 m6,886 feet |
2099 m22.0 miles |
35.5 km|
74 | Mount Assiniboine | Southern Continental Ranges PB | 11,864 feet |
3616 m6,844 feet |
2086 m88.1 miles |
141.8 km|
75 | Montaña de Santa Barbara PB | Honduras | 9,003 feet |
2744 m6,837 feet |
2084 m45.9 miles |
73.8 km|
76 | Mount Jancowski PB | Boundary Ranges | 8,953 feet |
2729 m6,821 feet |
2079 m77.1 miles |
124.0 km|
77 | Cerro las Minas[22] PB | Honduras | 9,347 feet |
2849 m6,788 feet |
2069 m80.7 miles |
129.9 km|
78 | Mount Drum | Wrangell Mountains | 12,010 feet |
3661 m6,760 feet |
2060 m17.7 miles |
28.5 km|
79 | Gladsheim Peak PB | Selkirk Mountains | 9,285 feet |
2830 m6,745 feet |
2056 m33.2 miles |
53.4 km|
80 | Mount Dawson PB | Selkirk Mountains | 11,079 feet |
3377 m6,739 feet |
2054 m39.4 miles |
63.4 km|
81 | Mount Chiginagak | Alaska Peninsula | 6,900 feet |
2103 m6,675 feet |
2035 m97.7 miles |
157.2 km|
82 | Mount Valpy PB | Kitimat Ranges | 7,280 feet |
2219 m6,608 feet |
2014 m30.7 miles |
49.4 km|
83 | Mount Edith Cavell | South Jasper Ranges PB | 11,033 feet |
3363 m6,585 feet |
2007 m29.2 miles |
47.0 km|
84 | Alsek Peak PB | Saint Elias Mountains | 8,911 feet |
2716 m6,565 feet |
2001 m49.3 miles |
79.3 km|
85 | Grand Teton NGS | Teton Range | 13,776 feet |
4199 m6,545 feet |
1995 m69.4 miles |
111.6 km|
86 | Mount Cairnes PB | Saint Elias Mountains | 9,219 feet |
2810 m6,529 feet |
1990 m25.2 miles |
40.6 km|
87 | Volcán de Agua | Guatemala | 12,339 feet |
3761 m6,499 feet |
1981 m9.7 miles |
15.7 km|
88 | Chatsquot Mountain PB | Kitimat Ranges | 7,759 feet |
2365 m6,499 feet |
1981 m35.8 miles |
57.7 km|
89 | Buckwell Peak PB | Saint Elias Mountains | 8,927 feet |
2721 m6,467 feet |
1971 m35.0 miles |
56.4 km|
90 | Cerro las Conchas PB | Mexican West Coast Ranges PB | 9,449 feet |
2880 m6,430 feet |
1960 m65.0 miles |
104.5 km|
91 | Mount Priestley PB | Hazleton Mountains PB | 7,762 feet |
2366 m6,381 feet |
1945 m31.3 miles |
50.4 km|
92 | Sacajawea Peak[4] PB | Wallowa Mountains | 9,843 feet |
3000 m6,377 feet |
1944 m129.8 miles |
208.8 km|
93 | Mount Neacola | Neacola Mountains | 9,426 feet |
2873 m6,376 feet |
1943 m31.0 miles |
49.9 km|
94 | Volcán la Malinche (Matlalcueitl)[23] | Cordillera Neovolcanica | 14,639 feet |
4462 m6,365 feet |
1940 m39.5 miles |
63.5 km|
95 | Kings Peak[24] NGS | Uinta Range | 13,518 feet |
4120 m6,358 feet |
1938 m166.7 miles |
268.2 km|
96 | Mount Graham NGS | Pinaleno Mountains | 10,724 feet |
3269 m6,340 feet |
1932 m83.3 miles |
134.0 km|
97 | Mount Douglas | Alaska Peninsula | 7,000 feet |
2134 m6,300 feet |
1920 m42.9 miles |
69.0 km|
98 | Sierra la Laguna High Point PB | Baja California Sur | 6,824 feet |
2080 m6,299 feet |
1920 m212.6 miles |
342.1 km|
99 | Kichatna Spire PB | Alaska Range | 8,985 feet |
2739 m6,285 feet |
1916 m37.3 miles |
60.0 km|
100 | Peak 8084 PB | Chugach Mountains | 8,084 feet |
2464 m6,284 feet |
1915 m50.2 miles |
80.8 km
[edit] Gallery
Mount McKinley, or Denali, in the State of Alaska is the highest mountain peak of North America |
Mount Logan in the Yukon Territory is the highest mountain peak of Canada |
Pico de Orizaba, or Citlaltépetl, on the boundary between Puebla and Veracruz is the highest mountain peak of México |
Mount Rainier is a stratovolcano in the U.S. State of Washington |
The stratovolcano Volcán Tajumulco is the highest mountain peak in Guatemala and Central America |
Mount Fairweather on the border of Alaska is the highest mountain peak of the Province of British Columbia |
Cerro Chirripó is the highest mountain peak of Costa Rica |
Mount Blackburn is the highest mountain peak of the Wrangell Mountains of Alaska |
[edit] See also
- Geography of North America
- Highest mountain peaks of North America
- Lists of mountains
- Most isolated mountain peaks of North America
- Mountain peaks of Canada
- Mountain peaks of México
- Mountain peaks of North America
- Mountain peaks of the Rocky Mountains
- Mountain peaks of the United States
- North America
- physical geography
- summit (topography)
- topographic elevation
- topographic isolation
- topographic prominence
- topography
[edit] References
- ^ The summit of Mount McKinley (Denali) is the highest point of the Alaska Range, the State of Alaska, the United States of America, and North America.
- ^ The summit of Mount Logan is the highest point of the Saint Elias Mountains, the Yukon Territory, and all of Canada.
- ^ The summit of Pico de Orizaba (Citlaltépetl) is the highest point of the Estado Libre y Soberano de Puebla, the Estado Libre y Soberano de Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave, and all of México.
- ^ a b c d e The elevation of this summit has been converted from the National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 (NGVD 29) to the North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD 88). National Geodetic Survey
- ^ The summit of Mount Rainier is the highest point of the Cascade Range and the State of Washington.
- ^ The summit of Volcán Tajumulco is the highest point of Guatemala.
- ^ The summit of Mount Fairweather on the border of Alaska is the highest point of the Province of British Columbia.
- ^ The summit of Cerro Chirripó is the highest point of Costa Rica.
- ^ The summit of Mount Saint Elias on the border of Alaska and the Yukon is the second highest mountain peak of both Canada and the United States of America.
- ^ The summit of Mount Whitney is the highest point of the Sierra Nevada, the State of California, and the contiguous United States.
- ^ The summit of Volcán Popocatépetl on the border of the Estado Libre y Soberano de Puebla is the highest point of both the Estado Libre y Soberano de México and the Estado Libre y Soberano de Morelos.
- ^ The summit of Mount Robson is the highest point of the Canadian Rockies.
- ^ The summit of Mount Elbert is the highest point of the Rocky Mountains and the State of Colorado.
- ^ The summit of Nevado de Colima is the highest point of the Estado Libre y Soberano de Jalisco.
- ^ The summit of Mount Columbia on the border of the Province of British Columbia is the highest point of the Province of Alberta.
- ^ The summit of Mount Hood is the highest point of the State of Oregon.
- ^ The summit of Volcán Tacaná on the border of México and Guatemala is the highest point of the Estado Libre y Soberano de Chiapas.
- ^ The summit of Cerro Teotepec is the highest point of the Estado Libre y Soberano de Guerrero.
- ^ The summit of Gannett Peak is the highest point of the Northern Rocky Mountains and the State of Wyoming.
- ^ The summit of Picacho del Diablo is the highest point of the Estado Libre y Soberano de Baja California.
- ^ The summit of Cerro Nube Flan is the highest point of the Sierra Madre del Sur and the Estado Libre y Soberano de Oaxaca.
- ^ The summit of Cerro las Minas is the highest point of Honduras.
- ^ The summit of Volcán_la_Malinche (Matlalcueitl) on the border of the Estado Libre y Soberano de Puebla is the highest point of the Estado Libre y Soberano de Tlaxcala.
- ^ The summit of Kings Peak is the highest point of the Western Rocky Mountains and the State of Utah.
[edit] External links
- Natural Resources Canada (NRC)
- Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática (INEGI) de México
- National Geodetic Survey (NGS)
- United States Geological Survey (USGS)
- Canadian Mountain Encyclopedia @ bivouac.com
- North America @ peakbagger.com
- World Mountain Encyclopedia @ peakware.com
- peaklist.org
- summitpost.org