This article comprises three sortable tables of major mountain peaks of greater North America.
This article defines greater North America as the portion of the continental landmass of the Americas extending northward from Panama plus the islands surrounding that landmass. This article defines the islands of North America to include the coastal islands of North America, the islands of the Caribbean Sea, the Lucayan Archipelago, the Bermuda Islands, the Islands of Greenland (Kalaallit Nunaat), the islands of Northern Canada, the islands of Alaska, and the islands of the northeastern Pacific Ocean. The Hawaiian Islands are not included because they are considered part of Oceania.
Topographic elevation is the vertical distance above the reference geoid, a precise mathematical model of the Earth's sea level as an equipotential gravitational surface. Topographic prominence is the elevation difference between the summit and the highest or key col to a higher summit. Topographic isolation is the minimum great circle distance to a point of higher elevation.
This article defines a significant summit as a summit with at least 100 meters (328.1 feet) of topographic prominence, and a major summit as a summit with at least 500 meters (1640.4 feet) of topographic prominence. An ultra-prominent summit is a summit with at least 1500 meters (4921.3 feet) of topographic prominence. There are 356 ultra-prominent summits in greater North America.
All elevations in the 48 states of the contiguous United States include an elevation adjustment from the National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 (NGVD 29) to the North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD 88). For further information, please see this United States National Geodetic Survey note. If a summit elevation or prominence has a range of values, the arithmetic mean is cited.
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The following sortable table lists the 20 highest mountain peaks of greater North America with at least 500 meters (1640.4 feet) of topographic prominence.
Rank | Mountain Peak | Region | Mountain Range | Elevation | Prominence | Isolation | Location |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Mount McKinley[1][2] (Denali) |
Alaska | Alaska Range | 20,320 ft |
6194 m20,174 ft |
6149 m4,629 mi |
7,450 km|
2 | Mount Logan[3][4] | Yukon | Saint Elias Mountains | 19,541 ft |
5956 m17,215 ft |
5247 m387 mi |
623 km|
3 | Volcán Citlaltépetl[5][6] (Pico de Orizaba) |
Puebla Veracruz |
Cordillera Neovolcanica | 18,491 ft |
5636 m16,148 ft |
4922 m1,672 mi |
2,690 km|
4 | Mount Saint Elias[7][8] | Alaska Yukon |
Saint Elias Mountains | 18,008 ft |
5489 m11,250 ft |
3429 m26 mi |
41 km|
5 | Volcán Popocatépetl[9][10] | México Morelos Puebla |
Cordillera Neovolcanica | 17,749 ft |
5410 m9,974 ft |
3040 m89 mi |
143 km|
6 | Mount Foraker[11][12][13] | Alaska | Alaska Range | 17,400 ft |
5304 m7,250 ft |
2210 m14 mi |
23 km|
7 | Mount Lucania[14] | Yukon | Saint Elias Mountains | 17,257 ft |
5260 m10,105 ft |
3080 m27 mi |
43 km|
8 | Volcán Iztaccíhuatl[15] | México Puebla |
Cordillera Neovolcanica | 17,159 ft |
5230 m5,118 ft |
1560 m11 mi |
17 km|
9 | King Peak[16] | Yukon | Saint Elias Mountains | 16,972 ft |
5173 m3,520 ft |
1073 m2.9 mi |
4.7 km|
10 | Mount Bona[17][18] | Alaska | Saint Elias Mountains | 16,550 ft |
5044 m6,900 ft |
2103 m50 mi |
80 km|
11 | Mount Steele[19][20] | Yukon | Saint Elias Mountains | 16,470 ft |
5020 m2,493 ft |
760 m5.9 mi |
9.5 km|
12 | Mount Blackburn[21][22] | Alaska | Wrangell Mountains | 16,390 ft |
4996 m11,640 ft |
3548 m61 mi |
98 km|
13 | Mount Sanford[23] | Alaska | Wrangell Mountains | 16,237 ft |
4949 m7,687 ft |
2343 m40 mi |
65 km|
14 | Mount Wood[24] | Yukon | Saint Elias Mountains | 15,945 ft |
4860 m3,937 ft |
1200 m12 mi |
19 km|
15 | Mount Vancouver[25] | Yukon | Saint Elias Mountains | 15,787 ft |
4812 m8,898 ft |
2712 m27 mi |
44 km|
16 | Mount Slaggard[26] | Yukon | Saint Elias Mountains | 15,558 ft |
4742 m1,713 ft |
522 m4.8 mi |
7.8 km|
17 | Nevado de Toluca[27] (Volcán Xinantécatl) |
México | Cordillera Neovolcanica | 15,387 ft |
4690 m7,300 ft |
2225 m74 mi |
118 km|
18 | Mount Fairweather[28][29] (Fairweather Mountain) |
Alaska British Columbia |
Saint Elias Mountains | 15,325 ft |
4671 m12,995 ft |
3961 m125 mi |
201 km|
19 | Mount Hubbard[30] | Alaska Yukon |
Saint Elias Mountains | 14,950 ft |
4557 m8,061 ft |
2457 m21 mi |
34 km|
20 | Mount Bear[31] | Alaska | Saint Elias Mountains | 14,831 ft |
4520 m5,052 ft |
1540 m20 mi |
32 km
The following sortable table lists the 50 most topographically prominent mountain peaks of greater North America. Of these 50 most prominent summits, 27 are located in the United States, 19 in Canada, 3 in Mexico, and one each in Guatemala, Costa Rica, Greenland, the Dominican Republic, and Haiti. Four of these peaks lie on the international border between Canada and the United States.
Rank | Mountain Peak | Region | Mountain Range | Elevation | Prominence | Isolation | Location |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Mount McKinley[1][2] (Denali) |
Alaska | Alaska Range | 20,320 ft |
6194 m20,174 ft |
6149 m4,629 mi |
7,450 km|
2 | Mount Logan[3][4] | Yukon | Saint Elias Mountains | 19,541 ft |
5956 m17,215 ft |
5247 m387 mi |
623 km|
3 | Volcán Citlaltépetl[5][6] (Pico de Orizaba) |
Puebla Veracruz |
Cordillera Neovolcanica | 18,491 ft |
5636 m16,148 ft |
4922 m1,672 mi |
2,690 km|
4 | Mount Rainier[32][33][34][35] | Washington | Cascade Range | 14,417 ft |
4394 m13,236 ft |
4034 m731 mi |
1,177 km|
5 | Volcán Tajumulco[36][37] | Guatemala | San Marcos | 13,845 ft |
4220 m13,058 ft |
3980 m448 mi |
722 km|
6 | Mount Fairweather[28][29] (Fairweather Mountain) |
Alaska British Columbia |
Saint Elias Mountains | 15,325 ft |
4671 m12,995 ft |
3961 m125 mi |
201 km|
7 | Chirripó Grande[38][39] (Cerro Chirripó) |
Costa Rica | Cordillera de Talamanca | 12,530 ft |
3819 m12,224 ft |
3726 m537 mi |
864 km|
8 | Gunnbjørn Fjeld[40][41] | Greenland | Watkins Range | 12,119 ft |
3694 m12,119 ft |
3694 m2,022 mi |
3,254 km|
9 | Mount Blackburn[21][22] | Alaska | Wrangell Mountains | 16,390 ft |
4996 m11,640 ft |
3548 m61 mi |
98 km|
10 | Mount Hayes[42][43][44] | Alaska | Alaska Range | 13,832 ft |
4216 m11,507 ft |
3507 m127 mi |
205 km|
11 | Mount Saint Elias[7][8] | Alaska Yukon |
Saint Elias Mountains | 18,008 ft |
5489 m11,250 ft |
3429 m26 mi |
41 km|
12 | Mount Waddington[45][46] | British Columbia | Coast Mountains | 13,186 ft |
4019 m10,791 ft |
3289 m349 mi |
562 km|
13 | Mount Marcus Baker[47] | Alaska | Chugach Mountains | 13,176 ft |
4016 m10,751 ft |
3277 m127 mi |
204 km|
14 | Pico Duarte[48][49] | Dominican Republic | Island of Hispaniola | 10,164 ft |
3098 m10,164 ft |
3098 m584 mi |
941 km|
15 | Mount Lucania[14] | Yukon | Saint Elias Mountains | 17,257 ft |
5260 m10,105 ft |
3080 m27 mi |
43 km|
16 | Mount Whitney[50][51][52][53] | California | Sierra Nevada | 14,505 ft |
4421 m10,079 ft |
3072 m1,646 mi |
2,649 km|
17 | Volcán Popocatépetl[9][10] | México Morelos Puebla |
Cordillera Neovolcanica | 17,749 ft |
5410 m9,974 ft |
3040 m89 mi |
143 km|
18 | Mount Shasta[54][55][56] | California | Cascade Range | 14,179 ft |
4322 m9,832 ft |
2997 m335 mi |
539 km|
19 | Monarch Mountain[57] | British Columbia | Coast Mountains | 11,663 ft |
3555 m9,596 ft |
2925 m44 mi |
71 km|
20 | Shishaldin Volcano[58][59] | Alaska | Unimak Island | 9,414 ft |
2869 m9,414 ft |
2869 m545 mi |
877 km|
21 | Mount Robson[60][61] | British Columbia | Canadian Rockies | 12,989 ft |
3959 m9,281 ft |
2829 m286 mi |
460 km|
22 | Redoubt Volcano[62][63] | Alaska | Aleutian Range | 10,197 ft |
3108 m9,147 ft |
2788 m59 mi |
94 km|
23 | Mount Elbert[64][65][66][67] | Colorado | Sawatch Range | 14,440 ft |
4401 m9,093 ft |
2772 m671 mi |
1,079 km|
24 | Mount Sir Wilfrid Laurier[68] | British Columbia | Columbia Mountains | 11,535 ft |
3516 m8,950 ft |
2728 m32 mi |
52 km|
25 | Nevado de Colima[69][70] | Jalisco | Cordillera Neovolcanica | 14,009 ft |
4270 m8,924 ft |
2720 m253 mi |
407 km|
26 | Mount Vancouver[25] | Yukon | Saint Elias Mountains | 15,787 ft |
4812 m8,898 ft |
2712 m27 mi |
44 km|
27 | Mount Sir Sandford[71] | British Columbia | Columbia Mountains | 11,545 ft |
3519 m8,868 ft |
2703 m39 mi |
62 km|
28 | Mount Baker[72][73] | Washington | Cascade Range | 10,786 ft |
3287 m8,845 ft |
2696 m132 mi |
212 km|
29 | Pic la Selle[74][75] | Haiti | Island of Hispaniola | 8,793 ft |
2680 m8,694 ft |
2650 m79 mi |
127 km|
30 | Mount Torbert[76] | Alaska | Alaska Range | 11,413 ft |
3479 m8,688 ft |
2648 m98 mi |
157 km|
31 | Barbeau Peak[77][78] | Nunavut | Ellesmere Island | 8,583 ft |
2616 m8,583 ft |
2616 m495 mi |
796 km|
32 | San Jacinto Peak[79][80][81] | California | San Jacinto Mountains | 10,834 ft |
3302 m8,339 ft |
2542 m20 mi |
33 km|
33 | San Gorgonio Mountain[82][83] | California | San Bernardino Mountains | 11,503 ft |
3506 m8,294 ft |
2528 m162 mi |
262 km|
34 | Charleston Peak[84][85][86] (Mount Charleston) |
Nevada | Spring Mountains | 11,916 ft |
3632 m8,257 ft |
2517 m135 mi |
218 km|
35 | Pavlof Volcano[87][88] | Alaska | Aleutian Range | 8,250 ft |
2515 m8,225 ft |
2507 m94 mi |
152 km|
36 | Mount Veniaminof[89][90] | Alaska | Aleutian Range | 8,225 ft |
2507 m8,200 ft |
2499 m210 mi |
337 km|
37 | Mount Adams[91][92][93] | Washington | Cascade Range | 12,281 ft |
3743 m8,136 ft |
2480 m46 mi |
74 km|
38 | Skihist Mountain[94] | British Columbia | Coast Mountains | 9,738 ft |
2968 m8,064 ft |
2458 m98 mi |
157 km|
39 | Mount Hubbard[30] | Alaska Yukon |
Saint Elias Mountains | 14,950 ft |
4557 m8,061 ft |
2457 m21 mi |
34 km|
40 | Mount Ratz[95] | British Columbia | Coast Mountains | 10,138 ft |
3090 m7,972 ft |
2430 m193 mi |
311 km|
41 | Mount Chamberlin[96][97] | Alaska | Brooks Range | 9,020 ft |
2749 m7,945 ft |
2422 m395 mi |
636 km|
42 | Mount Odin[98] | British Columbia | Columbia Mountains | 9,747 ft |
2971 m7,904 ft |
2409 m41 mi |
65 km|
43 | Mount Monashee[99] | British Columbia | Columbia Mountains | 10,741 ft |
3274 m7,887 ft |
2404 m32 mi |
52 km|
44 | Iliamna Volcano[100] | Alaska | Aleutian Range | 10,016 ft |
3053 m7,866 ft |
2398 m34 mi |
54 km|
45 | Mount Olympus[101][102][103] | Washington | Olympic Mountains | 7,980 ft |
2432 m7,838 ft |
2389 m108 mi |
174 km|
46 | Mount Columbia[104][105] | Alberta British Columbia |
Canadian Rockies | 12,274 ft |
3741 m7,779 ft |
2371 m98 mi |
158 km|
47 | Mount Queen Bess[106] | British Columbia | Coast Mountains | 10,820 ft |
3298 m7,726 ft |
2355 m28 mi |
46 km|
48 | Mount Cook[107] | Alaska Yukon |
Saint Elias Mountains | 13,760 ft |
4194 m7,710 ft |
2350 m15 mi |
23 km|
49 | Mount Hood[108][109][110][111] | Oregon | Cascade Range | 11,249 ft |
3429 m7,706 ft |
2349 m57 mi |
92 km|
50 | Mount Sanford[23] | Alaska | Wrangell Mountains | 16,237 ft |
4949 m7,687 ft |
2343 m40 mi |
65 km
The following sortable table lists the 50 most topographically isolated mountain peaks of greater North America with at least 500 meters (1640.4 feet) of topographic prominence. Of these 50 most isolated major summits, 16 are located in Canada, 15 in the United States, 8 in Greenland, 5 in Mexico, and one each in the Dominican Republic, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Guadeloupe, Puerto Rico, and Cuba.
Rank | Mountain Peak | Region | Mountain Range | Elevation | Prominence | Isolation | Location |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Mount McKinley[1][2] (Denali) |
Alaska | Alaska Range | 20,320 ft |
6194 m20,174 ft |
6149 m4,629 mi |
7,450 km|
2 | Gunnbjørn Fjeld[40][41] | Greenland | Island of Greenland | 12,119 ft |
3694 m12,119 ft |
3694 m2,022 mi |
3,254 km|
3 | Volcán Citlaltépetl[5][6] (Pico de Orizaba) |
Puebla Veracruz |
Cordillera Neovolcanica | 18,491 ft |
5636 m16,148 ft |
4922 m1,672 mi |
2,690 km|
4 | Mount Whitney[50][51][52][53] | California | Sierra Nevada | 14,505 ft |
4421 m10,079 ft |
3072 m1,646 mi |
2,649 km|
5 | Mount Mitchell[112][113][114] | North Carolina | Blue Ridge Mountains | 6,684 ft |
2037 m6,091 ft |
1857 m1,189 mi |
1,913 km|
6 | Mount Washington[115][116][117][118] | New Hampshire | White Mountains | 6,288 ft |
1917 m6,158 ft |
1877 m820 mi |
1,319 km|
7 | Mount Rainier[32][33][34][35] | Washington | Cascade Range | 14,417 ft |
4394 m13,236 ft |
4034 m731 mi |
1,177 km|
8 | Mount Elbert[64][65][66][67] | Colorado | Sawatch Range | 14,440 ft |
4401 m9,093 ft |
2772 m671 mi |
1,079 km|
9 | Pico Duarte[48][49] | Dominican Republic | Island of Hispaniola | 10,164 ft |
3098 m10,164 ft |
3098 m584 mi |
941 km|
10 | Shishaldin Volcano[58][59] | Alaska | Unimak Island | 9,414 ft |
2869 m9,414 ft |
2869 m545 mi |
877 km|
11 | Chirripó Grande[38][39] (Cerro Chirripó) |
Costa Rica | Cordillera de Talamanca | 12,530 ft |
3819 m12,224 ft |
3726 m537 mi |
864 km|
12 | Mount Caubvick[119][120] (Mont d'Iberville) |
Newfoundland and Labrador | Torngat Mountains | 5,420 ft |
1652 m4,485 ft |
1367 m503 mi |
810 km|
13 | Barbeau Peak[77][78] | Nunavut | Ellesmere Island | 8,583 ft |
2616 m8,583 ft |
2616 m495 mi |
796 km|
14 | Qiajivik Mountain[121] | Nunavut | Baffin Island | 6,440 ft |
1963 m5,863 ft |
1787 m450 mi |
725 km|
15 | Volcán Tajumulco[36][37] | Guatemala | San Marcos | 13,845 ft |
4220 m13,058 ft |
3980 m448 mi |
722 km|
16 | Melville Island High Point[122] | Nunavut | Melville Island | 2,500 ft |
762 m2,500 ft |
762 m445 mi |
717 km|
17 | La Grande Soufrière[123][124] | Guadeloupe | île de Basse-Terre | 4,813 ft |
1467 m4,813 ft |
1467 m438 mi |
705 km|
18 | Tanaga Volcano[125][126] | Alaska | Tanaga Island | 5,925 ft |
1806 m5,925 ft |
1806 m407 mi |
656 km|
19 | Mount Chamberlin[96][97] | Alaska | Brooks Range | 9,020 ft |
2749 m7,945 ft |
2422 m395 mi |
636 km|
20 | Avannaarsua High Point[127] | Greenland | Island of Greenland | 8,530 ft |
2600 m>1,640 ft |
>500 m395 mi |
636 km|
21 | Mathiassen Mountain[128] | Nunavut | Southampton Island | 2,051 ft |
625 m2,051 ft |
625 m390 mi |
627 km|
22 | Mount Logan[3][4] | Yukon | Saint Elias Mountains | 19,541 ft |
5956 m17,215 ft |
5247 m387 mi |
623 km|
23 | Magazine Mountain[129][130][131][132] | Arkansas | Ouachita Mountains | 2,753 ft |
839 m2,142 ft |
653 m381 mi |
613 km|
24 | Mount Odin[133][134] | Nunavut | Baffin Island | 7,031 ft |
2143 m7,031 ft |
2143 m364 mi |
586 km|
25 | Cerro El Potosí[135] | Nuevo León | Sierra Madre Oriental | 12,205 ft |
3720 m6,152 ft |
1875 m354 mi |
570 km|
26 | Mount Waddington[45][46] | British Columbia | Coast Mountains | 13,186 ft |
4019 m10,791 ft |
3289 m349 mi |
562 km|
27 | Keele Peak[136] | Yukon | Mackenzie Mountains | 9,685 ft |
2952 m7,090 ft |
2161 m337 mi |
543 km|
28 | Mount Shasta[54][55][56] | California | Cascade Range | 14,179 ft |
4322 m9,832 ft |
2997 m335 mi |
539 km|
29 | Greenland Icecap South High Point[137] | Greenland | Island of Greenland | 9,432 ft |
2875 m>1,640 ft |
>500 m332 mi |
535 km|
30 | Perserajoq[138] | Greenland | Island of Greenland | 7,411 ft |
2259 m6,591 ft |
2009 m328 mi |
527 km|
31 | Mealy Mountains High Point[139] | Newfoundland and Labrador | Mealy Mountains | 3,904 ft |
1190 m2,730 ft |
832 m323 mi |
519 km|
32 | The Cabox[140][141] | Newfoundland and Labrador | Island of Newfoundland | 2,664 ft |
812 m2,664 ft |
812 m320 mi |
515 km|
33 | Peary Land High Point[142] | Greenland | Island of Greenland | 6,266 ft |
1910 m>1,640 ft |
>500 m317 mi |
509 km|
34 | Volcán Everman[143] | Colima | Isla Socorro | 3,445 ft |
1050 m3,445 ft |
1050 m311 mi |
501 km|
35 | Mont Yapeitso[144] | Quebec | Monts Otish | 3,725 ft |
1135 m>1,640 ft |
>500 m301 mi |
484 km|
36 | Greenland Icecap High Point[145] | Greenland | Island of Greenland | 10,623 ft |
3238 m>1,640 ft |
>500 m296 mi |
476 km|
37 | Sukkertoppen[146] | Greenland | Island of Greenland | 8,005 ft |
2440 m>1,640 ft |
>500 m296 mi |
476 km|
38 | Gannett Peak[147][148][149][150] | Wyoming | Wind River Range | 13,809 ft |
4209 m7,076 ft |
2157 m290 mi |
467 km|
39 | Mount Robson[60][61] | British Columbia | Canadian Rockies | 12,989 ft |
3959 m9,281 ft |
2829 m286 mi |
460 km|
40 | Mount Osborn[151][152][153] | Alaska | Seward Peninsula | 4,714 ft |
1437 m4,326 ft |
1319 m282 mi |
454 km|
41 | Mount Igikpak[154] | Alaska | Brooks Range | 8,276 ft |
2523 m6,126 ft |
1867 m282 mi |
453 km|
42 | Ulysses Mountain[155] | British Columbia | Muskwa Ranges | 9,921 ft |
3024 m7,526 ft |
2294 m271 mi |
436 km|
43 | Cerro de Punta[156][157][158] | Puerto Rico | Island of Puerto Rico | 4,389 ft |
1338 m4,389 ft |
1338 m268 mi |
432 km|
44 | Cerro Gordo[159][160] | Durango | Sierra Madre Occidental | 10,991 ft |
3350 m4,495 ft |
1370 m262 mi |
421 km|
45 | Pico San Juan[161] | Cuba | Island of Cuba | 3,740 ft |
1140 m>1,640 ft |
>500 m253 mi |
408 km|
46 | Nevado de Colima[69][70] | Jalisco | Cordillera Neovolcanica | 14,009 ft |
4270 m8,924 ft |
2720 m253 mi |
407 km|
47 | Mont Jacques-Cartier[162] | Quebec | Chic-Choc Mountains | 4,160 ft |
1268 m3,586 ft |
1093 m252 mi |
406 km|
48 | Humphreys Peak[163][164][165][166] | Arizona | San Francisco Peaks | 12,637 ft |
3852 m6,039 ft |
1841 m246 mi |
396 km|
49 | Haffner Bjerg[167] | Greenland | Island of Greenland | 4,865 ft |
1483 m>1,640 ft |
>500 m241 mi |
387 km|
50 | Victoria Island High Point[168] | Nunavut | Victoria Island | 2,149 ft |
655 m2,149 ft |
655 m233 mi |
375 km
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