List of Ultras of Central America

Contents 1 Most prominent summits 2 Gallery 3 See also 4 References 5 External links

The following is a sortable table of the 23 ultra-prominent mountain peaks of Central America. This article defines Central America as the seven nations of Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama.

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.

Of these 23 ultra-prominent summits of Central America, 7 are located in Guatemala, 7 in Honduras, 4 in El Salvador, 3 in Costa Rica, 2 in Nicaragua, and 1 in Panama. Volcán Tacaná lies on the international border between Guatemala and México, and Cerro El Pital straddles the border between Honduras and El Salvador.

Most prominent summits

The 23 ultra-prominent mountain peaks of Central America

Rank	Mountain Peak	Country	Province	Elevation	Prominence	Isolation
1	Volcán Tajumulco[1] PB	Guatemala	San Marcos	!B9916524095929 4220 m 13,845 ft	!B9917109629017 3980 m 13,058 ft	!B9865105797577 722 km 448 mi
2	Chirripó Grande[2] PB	Costa Rica	Cartago Limón San José	!B9917522561127 3819 m 12,530 ft	!B9917769094488 3726 m 12,224 ft	!B9863308687308 864 km 537 mi
3	Volcán Tacaná[3] PB	Guatemala  Mexico	San Marcos Chiapas	!B9916893390940 4067 m 13,343 ft	!B9922711441761 2273 m 7,457 ft	!B9899129416712 24 km 15 mi
4	Montaña de Santa Bárbara PB	Honduras	Santa Bárbara	!B9920828280111 2744 m 9,003 ft	!B9923579555971 2084 m 6,837 ft	!B9887906150234 74 km 46 mi
5	Cerro las Minas[4] PB	Honduras	Lempira	!B9920452766655 2849 m 9,347 ft	!B9923651793222 2069 m 6,788 ft	!B9882256337737 130 km 81 mi
6	Volcán de Agua PB	Guatemala	Escuintla Sacatepéquez	!B9917675598415 3761 m 12,339 ft	!B9924086429533 1981 m 6,499 ft	!B9903398587060 16 km 10 mi
7	Alto Cuchumatanes PB	Guatemala	Huehuetenango	!B9917475539097 3837 m 12,589 ft	!B9924625699634 1877 m 6,158 ft	!B9889163201718 65 km 40 mi
8	Volcán Irazú PB	Costa Rica	Cartago San José	!B9918678812270 3402 m 11,161 ft	!B9924652373429 1872 m 6,142 ft	!B9892229204701 48 km 30 mi
9	Montañas Peña Blanca High Point PB	Guatemala	Huehuetenango	!B9918343520747 3518 m 11,542 ft	!B9924727440806 1858 m 6,096 ft	!B9893531475507 42 km 26 mi
10	Volcán Acatenango PB	Guatemala	Chimaltenango Sacatepéquez	!B9917122199729 3975 m 13,041 ft	!B9924852002395 1835 m 6,020 ft	!B9882574718886 126 km 78 mi
11	Volcán San Miguel PB	El Salvador	San Miguel	!B9923356533679 2131 m 6,991 ft	!B9924873824553 1831 m 6,007 ft	!B9889366482827 64 km 40 mi
12	Cerro Tacarcuna PB	Panama	Darién	!B9924636360615 1875 m 6,152 ft	!B9925212651744 1770 m 5,807 ft	!B9885008692460 99 km 61 mi
13	Volcán Atitlán PB	Guatemala	Sololá	!B9918289658107 3537 m 11,604 ft	!B9925303458270 1754 m 5,755 ft	!B9895495477770 35 km 21 mi
14	Pico Bonito PB	Honduras	Atlántida	!B9921961566964 2450 m 8,038 ft	!B9925557513505 1710 m 5,610 ft	!B9880672464040 152 km 95 mi
15	Montaña San Ildefonso PB	Honduras	Cortés	!B9922848763963 2242 m 7,356 ft	!B9925604406908 1702 m 5,584 ft	!B9888671643368 68 km 42 mi
16	Volcán San Cristóbal PB	Nicaragua	Chinandega	!B9925354901653 1745 m 5,725 ft	!B9925824195975 1665 m 5,463 ft	!B9881926154782 134 km 83 mi
17	Volcán de Santa Ana PB	El Salvador	Santa Ana Sonsonate	!B9922327360032 2362 m 7,749 ft	!B9926209918723 1602 m 5,256 ft	!B9888420366609 70 km 44 mi
18	Volcán Concepción PB	Nicaragua	Rivas	!B9926160105420 1610 m 5,282 ft	!B9926354529857 1579 m 5,180 ft	!B9888496238421 70 km 43 mi
19	Pico Pijol PB	Honduras	Yoro	!B9922506775353 2320 m 7,612 ft	!B9926360864985 1578 m 5,177 ft	!B9889033478418 66 km 41 mi
20	Volcán de San Vicente PB	El Salvador	La Paz San Vicente	!B9923120028336 2182 m 7,159 ft	!B9926462776696 1562 m 5,125 ft	!B9885872264169 90 km 56 mi
21	Volcán Miravalles PB	Costa Rica	Alajuela Guanacaste	!B9923851946352 2028 m 6,654 ft	!B9926650181211 1533 m 5,030 ft	!B9884609195775 103 km 64 mi
22	Cerro el Pital[5] PB	El Salvador  Honduras	Chalatenango Ocotepeque	!B9920879431118 2730 m 8,957 ft	!B9926669769856 1530 m 5,020 ft	!B9891992006821 49 km 30 mi
23	Montaña los Comayagua PB	Honduras	Comayagua	!B9922138635622 2407 m 7,897 ft	!B9926821238013 1507 m 4,944 ft	!B9886985365815 81 km 50 mi

Gallery

See also

• Index of Central America-related articles
  
• Central America
  • Belize
  • Costa Rica
  • El Salvador
  • Guatemala
  • Honduras
  • Nicaragua
  • Panama
  • Category:Mountains of Central America
    • commons:Category:Mountains of Central America
• Physical geography
  • Topography
    • Topographic elevation
    • Topographic isolation
    • Topographic prominence
    • Topographic summit
• Lists of mountains
  • Mountain peaks of greater North America
    • The 356 Ultra-prominent mountain peaks of greater North America
      • The 39 Ultra-prominent mountain peaks of Greenland
      • The 142 Ultra-prominent mountain peaks of Canada
      • The 129 Ultra-prominent mountain peaks of the United States
        • The 65 Ultra-prominent mountain peaks of Alaska
        • The 9 Ultra-prominent mountain peaks of California
        • The 3 Ultra-prominent mountain peaks of Colorado
      • The 28 Ultra-prominent mountain peaks of México
      • The 23 Ultra-prominent mountain peaks of Central America
      • The 7 Ultra-prominent mountain peaks of the Caribbean
    • Mountain peaks of Greenland
    • Mountain peaks of Canada
    • Mountain peaks of the Rocky Mountains
    • Mountain peaks of the United States
      • Mountain peaks of Alaska
      • Mountain peaks of California
      • Mountain peaks of Colorado
    • Mountain peaks of Mexico
    • Mountain peaks of Central America
      • The 23 ultra-prominent peaks of Central America
    • Mountain peaks of the Caribbean

References

External links

• Central America @ peakbagger.com
• Central America @ peaklist.org
• Map of the Ultras in Central America

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