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 | 6194 m 20,320 feet |
6149 m 20,174 feet |
7450.7 km 4631.0 miles |
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| 2 | Mount Logan[2] | Saint Elias Mountains | 5959 m 19,551 feet |
5247 m 17,215 feet |
623.4 km 387.4 miles |
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| 3 | Pico de Orizaba (Citlaltépetl)[3] | Cordillera Neovolcanica | 5636 m 18,491 feet |
4922 m 16,148 feet |
2687.0 km 1669.6 miles |
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| 4 | Mount Rainier[4][5] | Cascade Range | 4394 m 14,417 feet |
4033 m 13,231 feet |
1176.8 km 731.0 miles |
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| 5 | Volcán Tajumulco[6] | Guatemala | 4220 m 13,845 feet |
3980 m 13,058 feet |
722.2 km 448.7 miles |
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| 6 | Mount Fairweather[7] | Saint Elias Mountains | 4671 m 15,325 feet |
3957 m 12,983 feet |
200.7 km 125.0 miles |
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| 7 | Cerro Chirripó[8] | Costa Rica | 3819 m 12,530 feet |
3726 m 12,224 feet |
863.8 km 536.8 miles |
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| 8 | Mount Blackburn | Wrangell Mountains | 4996 m 16,390 feet |
3548 m 11,640 feet |
97.6 km 61.0 miles |
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| 9 | Mount Hayes | Alaska Range | 4216 m 13,832 feet |
3506 m 11,502 feet |
204.7 km 127.2 miles |
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| 10 | Mount Saint Elias[9] | Saint Elias Mountains | 5489 m 18,008 feet |
3429 m 11,250 feet |
41.4 km 26.0 miles |
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| 11 | Mount Waddington | Waddington Range | 4019 m 13,186 feet |
3289 m 10,791 feet |
562.4 km 349.5 miles |
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| 12 | Mount Marcus Baker | Chugach Mountains | 4016 m 13,176 feet |
3254 m 10,676 feet |
205.2 km 127.5 miles |
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| 13 | Mount Whitney[10] NGS | Sierra Nevada | 4421 m 14,505 feet |
3071 m 10,076 feet |
2650.4 km 1647.0 miles |
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| 14 | Mount Lucania | Saint Elias Mountains | 5226 m 17,146 feet |
3051 m 10,010 feet |
43.0 km 26.7 miles |
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| 15 | Volcán Popocatépetl[11] | Cordillera Neovolcanica | 5426 m 17,802 feet |
3040 m 9,974 feet |
143.1 km 88.9 miles |
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| 16 | Mount Shasta NGS | Cascade Range | 4322 m 14,179 feet |
2994 m 9,822 feet |
538.7 km 334.8 miles |
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| 17 | Monarch Mountain | Monarch Icefield PB | 3555 m 11,663 feet |
2915 m 9,564 feet |
71.4 km 44.4 miles |
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| 18 | Mount Robson[12] | Northern Continental Ranges PB | 3959 m 12,989 feet |
2829 m 9,281 feet |
459.5 km 285.5 miles |
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| 19 | Mount Redoubt | Chigmit Mountains | 3108 m 10,197 feet |
2788 m 9,147 feet |
94.5 km 58.7 miles |
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| 20 | Mount Elbert[13] NGS | Sawatch Range | 4401 m 14,440 feet |
2772 m 9,093 feet |
1079.2 km 670.6 miles |
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| 21 | Mount Sir Wilfrid Laurier | Cariboo Mountains | 3516 m 11,535 feet |
2728 m 8,950 feet |
51.7 km 32.1 miles |
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| 22 | Mount Baker[4] | Cascade Range | 3287 m 10,786 feet |
2722 m 8,931 feet |
212.8 km 132.2 miles |
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| 23 | Nevado de Colima[14] | Cordillera Neovolcanica | 4330 m 14,206 feet |
2720 m 8,924 feet |
407.3 km 253.1 miles |
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| 24 | Mount Vancouver | Saint Elias Mountains | 4812 m 15,787 feet |
2712 m 8,898 feet |
43.9 km 27.3 miles |
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| 25 | Mount Sir Sandford | Selkirk Mountains | 3519 m 11,545 feet |
2707 m 8,881 feet |
62.0 km 38.5 miles |
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| 26 | Mount Torbert | Alaska Range | 3479 m 11,413 feet |
2648 m 8,688 feet |
157.3 km 97.8 miles |
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| 27 | San Jacinto Peak NGS | San Jacinto Mountains | 3302 m 10,834 feet |
2542 m 8,339 feet |
33.2 km 20.6 miles |
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| 28 | San Gorgonio Mountain[4] | San Bernardino Mountains | 3506 m 11,503 feet |
2528 m 8,294 feet |
262.0 km 162.8 miles |
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| 29 | Mount Charleston NGS | Spring Mountains | 3632 m 11,916 feet |
2517 m 8,257 feet |
217.7 km 135.3 miles |
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| 30 | Mount Pavlof | Alaska Peninsula | 2499 m 8,200 feet |
2507 m 8,225 feet |
151.9 km 94.4 miles |
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| 31 | Mount Veniaminof | Alaska Peninsula | 2507 m 8,225 feet |
2499 m 8,200 feet |
337.5 km 209.7 miles |
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| 32 | Mount Adams NGS | Cascade Range | 3743 m 12,281 feet |
2480 m 8,136 feet |
74.6 km 46.3 miles |
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| 33 | Skihist Mountain | Lillooet Range PB | 2968 m 9,738 feet |
2463 m 8,081 feet |
157.1 km 97.6 miles |
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| 34 | Mount Hubbard | Saint Elias Mountains | 4557 m 14,950 feet |
2457 m 8,061 feet |
34.4 km 21.3 miles |
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| 35 | Mount Ratz PB | Boundary Ranges | 3090 m 10,138 feet |
2430 m 7,972 feet |
311.3 km 193.4 miles |
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| 36 | Mount Odin PB | Monashee Mountains | 2971 m 9,747 feet |
2409 m 7,904 feet |
65.4 km 40.7 miles |
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| 37 | Iliamna Volcano | Chigmit Mountains | 3053 m 10,016 feet |
2398 m 7,866 feet |
54.1 km 33.6 miles |
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| 38 | Mount Monashee PB | Monashee Mountains | 3274 m 10,741 feet |
2394 m 7,854 feet |
51.8 km 32.2 miles |
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| 39 | Mount Olympus NGS | Olympic Mountains | 2432 m 7,980 feet |
2389 m 7,838 feet |
173.8 km 108.0 miles |
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| 40 | Mount Columbia[15] | Columbia Icefield | 3741 m 12,274 feet |
2383 m 7,818 feet |
158.0 km 98.2 miles |
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| 41 | Mount Queen Bess | Homathko Icefield PB | 3298 m 10,820 feet |
2355 m 7,726 feet |
45.6 km 28.4 miles |
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| 42 | Mount Hood[16] NGS | Cascade Range | 3429 m 11,249 feet |
2349 m 7,706 feet |
92.8 km 57.6 miles |
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| 43 | Mount Sanford | Wrangell Mountains | 4949 m 16,237 feet |
2343 m 7,687 feet |
64.8 km 40.3 miles |
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| 44 | Mount Tom White PB | Chugach Mountains | 3411 m 11,191 feet |
2329 m 7,641 feet |
117.6 km 73.0 miles |
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| 45 | Mount Cooper PB | Selkirk Mountains | 3094 m 10,151 feet |
2319 m 7,608 feet |
49.9 km 31.0 miles |
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| 46 | Wheeler Peak NGS | Snake Range | 3982 m 13,065 feet |
2307 m 7,568 feet |
373.1 km 231.8 miles |
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| 47 | Glacier Peak[4] | Cascade Range | 3208 m 10,525 feet |
2291 m 7,518 feet |
90.3 km 56.1 miles |
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| 48 | Ulysses Mountain PB | Muskwa Ranges | 3024 m 9,921 feet |
2289 m 7,510 feet |
435.9 km 270.8 miles |
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| 49 | Mount Cook | Saint Elias Mountains | 4194 m 13,760 feet |
2274 m 7,460 feet |
23.4 km 14.5 miles |
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| 50 | Volcán Tacaná[17] | Chiapas and Guatemala | 4092 m 13,425 feet |
2273 m 7,457 feet |
24.7 km 15.4 miles |
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| 51 | Mount Kimball | Alaska Range | 3139 m 10,300 feet |
2263 m 7,425 feet |
89.8 km 55.8 miles |
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| 52 | Mount Chamberlin PB | Brooks Range | 2749 m 9,020 feet |
2263 m 7,424 feet |
636.0 km 395.2 miles |
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| 53 | Wedge Mountain | Garibaldi Mountains PB | 2892 m 9,488 feet |
2252 m 7,388 feet |
63.9 km 39.7 miles |
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| 54 | Otter Mountain PB | Boundary Ranges | 2692 m 8,832 feet |
2242 m 7,356 feet |
25.4 km 15.8 miles |
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| 55 | Mount Griggs | Alaska Peninsula | 2316 m 7,600 feet |
2225 m 7,300 feet |
219.3 km 136.3 miles |
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| 56 | Nevado de Toluca | Cordillera Neovolcanica | 4680 m 15,354 feet |
2225 m 7,300 feet |
117.6 km 73.1 miles |
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| 57 | Peak 04-57 PB | Northern Pacific Ranges PB | 2280 m 7,480 feet |
2225 m 7,300 feet |
36.9 km 22.9 miles |
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| 58 | Mount Foraker | Alaska Range | 5304 m 17,400 feet |
2210 m 7,250 feet |
23.3 km 14.5 miles |
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| 59 | White Mountain Peak NGS | White Mountains | 4344 m 14,252 feet |
2193 m 7,196 feet |
108.7 km 67.5 miles |
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| 60 | Mount Crillon | Saint Elias Mountains | 3879 m 12,726 feet |
2187 m 7,176 feet |
31.4 km 19.5 miles |
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| 61 | Keele Peak | Mackenzie Mountains | 2972 m 9,751 feet |
2181 m 7,156 feet |
570.0 km 354.2 miles |
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| 62 | Cerro Teotepec[18] PB | Sierra Madre del Sur | 3540 m 11,614 feet |
2180 m 7,152 feet |
186.3 km 115.8 miles |
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| 63 | Scud Peak PB | Boundary Ranges | 2987 m 9,800 feet |
2172 m 7,126 feet |
57.4 km 35.7 miles |
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| 64 | Cloud Peak NGS | Bighorn Mountains | 4013 m 13,167 feet |
2157 m 7,077 feet |
233.4 km 145.0 miles |
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| 65 | Gannett Peak[19] NGS | Wind River Range | 4209 m 13,809 feet |
2157 m 7,076 feet |
467.6 km 290.6 miles |
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| 66 | Razorback Mountain PB | Nuit Range PB | 3183 m 10,443 feet |
2153 m 7,064 feet |
36.5 km 22.7 miles |
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| 67 | Cerro el Nacimiento PB | Sierra Madre del Sur | 3700 m 12,139 feet |
2140 m 7,021 feet |
1.4 km 0.8 miles |
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| 68 | Picacho del Diablo[20] | Sierra San Pedro Mártir | 3100 m 10,171 feet |
2140 m 7,021 feet |
334.6 km 207.9 miles |
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| 69 | Cerro Nube Flan[21] PB | Sierra Madre del Sur | 3750 m 12,303 feet |
2130 m 6,988 feet |
330.4 km 205.3 miles |
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| 70 | Mount Hesperus | Alaska Range | 2996 m 9,828 feet |
2127 m 6,978 feet |
93.6 km 58.2 miles |
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| 71 | Mount Farnham PB | Purcell Mountains | 3493 m 11,460 feet |
2113 m 6,932 feet |
72.7 km 45.2 miles |
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| 72 | Mount Bona | Saint Elias Mountains | 5029 m 16,500 feet |
2103 m 6,900 feet |
80.1 km 49.8 miles |
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| 73 | Oscar Peak PB | Kitimat Ranges | 2336 m 7,664 feet |
2099 m 6,886 feet |
35.5 km 22.0 miles |
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| 74 | Mount Assiniboine | Southern Continental Ranges PB | 3616 m 11,864 feet |
2086 m 6,844 feet |
141.8 km 88.1 miles |
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| 75 | Montaña de Santa Barbara PB | Honduras | 2744 m 9,003 feet |
2084 m 6,837 feet |
73.8 km 45.9 miles |
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| 76 | Mount Jancowski PB | Boundary Ranges | 2729 m 8,953 feet |
2079 m 6,821 feet |
124.0 km 77.1 miles |
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| 77 | Cerro las Minas[22] PB | Honduras | 2849 m 9,347 feet |
2069 m 6,788 feet |
129.9 km 80.7 miles |
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| 78 | Mount Drum | Wrangell Mountains | 3661 m 12,010 feet |
2060 m 6,760 feet |
28.5 km 17.7 miles |
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| 79 | Gladsheim Peak PB | Selkirk Mountains | 2830 m 9,285 feet |
2056 m 6,745 feet |
53.4 km 33.2 miles |
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| 80 | Mount Dawson PB | Selkirk Mountains | 3377 m 11,079 feet |
2054 m 6,739 feet |
63.4 km 39.4 miles |
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| 81 | Mount Chiginagak | Alaska Peninsula | 2103 m 6,900 feet |
2035 m 6,675 feet |
157.2 km 97.7 miles |
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| 82 | Mount Valpy PB | Kitimat Ranges | 2219 m 7,280 feet |
2014 m 6,608 feet |
49.4 km 30.7 miles |
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| 83 | Mount Edith Cavell | South Jasper Ranges PB | 3363 m 11,033 feet |
2007 m 6,585 feet |
47.0 km 29.2 miles |
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| 84 | Alsek Peak PB | Saint Elias Mountains | 2716 m 8,911 feet |
2001 m 6,565 feet |
79.3 km 49.3 miles |
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| 85 | Grand Teton NGS | Teton Range | 4199 m 13,776 feet |
1995 m 6,545 feet |
111.6 km 69.4 miles |
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| 86 | Mount Cairnes PB | Saint Elias Mountains | 2810 m 9,219 feet |
1990 m 6,529 feet |
40.6 km 25.2 miles |
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| 87 | Volcán de Agua | Guatemala | 3761 m 12,339 feet |
1981 m 6,499 feet |
15.7 km 9.7 miles |
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| 88 | Chatsquot Mountain PB | Kitimat Ranges | 2365 m 7,759 feet |
1981 m 6,499 feet |
57.7 km 35.8 miles |
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| 89 | Buckwell Peak PB | Saint Elias Mountains | 2721 m 8,927 feet |
1971 m 6,467 feet |
56.4 km 35.0 miles |
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| 90 | Cerro las Conchas PB | Mexican West Coast Ranges PB | 2880 m 9,449 feet |
1960 m 6,430 feet |
104.5 km 65.0 miles |
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| 91 | Mount Priestley PB | Hazleton Mountains PB | 2366 m 7,762 feet |
1945 m 6,381 feet |
50.4 km 31.3 miles |
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| 92 | Sacajawea Peak[4] PB | Wallowa Mountains | 3000 m 9,843 feet |
1944 m 6,377 feet |
208.8 km 129.8 miles |
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| 93 | Mount Neacola | Neacola Mountains | 2873 m 9,426 feet |
1943 m 6,376 feet |
49.9 km 31.0 miles |
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| 94 | Volcán la Malinche (Matlalcueitl)[23] | Cordillera Neovolcanica | 4462 m 14,639 feet |
1940 m 6,365 feet |
63.5 km 39.5 miles |
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| 95 | Kings Peak[24] NGS | Uinta Range | 4120 m 13,518 feet |
1938 m 6,358 feet |
268.2 km 166.7 miles |
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| 96 | Mount Graham NGS | Pinaleno Mountains | 3269 m 10,724 feet |
1932 m 6,340 feet |
134.0 km 83.3 miles |
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| 97 | Mount Douglas | Alaska Peninsula | 2134 m 7,000 feet |
1920 m 6,300 feet |
69.0 km 42.9 miles |
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| 98 | Sierra la Laguna High Point PB | Baja California Sur | 2080 m 6,824 feet |
1920 m 6,299 feet |
342.1 km 212.6 miles |
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| 99 | Kichatna Spire PB | Alaska Range | 2739 m 8,985 feet |
1916 m 6,285 feet |
60.0 km 37.3 miles |
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| 100 | Peak 8084 PB | Chugach Mountains | 2464 m 8,084 feet |
1915 m 6,284 feet |
80.8 km 50.2 miles |
[edit] Gallery
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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 |
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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

