List of the highest major summits of the United States
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The following sortable table comprises the 477 mountain peaks of the United States with at least 3,000 m (9,843 ft) of topographic elevation and at least 500 m (1,640 ft) of topographic prominence.[1]
Further information: List of mountain peaks of the United States
The summit of a mountain or hill may be measured in three principal ways:
- The topographic elevation of a summit measures the height of the summit above a geodetic sea level.[2][3]
- The topographic prominence of a summit is a measure of how high the summit rises above its surroundings.[4][3]
- The topographic isolation (or radius of dominance) of a summit measures how far the summit lies from its nearest point of equal elevation.[5]
In the United States, only Denali exceeds 6000 meters (19,685 feet) elevation. Four major summits exceed 5000 meters (16,404 feet), nine exceed 4500 meters (14,764 feet), 104 exceed 4000 meters (13,123 feet), 246 exceed 3500 meters (11,483 feet), and the following 477 major summits exceed 3000 meters (9843 feet) elevation.