List of extreme summits of the United States

This article comprises four sortable tables of mountain summits of the United States that are higher than any other point north or south of their latitude or east or west of their longitude in the U.S.

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.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 the elevation or prominence of a summit is calculated as a range of values, the arithmetic mean is shown. The topographic prominence of a summit is a measure of how high the summit rises above its surroundings.The topographic prominence of a summit is the topographic elevation difference between the summit and its highest or key col to a higher summit. The summit may be near its key col or quite far away. The key col for Denali in Alaska is the Isthmus of Rivas in Nicaragua, away.This article defines a significant summit as a summit with at least of topographic prominence, and a major summit as a summit with at least of topographic prominence. All summits in this article have at least 500 meters of topographic prominence. An ultra-prominent summit is a summit with at least of topographic prominence. The topographic isolation (or radius of dominance) of a summit measures how far the summit lies from its nearest point of equal elevation.The topographic isolation of a summit is the great-circle distance to its nearest point of equal elevation.

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Northernmost high summits

+The northernmost summits of their elevation in the United StatesRankMountain peakStateMountain rangeElevationProminenceIsolationLocation6Brooks Range5Brooks Range4Alaska Range3Alaska Range2Alaska Range1Alaska Range

Southernmost high summits

+The southernmost summits of their elevation in the United StatesRankMountain peakStateMountain rangeElevationProminenceIsolationLocation7Island of Hawaii6Island of Hawaii5Sierra Nevada4Sierra Nevada3Saint Elias Mountains2Saint Elias Mountains1Alaska Range

Easternmost high summits

+The easternmost summits of their elevation in the United StatesRankMountain peakStateMountain rangeElevationProminenceIsolationLocation18Longfellow Mountains17White Mountains16Blue Ridge Mountains15Chisos Mountains14Davis Mountains13Raton Mesa12Spanish Peaks11Spanish Peaks10Front Range9Sangre de Cristo Mountains8Sawatch Range7Sawatch Range6Sierra Nevada5Saint Elias Mountains4Saint Elias Mountains3Alaska Range2Alaska Range1Alaska Range

Westernmost high summits

+The westernmost summits of their elevation in the United StatesRankMountain peakStateMountain rangeElevationProminenceIsolationLocation12Buldir Island11Kiska Island10Semisopochnoi Island9Gareloi Island8Tanaga Island7Umnak Island6Unimak Island5Island of Maui4Island of Hawaii3Island of Hawaii2Alaska Range1Alaska Range

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See also

List of mountain peaks of North America List of mountain peaks of Greenland List of mountain peaks of Canada List of mountain peaks of the Rocky Mountains List of mountain peaks of the United States List of the highest major summits of the United States List of the major 4000-meter summits of the United States List of the major 3000-meter summits of the United States List of United States fourteeners List of the most prominent summits of the United States List of the ultra-prominent summits of the United States List of the most isolated major summits of the United States List of the major 100-kilometer summits of the United States

List of mountain peaks of Alaska List of mountain peaks of California List of mountain peaks of Colorado List of mountain peaks of Hawaii List of mountain peaks of Montana List of mountain peaks of Nevada List of mountain peaks of Utah List of mountain peaks of Washington (state) List of mountain peaks of Wyoming List of mountain peaks of México List of mountain peaks of Central America List of mountain peaks of the Caribbean United States of America Geography of the United States Geology of the United States :Category:Mountains of the United States commons:Category:Mountains of the United States Physical geography Topography Topographic elevation Topographic prominence Topographic isolation

Notes

References

External links

United States Geological Survey (USGS) Geographic Names Information System @ USGS United States National Geodetic Survey (NGS) Geodetic Glossary @ NGS NGVD 29 to NAVD 88 online elevation converter @ NGS Survey Marks and Datasheets @ NGS Bivouac.com Peakbagger.com Peaklist.org Peakware.com Summitpost.org