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This article comprises three sortable tables of the major mountain peaks of the United States of America.
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 129 ultra-prominent summits in the United States.
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.
The following sortable table lists the 50 highest mountain peaks of the United States with at least 500 meters (1640.4 feet) of topographic prominence. Of these 50 highest major peaks, 28 are located in Colorado, 14 in Alaska, 7 in California, and 1 in Washington. The 11 tallest peaks in the United States all reside in Alaska. California's Mount Whitney, which comes in at 12th on the list, is the highest in the contiguous United States at 14,505 feet (4,421 m). Colorado's Mount Elbert at 14,440 feet (4,400 m) is the second tallest peak in contiguous United States, followed by Mount Massive in Colorado at 14,428 feet (4,398 m), Mount Harvard in Colorado at 14,421 feet (4,396 m), and Mount Rainier in Washington at 14,411 feet (4,392 m).
Of the 50 most prominent peaks of the United States, 27 are located in Alaska, 5 in Washington, 5 in California, 3 in Hawaii, 3 in Wyoming, 2 in Oregon, 2 in Nevada, and 1 each in Arizona, Utah and Colorado.
The following sortable table lists the 50 most topographically prominent mountain peaks of the United States.
The following sortable table lists the 50 most topographically isolated mountain peaks of the United States with at least 500 meters (1640.4 feet) of topographic prominence.
Mount McKinley, or Denali, in Alaska is the highest mountain peak of the United States and North America.
Mount Saint Elias on the border of Alaska and the Yukon is the second highest mountain peak of both the United States and Canada.
Mount Foraker is the second highest mountain peak of the Alaska Range.
Mount Blackburn in Alaska is the highest peak of the Wrangell Mountains.
Mount Sanford in Alaska is the second highest peak of the Wrangell Mountains.
Mount Fairweather on the border of Alaska and British Columbia is the fourth most topographically prominent mountain peak of the U.S.
Mount Whitney in California is the highest mountain peak of the contiguous United States.
Mount Elbert in Colorado is the highest peak of the Rocky Mountains.
Mount Rainier in Washington is the third most topographically prominent mountain peak of the U.S.
Mount Shasta in California is the second highest summit of the Cascade Range.
Mauna Kea on the Island of Hawaiʻi is the tallest mountain on Earth as measured from base to summit.
Mauna Loa on the Island of Hawaiʻi is the most voluminous mountain on Earth.
Mount Shishaldin on Unimak Island in Alaska is the highest point in the Aleutian Islands.
Mount Mitchell in North Carolina is the highest mountain peak of the Eastern United States.
Mount Washington is the highest mountain peak in the Northeastern United States.
Mount Katahdin is the peak having the greatest spire measure in Eastern United States.
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