There are 12 summits with elevation higher than in the U.S. state of California, with at least of topographic prominence. (In mountaineering parlance, these peaks are known as fourteeners.)
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. The topographic prominence of a summit is a measure of how high the summit rises above its surroundings. 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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Summits higher than 14,000 feet
Mountains in the following sortable table are the 12 California summits with at least of elevation and at least of topographic prominence.
+California summits higher than 14,000 feetRankMountain PeakMountain RangeElevationProminenceIsolationLocation1Sierra Nevada2Sierra Nevada3White Mountains4Sierra Nevada5Cascade Range6Sierra Nevada7Sierra Nevada8Sierra Nevada9Sierra Nevada10Sierra Nevada11Sierra Nevada12Sierra Nevada
See also
Fourteener - includes a list of all of the fourteeners in the United States, as well as references, more information about how the list is determined, and caveats about accuracy List of mountain peaks of North America List of mountain peaks of the United States List of mountain peaks of California List of the major 4000-meter summits of California List of the major 3000-meter summits of California
List of mountain ranges of California
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 MapDEX - California 14ers VRMC California Thirteeners VRMC California Fourteeners