This article comprises four sortable tables of mountain summits of greater North AmericaThis article defines greater North America as the portion of the continental landmass of the Americas extending westward and northward from the Isthmus of Panama plus the ocean islands surrounding that landmass. This article defines the ocean islands of greater North America to include the coastal islands of North America, the islands of the Caribbean Sea, the Lucayan Archipelago, the islands of Greenland (Kalaallit Nunaat), the islands of Canada, and the islands of Alaska. The Hawaiian Islands are not included because they are considered part of Oceania. that are the higher than any other point north or south of their latitude or east or west their longitude in North America.
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 following summits range from Greenland and Ellesmere Island to Alaska.
+The northernmost summits of their elevation in greater North AmericaRankMountain PeakRegionMountain rangeElevationProminenceIsolationLocation9GreenlandIsland of Greenland8GreenlandIsland of Greenland7NunavutEllesmere Island6GreenlandIsland of Greenland5GreenlandIsland of Greenland4GreenlandIsland of Greenland3AlaskaAlaska Range2AlaskaAlaska Range1AlaskaAlaska Range
Southernmost high summits
The following summits range from Panamá to Alaska.
+The southernmost summits of their elevation in greater North AmericaRankMountain PeakRegionMountain rangeElevationProminenceIsolationLocation10PanamaAzuero Peninsula9PanamaDarién8PanamaChiriquí7Costa RicaCordillera de Talamanca6GuatemalaChimaltenango5GuatemalaSierra de las Nubes4México (state)MorelosPueblaCordillera Neovolcanica3PueblaVeracruzCordillera Neovolcanica2YukonSaint Elias Mountains1AlaskaAlaska Range
Easternmost high summits
The following summits range from Greenland to Costa Rica to Alaska.
+The easternmost summits of their elevation in greater North AmericaRankMountain PeakRegionMountain rangeElevationProminenceIsolationLocation12GreenlandIsland of Greenland11GreenlandIsland of Greenland10GreenlandIsland of Greenland9GreenlandIsland of Greenland8GreenlandIsland of Greenland7GreenlandIsland of Greenland6Costa RicaCordillera de Talamanca5GuatemalaChimaltenango4GuatemalaSierra de las Nubes3PueblaVeracruzCordillera Neovolcanica2YukonSaint Elias Mountains1AlaskaAlaska Range
Westernmost high summits
All of the following summits are located in the US State of Alaska.
+The westernmost summits of their elevation in greater North AmericaRankMountain PeakRegionMountain rangeElevationProminenceIsolationLocation14AlaskaBuldir Island13AlaskaKiska Island12AlaskaSemisopochnoi Island11AlaskaGareloi Island10AlaskaTanaga Island9AlaskaUmnak Island8AlaskaUnimak Island7AlaskaAlaska Range6AlaskaChigmit Mountains5AlaskaChigmit Mountains4AlaskaAlaska Range3AlaskaAlaska Range2AlaskaAlaska Range1AlaskaAlaska Range
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See also
North America Geography of North America Geology of North America Lists of mountain peaks of North America List of mountain peaks of North America List of the highest major summits of North America List of the major 5000-meter summits of North America List of the major 4000-meter summits of North America List of the major 3000-meter summits of North America List of the highest islands of North America List of the most prominent summits of North America List of the ultra-prominent summits of North America List of the most isolated major summits of North America List of the major 100-kilometer summits 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 mountain peaks of México List of mountain peaks of Central America List of mountain peaks of the Caribbean :Category:Mountains of North America commons:Category:Mountains of North America Physical geography Topography Topographic elevation Topographic prominence Topographic isolation
Notes
References
External links
Natural Resources Canada (NRC) Canadian Geographical Names @ NRC 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 Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática (INEGI) Sistemas Nacionales Estadístico y de Información Geográfica (SNEIG) Bivouac.com Peakbagger.com Peaklist.org Peakware.com Summitpost.org