List of extreme summits of the Rocky Mountains

This article comprises four sortable tables of mountain summits of the Rocky Mountains of North America that are the higher than any other point north or south of their latitude or east or west their longitude in those mountains.

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 Rocky MountainsRankMountain PeakRegionMountain rangeElevationProminenceIsolationLocation14Canadian Rockies13Canadian Rockies12Canadian Rockies11Canadian Rockies10Canadian Rockies9Canadian Rockies8Bighorn Mountains7Teton Range6Wind River Range5Front Range4Front Range3Mosquito Range2Sawatch Range1Sawatch Range

Southernmost high summits

+The southernmost summits of their elevation in the Rocky MountainsRankMountain PeakRegionMountain rangeElevationProminenceIsolationLocation7Santa Fe Mountains6Santa Fe Mountains5Taos Mountains4Culebra Range3Sangre de Cristo Mountains2Sawatch Range1Sawatch Range

Easternmost high summits

+The easternmost summits of their elevation in the Rocky MountainsRankMountain PeakRegionMountain rangeElevationProminenceIsolationLocation7Raton Mesa6Spanish Peaks5Spanish Peaks4Front Range3Sangre de Cristo Mountains2Sawatch Range1Sawatch Range

Westernmost high summits

+The westernmost summits of their elevation in the Rocky MountainsRankMountain PeakRegionMountain rangeElevationProminenceIsolationLocation11Canadian Rockies10Canadian Rockies9Canadian Rockies8Canadian Rockies7Canadian Rockies6Teton Range5Wind River Range4San Miguel Mountains3San Juan Mountains2Sawatch Range1Sawatch Range

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See also

Rocky Mountains Geology of the Rocky Mountains :Category:Rocky Mountains commons:Category:Rocky Mountains 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 the major 4000-meter summits of the Rocky Mountains List of the major 3000-meter summits of the Rocky Mountains List of the ultra-prominent summits of the Rocky Mountains List of the major 100-kilometer summits 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 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 Bivouac.com Peakbagger.com Peaklist.org Peakware.com Summitpost.org