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Highest mountain peaks of North America

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See also: Most prominent mountain peaks of North America and Most isolated mountain peaks of North America

The following sortable table lists the 120 mountain peaks on North America with at least 4,000 meters (13,123 ft) of topographic elevation and at least 500 meters (1,640 ft) of topographic prominence.

This article defines North America as the northern portion of the continental landmass of the Americas extending from the Panama to Alaska plus the islands surrounding North America. This article defines the Islands of North America to include the coastal islands of North America, the islands of the Caribbean Sea, The Bahamas, the Bermuda Islands, Greenland (Kalaallit Nunaat) and its surrounding islands, the islands of Northern Canada, the islands of Alaska, and the islands of the northeastern Pacific Ocean.

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 major mountain peak as a summit with at least 500 meters (1,640 ft) of topographic prominence. An ultra prominent peak is a summit with at least 1,500 meters (4,921 ft) of topographic prominence.

Of these 122 highest major summits, 101 are located in the United States, 17 in Canada, 9 in México, and 2 in Guatemala. Seven of these summits lie on an international border.

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[edit] 4000 meter peaks

The 120 Mountain Peaks of North America with at least 4000 meters of Elevation and at least 500 meters of Prominence
Rank Mountain Peak Region Mountain Range Elevation Prominence Isolation
1 Mount McKinley (Denali)[1] PB  Alaska Alaska Range 6194 m
20,320 feet		 6149 m
20,174 feet		 7450 km
4629 miles
2 Mount Logan[2] PB  Yukon Saint Elias Mountains 5956 m
19,541 feet		 5247 m
17,215 feet		 623 km
387 miles
3 Pico de Orizaba (Citlaltépetl)[3] PB  Puebla
 Veracruz		 Cordillera Neovolcanica 5636 m
18,491 feet		 4922 m
16,148 feet		 2687 km
1670 miles
4 Mount Saint Elias[4][5] PB  Alaska
 Yukon		 Saint Elias Mountains 5489 m
18,008 feet		 3429 m
11,250 feet		 41 km
26 miles
5 Volcán Popocatépetl[6] PB  México
 Morelos
 Puebla		 Cordillera Neovolcanica 5410 m
17,749 feet		 3040 m
9,974 feet		 143 km
89 miles
6 Mount Foraker PB  Alaska Alaska Range 5304 m
17,400 feet		 2210 m
7,250 feet		 23 km
14 miles
7 Mount Lucania PB  Yukon Saint Elias Mountains 5240 m
17,192 feet		 3085 m
10,121 feet		 43 km
27 miles
8 Volcán Iztaccíhuatl PB  México
 Puebla		 Cordillera Neovolcanica 5230 m
17,159 feet		 1560 m
5,118 feet		 17 km
11 miles
9 King Peak PB  Yukon Saint Elias Mountains 5173 m
16,972 feet		 1073 m
3,520 feet		 5 km
3 miles
10 Mount Bona PB  Alaska Saint Elias Mountains 5044 m
16,550 feet		 2103 m
6,900 feet		 80 km
50 miles
11 Mount Steele PB  Yukon Saint Elias Mountains 5020 m
16,470 feet		 760 m
2,493 feet		 10 km
6 miles
12 Mount Blackburn NGS PB  Alaska Wrangell Mountains 4996 m
16,390 feet		 3548 m
11,640 feet		 98 km
61 miles
13 Mount Sanford PB  Alaska Wrangell Mountains 4949 m
16,237 feet		 2343 m
7,687 feet		 65 km
40 miles
14 Mount Wood PB  Yukon Saint Elias Mountains 4860 m
15,945 feet		 1180 m
3,871 feet		 19 km
12 miles
15 Mount Vancouver PB  Yukon Saint Elias Mountains 4812 m
15,787 feet		 2712 m
8,898 feet		 44 km
27 miles
16 Mount Slaggard PB  Yukon Saint Elias Mountains 4742 m
15,558 feet		 502 m
1,647 feet		 8 km
5 miles
17 Nevado de Toluca PB  México Cordillera Neovolcanica 4690 m
15,387 feet		 2225 m
7,300 feet		 118 km
73 miles
18 Mount Fairweather (Fairweather Mountain)[7][5] PB  Alaska
 British Columbia		 Saint Elias Mountains 4671 m
15,325 feet		 3961 m
12,995 feet		 201 km
125 miles
19 Sierra Negra PB  Puebla Cordillera Neovolcanica 4580 m
15,026 feet		 500 m
1,640 feet		 4 km
3 miles
20 Mount Hubbard[5] PB  Alaska
 Yukon		 Saint Elias Mountains 4557 m
14,950 feet		 2457 m
8,061 feet		 34 km
21 miles
21 Mount Bear PB  Alaska Saint Elias Mountains 4520 m
14,831 feet		 1540 m
5,052 feet		 32 km
20 miles
22 Mount Walsh PB  Yukon Saint Elias Mountains 4506 m
14,783 feet		 1646 m
5,400 feet		 19 km
12 miles
23 Mount Hunter PB  Alaska Alaska Range 4442 m
14,573 feet		 1417 m
4,648 feet		 11 km
7 miles
24 Volcán la Malinche (Matlalcueitl)[8] PB  Puebla
 Tlaxcala		 Cordillera Neovolcanica 4430 m
14,534 feet		 1940 m
6,365 feet		 64 km
39 miles
25 Mount Whitney[9] NGS PB  California Sierra Nevada 4421 m
14,505 feet		 3072 m
10,080 feet		 2650 km
1647 miles
26 Mount Alverstone[5] PB  Alaska
 Yukon		 Saint Elias Mountains 4420 m
14,500 feet		 594 m
1,950 feet		 4 km
2 miles
27 University Peak PB  Alaska Saint Elias Mountains 4410 m
14,470 feet		 978 m
3,210 feet		 6 km
4 miles
28 Mount Elbert[10] NGS PB  Colorado Sawatch Range 4401 m
14,440 feet		 2772 m
9,093 feet		 1079 km
671 miles
29 Mount Massive[11] PB  Colorado Sawatch Range 4398 m
14,428 feet		 598 m
1,962 feet		 8 km
5 miles
30 Mount Harvard NGS PB  Colorado Collegiate Peaks 4397 m
14,427 feet		 709 m
2,327 feet		 24 km
15 miles
31 Mount Rainier[12][11] PB  Washington Cascade Range 4392 m
14,411 feet		 4030 m
13,210 feet		 1177 km
731 miles
32 Mount Williamson[11] GNIS PB  California Sierra Nevada 4386 m
14,389 feet		 511 m
1,677 feet		 9 km
5 miles
33 McArthur Peak PB  Yukon Saint Elias Mountains 4380 m
14,370 feet		 960 m
3,150 feet		 9 km
6 miles
34 La Plata Peak[11] PB  Colorado Collegiate Peaks 4379 m
14,368 feet		 567 m
1,861 feet		 10 km
6 miles
35 Blanca Peak[11] PB  Colorado Sierra Blanca 4374 m
14,351 feet		 1623 m
5,326 feet		 166 km
103 miles
36 Uncompahgre Peak NGS PB  Colorado San Juan Mountains 4365 m
14,321 feet		 1304 m
4,277 feet		 137 km
85 miles
37 Crestone Peak[11] PB  Colorado Crestones 4359 m
14,300 feet		 1388 m
4,554 feet		 44 km
27 miles
38 Mount Lincoln NGS PB  Colorado Mosquito Range 4357 m
14,293 feet		 1177 m
3,862 feet		 36 km
23 miles
39 Castle Peak NGS PB  Colorado Elk Mountains 4352 m
14,279 feet		 721 m
2,365 feet		 34 km
21 miles
40 Grays Peak[13] NGS PB  Colorado Front Range 4352 m
14,278 feet		 844 m
2,770 feet		 40 km
25 miles
41 Mount Antero NGS PB  Colorado Sawatch Range 4351 m
14,276 feet		 763 m
2,503 feet		 29 km
18 miles
42 Mount Evans NGS PB  Colorado Front Range 4348 m
14,265 feet		 844 m
2,769 feet		 16 km
10 miles
43 Longs Peak NGS PB  Colorado Front Range 4346 m
14,259 feet		 896 m
2,940 feet		 70 km
44 miles
44 Mount Wilson[11] PB  Colorado San Miguel Mountains PB 4344 m
14,252 feet		 1227 m
4,024 feet		 53 km
33 miles
45 White Mountain Peak NGS PB  California White Mountains 4344 m
14,252 feet		 2193 m
7,196 feet		 109 km
68 miles
46 North Palisade[11] PB  California Sierra Nevada 4343 m
14,248 feet		 882 m
2,894 feet		 52 km
32 miles
47 Mount Princeton NGS PB  Colorado Collegiate Peaks 4329 m
14,204 feet		 664 m
2,177 feet		 8 km
5 miles
48 Mount Yale NGS PB  Colorado Collegiate Peaks 4329 m
14,202 feet		 578 m
1,896 feet		 9 km
6 miles
49 Mount Shasta NGS PB  California Cascade Range 4322 m
14,179 feet		 2997 m
9,832 feet		 539 km
335 miles
50 Maroon Peak NGS PB  Colorado Elk Mountains 4317 m
14,163 feet		 712 m
2,336 feet		 13 km
8 miles
51 Mount Wrangell PB  Alaska Wrangell Mountains 4317 m
14,163 feet		 1711 m
5,613 feet		 24 km
15 miles
52 Mount Sneffels NGS PB  Colorado Sneffels Range PB 4315 m
14,158 feet		 930 m
3,050 feet		 25 km
16 miles
53 Capitol Peak[11] PB  Colorado Elk Mountains 4309 m
14,137 feet		 533 m
1,750 feet		 12 km
7 miles
54 Pikes Peak NGS PB  Colorado Pikes Peak Massif 4302 m
14,115 feet		 1686 m
5,530 feet		 98 km
61 miles
55 Mount Eolus[11] PB  Colorado Needle Mountains 4294 m
14,089 feet		 665 m
2,183 feet		 40 km
25 miles
56 Mount Augusta[5] PB  Alaska
 Yukon		 Saint Elias Mountains 4289 m
14,070 feet		 1549 m
5,082 feet		 23 km
14 miles
57 Handies Peak NGS PB  Colorado San Juan Mountains 4285 m
14,058 feet		 582 m
1,908 feet		 18 km
11 miles
58 Culebra Peak[11] PB  Colorado Culebra Range 4283 m
14,053 feet		 1471 m
4,827 feet		 57 km
35 miles
59 San Luis Peak NGS PB  Colorado La Garita Mountains 4274 m
14,022 feet		 949 m
3,113 feet		 43 km
27 miles
60 Mount of the Holy Cross NGS PB  Colorado Sawatch Range 4271 m
14,011 feet		 643 m
2,111 feet		 30 km
19 miles
61 Nevado de Colima[14] PB  Jalisco Cordillera Neovolcanica 4270 m
14,009 feet		 2720 m
8,924 feet		 407 km
253 miles
62 Grizzly Peak NGS PB  Colorado Collegiate Peaks 4266 m
13,995 feet		 588 m
1,928 feet		 11 km
7 miles
63 Mount Humphreys[11] PB  California Sierra Nevada 4265 m
13,992 feet		 781 m
2,563 feet		 24 km
15 miles
64 Mount Keith[11] PB  California Sierra Nevada 4262 m
13,982 feet		 590 m
1,936 feet		 5 km
3 miles
65 Mount Strickland PB  Yukon Saint Elias Mountains 4260 m
13,976 feet		 780 m
2,559 feet		 7 km
5 miles
66 Mount Ouray NGS PB  Colorado Sawatch Range 4255 m
13,961 feet		 810 m
2,659 feet		 22 km
14 miles
67 Vermilion Peak[11] PB  Colorado San Juan Mountains 4237 m
13,900 feet		 642 m
2,105 feet		 15 km
9 miles
68 Atna Peaks PB  Alaska Wrangell Mountains 4225 m
13,860 feet		 674 m
2,210 feet		 6 km
4 miles
69 Volcán Tajumulco[15] PB  Guatemala San Marcos 4220 m
13,845 feet		 3980 m
13,058 feet		 722 km
448 miles
70 Regal Mountain NGS PB  Alaska Wrangell Mountains 4220 m
13,845 feet		 1340 m
4,395 feet		 20 km
12 miles
71 Mount Darwin[11] PB  California Sierra Nevada 4218 m
13,837 feet		 576 m
1,891 feet		 11 km
7 miles
72 Mount Hayes PB  Alaska Alaska Range 4216 m
13,832 feet		 3507 m
11,507 feet		 205 km
127 miles
73 Mount Silverheels NGS PB  Colorado Front Range 4215 m
13,829 feet		 696 m
2,283 feet		 9 km
5 miles
74 Rio Grande Pyramid NGS PB  Colorado San Juan Mountains 4214 m
13,827 feet		 573 m
1,881 feet		 17 km
11 miles
75 Gannett Peak[16] NGS PB  Wyoming Wind River Range 4209 m
13,809 feet		 2157 m
7,076 feet		 468 km
291 miles
76 Mount Kaweah[11] PB  California Sierra Nevada 4209 m
13,807 feet		 618 m
2,027 feet		 17 km
11 miles
77 Cerro Cofre de Perote PB  Veracruz Cordillera Neovolcanica 4200 m
13,780 feet		 1320 m
4,331 feet		 47 km
29 miles
78 Grand Teton NGS PB  Wyoming Teton Range 4199 m
13,776 feet		 1995 m
6,545 feet		 112 km
69 miles
79 Mount Cook[5] PB  Alaska
 Yukon		 Saint Elias Mountains 4194 m
13,760 feet		 2274 m
7,460 feet		 23 km
15 miles
80 Mount Morgan NGS PB  California Sierra Nevada 4193 m
13,758 feet		 807 m
2,648 feet		 16 km
10 miles
81 Mount Gabb[11] PB  California Sierra Nevada 4190 m
13,747 feet		 793 m
2,601 feet		 7 km
4 miles
82 Bald Mountain[11] PB  Colorado Front Range 4173 m
13,690 feet		 640 m
2,099 feet		 12 km
8 miles
83 Mount Oso[11] PB  Colorado San Juan Mountains 4173 m
13,690 feet		 507 m
1,664 feet		 9 km
5 miles
84 Mount Jackson[11] PB  Colorado Sawatch Range 4169 m
13,676 feet		 552 m
1,810 feet		 5 km
3 miles
85 Mount Tom[11] PB  California Sierra Nevada 4163 m
13,658 feet		 607 m
1,992 feet		 8 km
5 miles
86 Bard Peak[11] PB  Colorado Front Range 4159 m
13,647 feet		 518 m
1,701 feet		 9 km
5 miles
87 West Spanish Peak[11] PB  Colorado Spanish Peaks 4155 m
13,631 feet		 1123 m
3,685 feet		 33 km
20 miles
88 Mount Powell[11] PB  Colorado Gore Range 4141 m
13,586 feet		 914 m
3,000 feet		 35 km
22 miles
89 Hagues Peak NGS PB  Colorado Mummy Range 4137 m
13,573 feet		 738 m
2,420 feet		 26 km
16 miles
90 Mount Dubois[11] PB  California White Mountains 4135 m
13,565 feet		 713 m
2,339 feet		 16 km
10 miles
91 Tower Mountain[11] PB  Colorado San Juan Mountains 4132 m
13,558 feet		 504 m
1,652 feet		 8 km
5 miles
92 Treasure Mountain[11] PB  Colorado Elk Mountains 4125 m
13,535 feet		 860 m
2,821 feet		 11 km
7 miles
93 Kings Peak[17] NGS PB  Utah Uinta Range 4120 m
13,518 feet		 1938 m
6,358 feet		 268 km
167 miles
94 North Arapaho Peak[11] PB  Colorado Indian Peaks PB 4117 m
13,508 feet		 507 m
1,665 feet		 25 km
15 miles
95 Mount Pinchot[11] PB  California Sierra Nevada 4115 m
13,500 feet		 643 m
2,110 feet		 8 km
5 miles
96 Mount Natazhat PB  Alaska Saint Elias Mountains 4095 m
13,435 feet		 1824 m
5,985 feet		 25 km
15 miles
97 Parry Peak[11] PB  Colorado Front Range 4083 m
13,397 feet		 524 m
1,720 feet		 15 km
9 miles
98 Williams Mountains High Point[11] PB  Colorado Williams Mountains PB 4081 m
13,389 feet		 513 m
1,682 feet		 6 km
4 miles
99 Sultan Mountain[11] PB  Colorado San Juan Mountains 4076 m
13,373 feet		 569 m
1,868 feet		 7 km
5 miles
100 Mount Herard[11] PB  Colorado Sangre de Cristo Range 4068 m
13,345 feet		 622 m
2,040 feet		 7 km
5 miles
101 Volcán Tacaná[18] PB  Chiapas
 Guatemala		 Chiapas
San Marcos		 4067 m
13,343 feet		 2273 m
7,457 feet		 24 km
15 miles
102 West Buffalo Peak[11] PB  Colorado Mosquito Range 4064 m
13,332 feet		 605 m
1,986 feet		 16 km
10 miles
103 Summit Peak NGS PB  Colorado San Juan Mountains 4056 m
13,307 feet		 841 m
2,760 feet		 64 km
40 miles
104 Dolores Peak[11] PB  Colorado San Miguel Mountains PB 4053 m
13,296 feet		 594 m
1,950 feet		 8 km
5 miles
105 Antora Peak[11] PB  Colorado Sawatch Range 4046 m
13,275 feet		 734 m
2,409 feet		 11 km
7 miles
106 Henry Mountain[11] PB  Colorado Sawatch Range 4042 m
13,261 feet		 510 m
1,674 feet		 19 km
12 miles
107 Lavender Peak[11] PB  Colorado La Plata Mountains 4037 m
13,245 feet		 872 m
2,860 feet		 40 km
25 miles
108 Jacque Peak[11] PB  Colorado Gore Range 4027 m
13,211 feet		 629 m
2,065 feet		 7 km
5 miles
109 Bennett Peak[11] PB  Colorado San Juan Mountains 4026 m
13,209 feet		 531 m
1,743 feet		 28 km
17 miles
110 Wind River Peak NGS PB  Wyoming Wind River Range 4022 m
13,197 feet		 784 m
2,572 feet		 57 km
35 miles
111 Mount Waddington PB  British Columbia Waddington Range 4019 m
13,186 feet		 3289 m
10,791 feet		 562 km
349 miles
112 Conejos Peak NGS PB  Colorado San Juan Mountains 4017 m
13,179 feet		 583 m
1,912 feet		 13 km
8 miles
113 Mount Marcus Baker PB  Alaska Chugach Mountains 4016 m
13,176 feet		 3254 m
10,676 feet		 204 km
127 miles
114 Cloud Peak NGS PB  Wyoming Bighorn Mountains 4013 m
13,167 feet		 2157 m
7,077 feet		 233 km
145 miles
115 Wheeler Peak[19] NGS PB  New Mexico Taos Mountains 4013 m
13,167 feet		 1039 m
3,409 feet		 60 km
37 miles
116 Francs Peak NGS PB  Wyoming Absaroka Range 4012 m
13,164 feet		 1236 m
4,056 feet		 76 km
47 miles
117 Twilight Peak[11] PB  Colorado West Needle Mountains PB 4012 m
13,163 feet		 713 m
2,338 feet		 8 km
5 miles
118 Red Slate Mountain[11] PB  California Sierra Nevada 4010 m
13,156 feet		 529 m
1,736 feet		 13 km
8 miles
119 South River Peak[11] PB  Colorado San Juan Mountains 4009 m
13,154 feet		 746 m
2,448 feet		 35 km
22 miles
120 Mount Ritter[11] PB  California Sierra Nevada 4008 m
13,149 feet		 1216 m
3,990 feet		 48 km
30 miles

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Mount McKinley, or Denali, is the highest summit of the Alaska Range, the United States, and North America

Mount Logan is the highest summit of the Saint Elias Mountains and Canada

Pico de Orizaba, or Citlaltépetl, is the highest summit of México.

Mount Saint Elias is the second highest summit of both Canada and the United States

Volcán Popocatépetl is the second highest summit of México

Mount Foraker is the second highest summit of the Alaska Range

Iztaccíhuatl is the third highest summit of Mexico

Mount Blackburn is the highest summit of the Wrangell Mountains

Mount Whitney is the highest summit of the Sierra Nevada

Mount Elbert is the highest summit of the Rocky Mountains

Mount Rainier is the highest summit of the Cascade Range

Mount Waddington is the highest summit of the Coast Mountains

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[edit] References

  1. ^ The summit of Mount McKinley (Denali) is the highest point of the Alaska Range, the State of Alaska, the United States of America, and all of North America.
  2. ^ The summit of Mount Logan is the highest point of the Saint Elias Mountains, the Yukon Territory, and all of Canada.
  3. ^ The summit of Pico de Orizaba (Citlaltépetl) is the highest point of Estado Libre y Soberano de Puebla and Estado Libre y Soberano de Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave, and all of México.
  4. ^ The summit of Mount Saint Elias on the international border between Alaska and the Yukon is the second highest mountain peak of both Canada and the United States.
  5. ^ a b c d e f This summit lies on the international border between Canada and the United States.
  6. ^ The summit of Volcán Popocatépetl on the border of Estado Libre y Soberano de Puebla is the highest point of both Estado Libre y Soberano de México and Estado Libre y Soberano de Morelos.
  7. ^ The summit of Fairweather Mountain (Mount Fairweather) on the border of Alaska is the highest point of the Province of British Columbia.
  8. ^ The summit of Volcán_la_Malinche (Matlalcueitl) on the border of Estado Libre y Soberano de Puebla is the highest point of Estado Libre y Soberano de Tlaxcala.
  9. ^ The summit of Mount Whitney is the highest point of the Sierra Nevada, the State of California, and the contiguous United States.
  10. ^ The summit of Mount Elbert is the highest point of the Rocky Mountains and the State of Colorado.
  11. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar The elevation of this summit has been converted from the National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 (NGVD 29) to the North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD 88). National Geodetic Survey
  12. ^ The summit of Mount Rainier is the highest point of the Cascade Range and the State of Washington.
  13. ^ The summit of Grays Peak is the highest point on the Continental Divide of North America.
  14. ^ The summit of Nevado de Colima is the highest point of Estado Libre y Soberano de Jalisco.
  15. ^ The summit of Volcán Tajumulco is the highest point of the Republic of Guatemala and all of Central America.
  16. ^ The summit of Gannett Peak is the highest point of the Central Rocky Mountains and the State of Wyoming.
  17. ^ The summit of Kings Peak is the highest point of the Western Rocky Mountains and the State of Utah.
  18. ^ The summit of Volcán Tacaná on the international border with Guatemala is the highest point of Estado Libre y Soberano de Chiapas.
  19. ^ The summit of Wheeler Peak is the highest point of the State of New Mexico.

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