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List of the most prominent summits of North America


The following sortable table comprises the 200 most topographically prominent mountain peaks of greater North America.

The summit of a mountain or hill may be measured in three principal ways:

Denali is one of only three summits on Earth with more than 6000 meters (19,685 feet) of topographic prominence. Mount Logan exceeds 5000 meters (16,404 feet) of prominence. Four peaks of greater North America exceed 4000 meters (13,123 feet), ten exceed 3500 meters (11,483 feet), 17 exceed 3000 meters (9843 feet), 34 exceed 2500 meters (8202 feet), 100 exceed 2000 meters (6562 feet), and 353 ultra-prominent summits exceed 1500 meters (4921 feet) of topographic prominence.

Of these 200 most prominent summits of North America, 81 are located in the United States (excluding four in Hawaiʻi), 74 in Canada, 16 in Greenland, 14 in México, six in Guatemala, three in Honduras, two in Costa Rica, two in the Dominican Republic, two in Haiti, and one each in Jamaica, Cuba, El Salvador, and Panamá. Four of these peaks lie on the Canada-United States border.

1. Denali in Alaska is the highest summit of the United States and North America.

2. Mount Logan in Yukon is the highest summit of Canada.

3. Pico de Orizaba is the highest summit of México.

4. Mount Rainier is the highest summit of Washington and the Cascade Range.

5. Volcán Tajumulco is the highest summit in Guatemala and all of Central America.


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