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List of most isolated mountain peaks of Canada


The following sortable table comprises the 150 most topographically isolated mountain peaks of Canada with at least 500 metres (1640 feet) of topographic prominence.

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

Twelve major summits of Canada exceed 500 kilometers (310.7 miles) of topographic isolation, 31 exceed 200 kilometers (124.3 miles), 50 exceed 100 kilometers (62.14 miles), and 92 major summits exceed 50 kilometers (31.07 miles) of topographic isolation.

Of the 150 most isolated major summits of Canada, 98 are located in British Columbia, 16 in Nunavut, 16 in Yukon, seven in Alberta, six in Newfoundland and Labrador, five in Quebec, three in the Northwest Territories, and one each in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. Three of these summits lie on the British Columbia-Alberta border and one lies on the British Columbia-Yukon border. Four of these summits lie on the international British Columbia-Alaska border and two lie on the international Yukon-Alaska border.

 Quebec

1. Barbeau Peak is the highest summit of Ellesmere Island and Nunavut.

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

7. Mount Odin is the highest summit of Baffin Island.

8. Mount Waddington is the highest summit of the Coast Mountains of British Columbia.

10. Keele Peak is the highest summit of the Mackenzie Mountains of Yukon.


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