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List of the highest major summits of the United States


The following sortable table comprises the 200 highest mountain peaks of the United States with at least 500 meters (1640 feet) of topographic prominence.

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

In the United States, only Denali exceeds 6000 meters (19,685 feet) elevation. Four major summits exceed 5000 meters (16,404 feet), nine exceed 4500 meters (14,764 feet), 104 exceed 4000 meters (13,123 feet), 220 exceed 3500 meters (11,483 feet), and 302 major summits exceed 3000 meters (9843 feet) elevation.

Of these 200 highest major summits of the United States, 88 are located in Colorado, 49 in Alaska, 22 in California, 14 in Wyoming, eight in New Mexico, five in Utah, four in Nevada, three in Montana, two in Washington, two in Hawaiʻi, two in Idaho, and one in Arizona. Five of these peaks lie on the international border between Alaska and Yukon, and two lie on the international border between Alaska and British Columbia. The ten highest major summits of the United States are all located in Alaska.

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

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

3. Mount Foraker is the second highest major summit of the Alaska Range.

4. Mount Bona in Alaska is the highest volcano in the United States.

5. Mount Blackburn in Alaska is the highest summit of the Wrangell Mountains.

6. Mount Sanford in Alaska is the third highest volcano in the United States.

7. Mount Fairweather lies on the Alaska-British Columbia international border.

10. Mount Hunter is the third highest major summit of the Alaska Range.


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