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List of the major 100-kilometer summits of the United States


The following sortable table lists the 107 mountain peaks of the United States with at least 100 kilometers (62.14 miles) of topographic isolation and 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 4000 kilometers (2485 miles) of topographic isolation. Three major summits exceed 2000 kilometers (1243 miles), seven exceed 1000 kilometers (621.4 miles), 12 exceed 500 kilometers (310.7 miles), 44 exceed 200 kilometers (124.3 miles), the following 107 major summits exceed 100 kilometers (62.14 miles), and 205 exceed 50 kilometers (31.07 miles) of topographic isolation.

Of these 107 major 100-kilometer summits of the United States, 38 are located in Alaska, nine in California, eight in Montana, seven in Arizona, six in Nevada, four in Hawaiʻi, four in Wyoming, four in Utah, three in Washington, three in Colorado, three in New Mexico, three in Idaho, three in Oregon, two in North Carolina, two in Maine, two in New York, two in Texas, and one each in New Hampshire, Arkansas, West Virginia, South Dakota, and Tennessee. Two of these summits lie on the international Alaska-British Columbia border and one lies on the Tennessee-North Carolina state border.

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

2. Mauna Kea on the Island of Hawaiʻi is the tallest mountain on Earth as measured from base to summit.

3. Mount Whitney highest summit of the Sierra Nevada and California.

4. Mount Mitchell is the highest summit of North Carolina and the Appalachian Mountains.

5. Mount Washington is the highest summit of the White Mountains and New Hampshire.

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


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