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List of the most prominent summits of the United States


The following sortable table comprises the 200 most topographically prominent mountain peaks of the United States of 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. Three summits of the United States exceed 4000 meters (13,123 feet), six exceed 3500 meters (11,483 feet), ten exceed 3000 meters (9843 feet), 19 exceed 2500 meters (8202 feet), 45 exceed 2000 meters (6562 feet), 128 ultra-prominent summits exceed 1500 meters (4921 feet), and 264 major summits exceed 1000 meters (3281 feet) of topographic prominence.

Of these 200 most prominent summits of the United States, 84 are located in Alaska, 17 in California, 17 in Nevada, 14 in Washington, 12 in Montana, 11 in Utah, eight in Colorado, seven in Hawaiʻi, seven in Arizona, six in Oregon, four in Wyoming, four in Idaho, three in New Mexico, two in North Carolina, and one each in New Hampshire, New York, Tennessee, and Maine. Four of these peaks lie on the international border between Alaska and British Columbia, four lie on the international border between Alaska and Yukon, and one lies on the state border between Tennessee and North Carolina.

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

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

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

6. Mount Hayes is the highest summit of the eastern Alaska Range.


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