The following sortable table comprises the 150 most topographically isolated mountain peaks of Canada with at least of topographic prominence.This article defines a significant summit as a summit with at least of topographic prominence, and a major summit as a summit with at least of topographic prominence. All summits in this article have at least 500 meters of topographic prominence. An ultra-prominent summit is a summit with at least of topographic prominence.
The summit of a mountain or hill may be measured in three principal ways: The topographic elevation of a summit measures the height of the summit above a geodetic sea level.If the elevation or prominence of a summit is calculated as a range of values, the arithmetic mean is shown. The topographic prominence of a summit is a measure of how high the summit rises above its surroundings.The topographic prominence of a summit is the topographic elevation difference between the summit and its highest or key col to a higher summit. The summit may be near its key col or quite distant. The key col for Denali in Alaska is the Isthmus of Rivas in Nicaragua, away. The topographic isolation (or radius of dominance) of a summit measures how far the summit lies from its nearest point of equal elevation.The topographic isolation of a summit is the great-circle distance to its nearest point of equal elevation.
Twelve major summits of Canada exceed of topographic isolation, 31 exceed , 50 exceed , and 92 major summits exceed of topographic isolation.
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Most isolated major summits
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.
+The 150 most topographically isolated summits of Canada with at least 500 metres of topographic prominenceRankMountain PeakProvinceMountain RangeElevationProminenceIsolationLocation1Ellesmere Island2 Torngat Mountains3Melville Island4Southampton Island5Saint Elias Mountains6Bylot Island7Baffin Island8Coast Mountains9Melville Hills10Mackenzie Mountains11Mealy Mountains12Island of Newfoundland13Monts Otish14Canadian Rockies15Muskwa Ranges16Chic-Choc Mountains17Victoria Island18Baffin Island19Ellesmere Island20Coast Mountains21Axel Heiberg Island22Devon Island23Richardson Mountains24Coast Mountains25Pelly Mountains26Franklin Mountains27Ogilvie Mountains28Mackenzie Mountains29Banks Island30Laurentian Mountains31Saint Elias Mountains32Mackenzie Mountains33Canadian Shield34Moresby Island35North Yukon Plateau36Canadian Rockies37Coast Mountains38Cape Breton Island39Misinchinka Ranges40Baffin Island41Canadian Rockies42Baffin Island43Stikine Plateau44Coast Mountains45Notre Dame Mountains46Vancouver Island47Coast Mountains48Skeena Mountains49Kiglapait Mountains50Cassiar Mountains51Island of Newfoundland52Cassiar Mountains53Kaumajet Mountains54Canadian Rockies55Columbia Mountains56Canadian Rockies57Baffin Island58Coast Mountains59Coast Mountains60Notre Dame Mountains61Muskwa Ranges62Baffin Island63Columbia Mountains64Coast Mountains65Coast Mountains66Coast Mountains67Saint Elias Mountains68Omineca Mountains69Columbia Mountains70Canadian Rockies71Coast Mountains72Columbia Mountains73Columbia Mountains74Coast Mountains75Columbia Mountains76Thompson Plateau77Coast Mountains78Coast Mountains79Coast Mountains80Columbia Mountains81Saint Elias Mountains82Calvert Island83Omineca Mountains84Coast Mountains85Columbia Mountains86Omineca Mountains87Canadian Rockies88Coast Mountains89Columbia Mountains90Columbia Mountains91Coast Mountains92Coast Mountains93Coast Mountains94Canadian Rockies95Canadian Rockies96Canadian Rockies97Mackenzie Mountains98Skeena Mountains99Coast Mountains100Saint Elias Mountains101Skeena Mountains102Saint Elias Mountains103Coast Mountains104Columbia Mountains105Coast Mountains106Saint Elias Mountains107Gribbell Island108Omineca Mountains109Saint Elias Mountains110Coast Mountains111Coast Mountains112Omineca Mountains113Coast Mountains114Coast Mountains115Coast Mountains116Coast Mountains117Graham Island118Canadian Rockies119Coast Mountains120Coast Mountains121Columbia Mountains122Columbia MountainsVancouver IslandCoast Mountains125Muskwa Ranges126Columbia Mountains127Ellesmere Island128Vancouver Island129Coast Mountains130Saint Elias Mountains131Vancouver Island132Coast Mountains133Omineca Mountains134Skeena Mountains135Skeena Mountains136Saint Elias Mountains137Coast Mountains138Columbia Mountains139Coast Mountains140Coast Mountains141Canadian Rockies142Canadian Rockies143Columbia Mountains144Omineca Mountains145Coast Mountains146Coast Mountains147Princess Royal Island148Coast Mountains149Coast Mountains150Saint Elias Mountains
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See also
List of mountain peaks of North America List of mountain peaks of Greenland List of mountain peaks of Canada List of the highest major summits of Canada List of the major 4000-metre summits of Canada List of the major 3000-metre summits of Canada List of the most prominent summits of Canada List of the ultra-prominent summits of Canada
List of extreme summits of Canada List of mountain peaks of the Rocky Mountains List of mountain peaks of the United States List of mountain peaks of México List of mountain peaks of Central America List of mountain peaks of the Caribbean Canada Geography of Canada :Category:Mountains of Canada commons:Category:Mountains of Canada Physical geography Topography Topographic elevation Topographic prominence Topographic isolation
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External links
Natural Resources Canada (NRC) Canadian Geographical Names @ NRC Bivouac.com Peakbagger.com Peaklist.org Peakware.com Summitpost.org