The following sortable table comprises the 23 ultra-prominent summits of Central America. Each of these peaks has 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. An ultra-prominent summit is a summit with at least of topographic prominence. This article defines Central America as the seven nations of Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panamá.
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 far away. 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.
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Ultra-prominent summits
Of these 23 ultra-prominent summits of Central America, eight are located in Honduras, six in Guatemala, four in El Salvador, three in Costa Rica, two in Nicaragua, and one in Panamá. Cerro El Pital straddles the border between El Salvador and Honduras.
+The 23 ultra-prominent summits of Central AmericaRankMountain PeakNationMountain RangeElevationProminenceIsolationLocation1Sierra de las Nubes2Cordillera de Talamanca3Santa Bárbara4Sierra de las Nubes5Escuintla6Cordillera Central, Costa Rica7Huehuetenango8Sierra Madre de Chiapas9Chimaltenango10Sierra Madre de Chiapas11Darién12Sierra Madre de Chiapas13Cordillera Nombre de Dios14Cortés15Cordillera Los Maribios16Sierra Madre de Chiapas17Rivas18Yoro19Sierra Madre de Chiapas20Sierra de las Nubes21Cordillera de Guanacaste22Comayagua23Sierra de Agalta
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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 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 extreme summits of Central America List of mountain peaks of the Caribbean Central America Geography of Central America Geology of Central America :Category:Mountains of Central America :commons:Category:Mountains of Central America Physical geography Topography Topographic elevation Topographic prominence Topographic isolation
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References
External links
Bivouac.com Peakbagger.com Peaklist.org Peakware.com Summitpost.org