Article comprises three sortable tables of major mountain peaksThis 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. of Central America. This article defines Central America as the seven nations of Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama.

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 first table below ranks the 25 highest major summits of Central America by elevation. 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 second table below ranks the 25 most prominent summits of Central America. 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. The third table below ranks the 25 most isolated major summits of Central America.

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Highest major summits

Of the 25 highest major summits of Central America, Volcán Tajumulco and Volcán Tacaná exceed elevation, 11 peaks exceed , and 24 peaks exceed elevation.

Of these 25 peaks, nine are located in Honduras, eight in Guatemala, four in El Salvador, three in Costa Rica, two in Panama, and one in Nicaragua. Volcán Tacaná lies on the Guatemala-Mexico border, Cerro El Pital lies on the El Salvador-Honduras border, and Pico Mogotón lies on the Nicaragua-Honduras border.

+The 25 highest summits of Central America with at least 500 meters of topographic prominenceRankMountain peakCountryMountain rangeElevationProminenceIsolationLocation1Sierra de las Nubes2Sierra de Istatan3Chimaltenango4Huehuetenango5Cordillera de Talamanca6Sierra Madre7Escuintla8Sierra Madre de Chiapas9Sierra Madre de Chiapas10Cordillera de Talamanca11Cordillera Central, Costa Rica12Sierra de las Nubes13Santa Bárbara14Sierra de las Nubes15:ceb:Cordillera Nombre de Dios16Comayagua17Sierra Madre de Chiapas18Sierra de Agalta19Yoro20Cortés21Sierra Madre de Chiapas22Sierra Madre de Chiapas23Sierra de las Nubes24Cordillera de Guanacaste25Darién

Most prominent summits

Of the 25 most prominent summits of Central America, Volcán Tajumulco and Chirripó Grande exceed of topographic prominence, four peaks exceed , and 23 peaks are ultra-prominent summits with at least of topographic prominence.

Of these 25 peaks, eight are located in Honduras, five in Guatemala, four in El Salvador, three in Costa Rica, three in Nicaragua, and two in Panama. Cerro El Pital lies on the El Salvador-Honduras border and Pico Mogotón lies on the Nicaragua-Honduras border.

+The 25 most topographically prominent summits of Central AmericaRankMountain peakCountryMountain rangeElevationProminenceIsolationLocation1Sierra de las Nubes2Cordillera de Talamanca3Santa Bárbara4Sierra de las Nubes5Escuintla6Cordillera Central, Costa Rica7Huehuetenango8Sierra Madre de Chiapas9Chimaltenango10Sierra Madre de Chiapas11Darién12Sierra Madre de Chiapas13:ceb:Cordillera Nombre de Dios14Cortés15Cordillera Los Maribios16Sierra Madre de Chiapas17Rivas18Yoro19Sierra Madre de Chiapas20Sierra de las Nubes21Cordillera de Guanacaste22Comayagua23Sierra de Agalta24Chiriquí25Sierra de las Nubes

Most isolated major summits

Of the 25 most isolated major summits of Central America, Chirripó Grande and Volcán Tajumulco exceed of topographic isolation and 11 peaks exceed of topographic isolation.

Of these 25 peaks, nine are located in Honduras, four in Guatemala, four in El Salvador, three in Panama, three in Nicaragua, three in Costa Rica, and one in Belize. Pico Mogotón lies on the Nicaragua-Honduras border and Cerro El Pital lies on the El Salvador-Honduras border.

+The 25 most topographically isolated summits of Central America with at least 500 meters of topographic prominenceRankMountain peakCountryMountain rangeElevationProminenceIsolationLocation1Cordillera de Talamanca2Sierra de las Nubes3Darién4:ceb:Cordillera Nombre de Dios5Sierra de las Nubes6Yucatán Peninsula7Azuero Peninsula8Cordillera Los Maribios9Sierra de las Nubes10Chimaltenango11Sierra de Agalta12Cordillera de Guanacaste13Sierra Madre de Chiapas14Comayagua15Chiriquí16Santa Bárbara17Rivas18Sierra Madre de Chiapas19Cortés20Huehuetenango21Yoro22Sierra Madre de Chiapas23Sierra de las Nubes24Sierra Madre25Cordillera Central, Costa Rica

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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 Mexico

List of the ultra-prominent summits 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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External links

Bivouac.com Peakbagger.com Peaklist.org Peakware.com Summitpost.org