List of the major 100-kilometer summits of North America

The following sortable table comprises the 230 mountain peaks of greater North AmericaThis article defines greater North America as the portion of the continental landmass of the Americas extending westward and northward from the Isthmus of Panama plus the ocean islands surrounding that landmass. This article defines the ocean islands of greater North America to include the coastal islands of North America, the islands of the Caribbean Sea, the Lucayan Archipelago, the islands of Greenland (Kalaallit Nunaat), the islands of Canada, and the islands of Alaska. The Hawaiian Islands are not included because they are considered part of Oceania. with at least of topographic isolation and 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.All elevations in the 48 states of the contiguous United States include an elevation adjustment from the National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 (NGVD 29) to the North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD 88). For further information, please see this United States National Geodetic Survey note.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.

Denali is one of only three summits on Earth with more than of topographic isolation. Four major summits of greater North America exceed , eight exceed , 35 exceed , 107 exceed , the following 230 major summits exceed , and 413 exceed of topographic isolation.

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Major 100-kilometer summits

Of these 230 major 100-kilometer summits of North America, 103 are located in the United States (excluding four in Hawaii), 50 in Canada, 33 in México, 21 in Greenland, four in Honduras, three in Cuba, two in Guatemala, two in Haiti, two in Panamá, and one each in the Dominican Republic, Costa Rica, Guadeloupe, Puerto Rico, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, Nicaragua, Belize, Grenada, and the British Virgin Islands. Two of these peaks lie on the Canada-United States border and one lies on the Nicaragua-Honduras border.

+The 230 summits of greater North America with at least 100 kilometers of topographic isolation and at least 500 meters of topographic prominenceRankMountain PeakRegionMountain RangeElevationProminenceIsolationLocation1Alaska Range2Island of Greenland3Cordillera Neovolcanica4Sierra Nevada5Blue Ridge Mountains6White Mountains7Cascade Range8Sawatch Range9Cordillera Central, Hispaniola10Cordillera de Talamanca11Unimak Island12Ellesmere Island13Torngat Mountains14Sierra de las Nubes15Melville Island16île de Basse-Terre17Tanaga Island18Island of Greenland19Brooks Range20Southampton Island21Saint Elias Mountains22Bylot Island23Ouachita Mountains24Baffin Island25Sierra Madre Oriental26Coast Mountains27Melville Hills28Mackenzie Mountains29Cascade Range30Island of Greenland31Mealy Mountains32Island of Greenland33Island of Newfoundland34Isla Socorro35Island of Greenland36Wind River Range37Monts Otish38Canadian Rockies39Seward Peninsula40Brooks Range41Muskwa Ranges42Cordillera Central, Island of Puerto Rico43Sierra Madre Occidental44Sierra Maestra, Island of Cuba45Chic-Choc Mountains46Cordillera Neovolcanica47Island of Greenland48San Francisco Peaks49Island of Greenland50Victoria Island51Snake Range52Island of Greenland53Baffin Island54Umnak Island55Island of Greenland56Ellesmere Island57Island of Greenland58Sierra La Laguna59Tres Virgenes60Isla Guadalupe61Alaska Peninsula62Sierra de San Pedro Mártir63Sierra Madre del Sur64Coast Mountains65Hall Island66Kuskokwim Mountains67Island of Greenland68Island of Greenland69Allegheny Mountains70Island of Jamaica71Uinta Mountains72Axel Heiberg Island73Sacramento Mountains74Devon Island75Island of Greenland76San Bernardino Mountains77Richardson Mountains78Longfellow Mountains79Nulato Hills80Coast Mountains81White Mountains82Lost River Range83Sierra Madre Occidental84Bighorn Mountains85Sierra Madre Occidental86Pelly Mountains87Franklin Mountains88Mexican Plateau89Black Hills90Ogilvie Mountains91Mackenzie Mountains92Catskill Mountains93Banks Island94Alaska Peninsula95Spring Mountains96Sierra Maestra, Island of Cuba97Massif de la Hotte, Island of Hispaniola98Santa Lucia Range99Skagit Range100Adirondack Mountains101Laurentian Mountains102Chugach Mountains103Alaska Range104Wallowa Mountains105Steens Mountain106Saint Elias Mountains107Saint Christopher Island(Island of Saint Kitts)108Mackenzie Mountains109Mexican Plateau110Canadian Shield111Sierra Madre del Sur112Moresby Island113Saint Lawrence Island114Tushar Mountains115Cordillera Neovolcanica116North Yukon Plateau117Sierra Madre del Sur118Darién119Olympic Mountains120Isla Cedros121Island of Greenland122Brooks Range123Sangre de Cristo Mountains124Island of Greenland125Sierra Madre de Chiapas126Island of Saint Vincent127Ray Mountains128Lewis Range129Toquima Range130Canadian Rockies132Alaska Range133Coast Mountains134Aleutian Range135Davis Mountains136Hualapai Mountains137Ruby MountainsMexican Plateau139Alaska Peninsula140Northern Range, Island of Trinidad141Cape Breton Highlands, Cape Breton Island142Cordillera Nombre de Dios143Misinchinka Ranges144Baffin Island145Cordillera Neovolcanica146Sierra de las Nubes147Canadian Rockies148Magdalena Mountains149Kenai Mountains150Great Sitkin Island151Warner Mountains152Island of Skjoldungen153San Mateo Mountains154Brooks Range155Baffin Island156Beartooth Mountains157Yucatán Peninsula158Kiska Island159Atka Island160San Juan Mountains161Stikine Plateau162Coast Mountains163Cordillera Neovolcanica164Azuero Peninsula165Island of Greenland166Kodiak Island167Mount St. Catherine Massif, Island of Grenada168Notre Dame Mountains169Cordillera Los Maribios170Vancouver Island Ranges, Vancouver Island171Unalaska Island172San Emigdio Mountains173Cabinet Mountains174Baja California Peninsula175Pinaleño Mountains176Santa Rosa Range177Sierra de las Nubes178Albion Range179Sweetgrass Hills180Sierra Madre de Chiapas181Baranof Island182Mission Range183Chaîne de la Selle, Island of Hispaniola184Chimaltenango185Sierra Madre Oriental186Coast Mountains187Madison Range188Sierra de Agalta189Island of Greenland190Wasatch Range191Pioneer Mountains192Sierra de la Giganta193Island of Tortola194Island of Greenland195Nulato Hills196Buldir Island197Cordillera Neovolcanica198Skeena Mountains199Chugach Mountains200La Sal Mountains201Island of Greenland202Guadalupe Mountains203Owyhee Mountains204Cascade Range205Great Smoky Mountains206Semisopochnoi Island207Cascade Range208Teton Range209Kaibab Plateau210Humboldt Range211Oaxaca212White Mountains213Laramie Mountains214Huachuca Mountains215Nulato Hills216Diablo Range217Mexican Plateau218Longfellow Mountains219Kiglapait Mountains220Cassiar Mountains221Chiricahua Mountains222Michoacán223Sierra Madre de Oaxaca224Mexican Plateau225Yukon–Tanana uplands226Brooks Range227Yukon–Tanana uplands228Bearpaw Mountains229Island of Greenland230Island of Cuba

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