This article comprises four sortable tables of mountain summits of Central America that are the higher than any other point north or south of their latitude or east or west their longitude in the region.
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.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 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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Northernmost high summits
+The northernmost summits of their elevation in Central AmericaRankMountain PeakCountryMountain rangeElevationProminenceIsolationLocation5Yucatán Peninsula4Cordillera Nombre de Dios3Huehuetenango2Sierra de Istatan1Sierra de las Nubes
Southernmost high summits
+The southernmost summits of their elevation in Central AmericaRankMountain PeakCountryMountain rangeElevationProminenceIsolationLocation6Azuero Peninsula5Darién4Chiriquí3Cordillera de Talamanca2Chimaltenango1Sierra de las Nubes
Easternmost high summits
+The easternmost summits of their elevation in Central AmericaRankMountain PeakCountryMountain rangeElevationProminenceIsolationLocation5Darién4Chiriquí3Cordillera de Talamanca2Chimaltenango1Sierra de las Nubes
Westernmost high summits
Volcán Tacaná and Volcán Tajumulco are the two highest summits of Central America.
+The westernmost summits of their elevation in Central AmericaRankMountain PeakCountryMountain rangeElevationProminenceIsolationLocation2Sierra de Istatan1Sierra de las Nubes
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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 mountain peaks of Central America List of the ultra-prominent 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