List of mountain peaks of Alaska
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This article comprises three sortable tables of major mountain peaks[lower-alpha 1] of the U.S. State of Alaska.
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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.[lower-alpha 2] The first table below ranks the 100 highest major summits of Alaska by elevation.
- The topographic prominence of a summit is a measure of how high the summit rises above its surroundings.[lower-alpha 3][lower-alpha 2] The second table below ranks the 100 most prominent summits of Alaska.
- The topographic isolation (or radius of dominance) of a summit measures how far the summit lies from its nearest point of equal elevation.[lower-alpha 4] The third table below ranks the 50 most isolated major summits of Alaska.