List of the most isolated major summits of the United States
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The following sortable table comprises the 209 most topographically isolated mountain peaks of the United States of America (including its territories) with at least 500 meters (1640 feet) of topographic prominence.[1][lower-alpha 1]
Further information: List of mountain peaks of the United States
See also: List of the highest major summits of the United States and List of the most prominent summits of the United States
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.[2][3]
- The topographic prominence of a summit is a measure of how high the summit rises above its surroundings.[4][3]
- The topographic isolation (or radius of dominance) of a summit measures how far the summit lies from its nearest point of equal elevation.[5]
In the United States, only Denali exceeds 4000 kilometers (2485 miles) of topographic isolation. 3 summits exceed 2000 kilometers (1243 miles), 8 exceed 1000 kilometers (621.4 miles), 13 exceed 500 kilometers (310.7 miles), 47 exceed 200 kilometers (124.3 miles), 113 exceed 100 kilometers (62.14 miles), and 214 major summits exceed 50 kilometers (31.07 miles) of topographic isolation.