List of mountain peaks of Alaska
(Redirected from List of the major 4000-meter summits of Alaska)
This article comprises three sortable tables of major mountain peaks[a] of the U.S. State of Alaska.
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.[b] 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.[c][b] 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.[d] The third table below ranks the 50 most isolated major summits of Alaska.
Highest major summits
editOf the 100 highest major summits of Alaska, only Denali exceeds 6000 meters (19,685 feet) elevation, four peaks exceed 5000 meters (16,404 feet), 23 peaks exceed 4000 meters (13,123 feet), 61 peaks exceed 3000 meters (9843 feet), and 92 peaks exceed 2000 meters (6562 feet) elevation. Five of these peaks lie on the international border with Yukon and five lie on the international border with British Columbia. All ten of the highest major summits of the United States are in Alaska.
Most prominent summits
editOf the 100 most prominent summits of Alaska, only Denali exceeds 4000 meters (13,123 feet) of topographic prominence, six peaks exceed 3000 meters (9843 feet), 26 peaks exceed 2000 meters (6562 feet), and 65 peaks are ultra-prominent summits with at least 1500 meters (4921 feet) of topographic prominence. Four of these peaks lie on the international border with British Columbia and four lie on the international border with Yukon.
Most isolated major summits
editOf the 50 most isolated major summits of Alaska, only Denali exceeds 1000 kilometers (621 miles) of topographic isolation, four peaks exceed 500 kilometers (310.7 miles), 16 peaks exceed 200 kilometers (124.3 miles), and 38 peaks exceed 100 kilometers (62.14 miles) of topographic isolation. Two of these peaks lie on the international border with British Columbia.
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Denali (Mount McKinley) is the highest mountain peak of the State of Alaska, the United States of America, and all of North America.
Mount Saint Elias on the boundary between Alaska and the Yukon is the second highest peak of both the United States and Canada.
Mount Blackburn is the highest peak of the Wrangell Mountains.
Mount Sanford is the second highest peak of the Wrangell Mountains.
Mount Fairweather on the boundary between Alaska and British Columbia is the second most topographically prominent mountain peak of Alaska.
Mount Bear in the Saint Elias Mountains.
Mount Hayes is the highest mountain in the eastern Alaska Range and the sixth most prominent peak in Alaska.
See also
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- 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 Alaska
- List of mountain peaks of Arizona
- List of mountain peaks of California
- List of mountain peaks of Colorado
- List of mountain peaks of Hawaiʻi
- List of mountain peaks of Idaho
- List of mountain peaks of Montana
- List of mountain peaks of Nevada
- List of mountain peaks of New Mexico
- List of mountain peaks of Oregon
- List of mountain peaks of Utah
- List of mountain peaks of Washington (state)
- List of mountain peaks of Wyoming
- List of mountain peaks of México
- List of mountain peaks of Central America
- List of mountain peaks of the Caribbean
- Alaska
- Physical geography
Notes
edit- ^ This article defines a significant summit as a summit with at least 100 meters (328.1 feet) of topographic prominence, and a major summit as a susexxleast 500 meters (1640 feet) 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 1500 meters (4921 feet) of topographic prominence.
- ^ a b 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 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, 7642 kilometers (4749 miles) away.
- ^ The topographic isolation of a summit is the great-circle distance to its nearest point of equal elevation.
- ^ a b c The summit of Denali is the highest point of the Alaska Range, the State of Alaska, the United States of America, and all of North America. Denali is the third most topographically prominent and third most topographically isolated summit on Earth after Mount Everest and Aconcagua.
- ^ a b Mount Saint Elias is the second highest major summit of both Canada and the United States.
- ^ a b c The summit of Mount Bona is the highest point of the northwest Saint Elias Mountains.
- ^ a b c The summit of Mount Blackburn is the highest point of the Wrangell Mountains.
- ^ a b c Mount Fairweather on the international border of Alaska is the highest point the Canadian Province of British Columbia.
- ^ a b c The summit of Mount Hayes is the highest point of the Hayes Range.
- ^ a b c The summit of Mount Marcus Baker is the highest point of the Chugach Mountains.
- ^ a b c The summit of Mount Torbert is the highest point of the Tordrillo Mountains.
- ^ a b The summit of Mount Miller is the highest point of the Barkley Ridge.
- ^ a b c The summit of Mount Kimball is the highest point of the Delta Range.
- ^ a b c The summit of Redoubt Volcano is the highest point of the Chigmit Mountains.
- ^ a b c The summit of Mount Hesperus is the highest point of the West Alaska Range.
- ^ a b The summit of Mount Neacola is the highest point of the Neacola Mountains.
- ^ a b c The summit of Shishaldin Volcano is the highest point of Unimak Island and all the Aleutian Islands.
- ^ a b c The summit of Mount Isto is the highest point of the Brooks Range.
- ^ a b c The summit of Sovereign Mountain is the highest point of the Talkeetna Mountains.
- ^ a b The summit of Bearhole Peak is the highest point of the Granite Range.
- ^ a b c The summit of Devils Paw is the highest point of the Juneau Icefield.
- ^ a b c The summit of Mount Igikpak is the highest point of the Schwatka Mountains.
- ^ a b c The summit of Pavlof Volcano is the highest point of the Alaska Peninsula.
- ^ a b c The summit of Accomplishment Peak is the highest point of the Philip Smith Mountains.
- ^ a b The summit of Bashful Peak is the highest point of the western Chugach Mountains.
- ^ a b c The summit of Mount Vsevidof is the highest point of Umnak Island and the westernmost 2000 meter (6562-foot) summit of greater North America.
- ^ a b c The summit of Truuli Peak is the highest point of the Kenai Mountains.
- ^ a b c The summit of Tanaga Volcano is the highest point of Tanaga Island and the Andreanof Islands.
- ^ a b c The summit of Makushin Volcano is the highest point of Unalaska Island.
- ^ a b c The summit of Great Sitkin Volcano is the highest point of Great Sitkin Island.
- ^ a b The summit of Mount Cleveland is the highest point of Chuginadak Island.
- ^ a b The summit of Veniaminof Peak is the highest point of Baranof Island.
- ^ The summit of Carlisle Volcano is the highest point of Carlisle Island.
- ^ The summit of Gareloi Volcano is the highest point of Gareloi Island.
- ^ a b The summit of Korovin Volcano is the highest point of Atka Island.
- ^ The summit of Kootznoowoo Peak is the highest point of Admiralty Island.
- ^ The summit of Mount Reid is the highest point of Revillagigedo Island.
- ^ The summit of Mount Leeper is the highest point of the Robinson Mountains, subrange of Chugach Mountains.
- ^ a b The summit of Koniag Peak is the highest point of Kodiak Island.
- ^ a b The summit of Dillingham High Point is the highest point of the Kuskokwim Mountains.
- ^ a b The summit of Mount Osborn is the highest point of the Seward Peninsula.
- ^ The summit of Herbert Volcan is the highest point of Herbert Island.
- ^ The summit of Mount Kanaga is the highest point of Kanaga Island.
- ^ The summit of Mount Akutan is the highest point of Akutan Island.
- ^ a b The summit of Mount Tozi is the highest point of the Ray Mountains.
- ^ The summit of Augustine Volcano is the highest point of Augustine Island.
- ^ a b The summit of Anvil Peak is the highest point of Semisopochnoi Island and the Rat Islands.
- ^ a b The summit of Kiska Volcano is the highest point of Kiska Island.
- ^ The summit of Sherman Peak is the highest point of Kupreanof Island.
- ^ The summit of Mount Moffett is the highest point of Adak Island.
- ^ The summit of Segula Peak is the highest point of Segula Island.
- ^ a b The summit of Chagulak Volcano is the highest point of Chagulak Island.
- ^ The summit of Tamgas Mountain is the highest point of Annette Island.
- ^ The summit of Peak 4030 is the highest point of the Nulato Hills.
- ^ The summit of Tooth Benchmark is the highest point of Saint Lawrence Island and all the Bering Sea Islands.
- ^ The summit of Black Mountain is the highest point of the De Long Mountains.
- ^ The summit of Buldir Volcano is the highest point of Buldir Island.
- ^ The summit of Mount Angayukaqsraq is the highest point of the Baird Mountains.
- ^ The summit of Pyre Peak is the highest point of Seguam Island.
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