Earth:List of mountain peaks of Alaska
This article comprises three sortable tables of major mountain peaks[lower-alpha 1] of the United States 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.[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.
Highest major summits
Of 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
Of 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
Of 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.
Gallery
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 Foraker is the third highest major mountain peak of Alaska.
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.
The massive shield volcano Mount Wrangell in the Wrangell Mountains.
The active volcano Mount Redoubt is the highest summit of the Aleutian Range.
Mount Shishaldin on Unimak Island is the highest point in the Aleutian Islands.
Mount Hayes is the highest mountain in the eastern Alaska Range and the sixth most prominent peak in Alaska.
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 Alaska
- List of mountains of Alaska
- List of the major 4000-meter summits of Alaska
- List of the ultra-prominent summits 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 Alaska
- List of mountain peaks of México
- List of mountain peaks of Central America
- List of mountain peaks of the Caribbean
- Alaska
- Geography of Alaska
- Physical geography
Notes
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 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.
References
External links
- United States Geological Survey (USGS)
- United States National Geodetic Survey (NGS)
- United States National Park Service (NPS)
- Bivouac.com
- Peakbagger.com
- Peaklist.org
- Peakware.com
- Summitpost.org
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