List of extreme summits of North America
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This article comprises four sortable tables of mountain summits of greater North America[1] that are the higher than any other point north or south of their latitude or east or west their longitude in North America.
See also: List of mountain peaks of North America
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][5][3]
- The topographic isolation (or radius of dominance) of a summit measures how far the summit lies from its nearest point of equal elevation.[6]