List of mountain peaks of the United States
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This article comprises three sortable tables of major mountain peaks[lower-alpha 1] of the United States of America.
The summit of a mountain or hill may be measured in three main ways:
- The topographic elevation of a summit measures the height of the tip of a mountain above a geodetic sea level.[lower-alpha 2][lower-alpha 3] The first table below ranks the 100 highest major summits of the United States by elevation.
- The topographic prominence of a summit is a measure of how high the summit rises above its surroundings.[lower-alpha 4][lower-alpha 3] The second table below ranks the 50 most prominent summits of the United States.
- 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 5] The third table below ranks the 50 most isolated major summits of the United States.