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Kingman Reef high point – less than 7 feet (2 m) [ 92 ] Midway Atoll, Sand Island high point – 50 feet (15 m) [ 92 ] – The highest point of the U.S. minor outlying islands in the Pacific Ocean. Navassa Island high point – 280 feet (85 m) [ 91 ] – The highest point of all the U.S. minor outlying islands.
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 6000 meters
Of the 50 most isolated major summits of the United States, only Denali exceeds 4000 kilometers (2485 miles) of topographic isolation, Mauna Kea exceeds 3000 kilometers (1864 miles), Mount Whitney exceeds 2000 kilometers (1243 miles), seven peaks exceed 1000 kilometers (621.4 miles), 12 peaks exceed 500 kilometers (310.7 miles), 44 peaks exceed ...
1. Denali in Alaska is the highest summit of the United States and all of North America. 2. Mauna Kea on the Island of Hawaiʻi is the tallest mountain on Earth as measured from base to summit. 3. Mount Rainier is the highest summit of Washington and the Cascade Range.
Surveyor's mark embedded in the observation tower notes the elevation of 6684-feet above sea level Fall foliage at Mount Mitchell. The peak is the highest mountain in the United States east of the Mississippi River, [4] [5] and the highest in all of eastern North America south of the Arctic Cordillera.
Denali (Mount McKinley) PB, highest summit of the Alaska Range, the State of Alaska, the United States of America, and all of North America. Devils Paw PB. Devils Prongs. Dike Mountain. Dillingham High Point PB. Dillon Mountain. Divide Mountain. Donoho Peak. Double Mountain.
1642 (first recorded) Easiest route. Hike, ride cog railway, or drive via Mount Washington Auto Road. Mount Washington, is an ultra-prominent mountain in the state of New Hampshire. It is the highest peak in the Northeastern United States at 6,288.2 ft (1,916.6 m) and the most topographically prominent mountain east of the Mississippi River.
Mount Elbert is the highest summit of the Rocky Mountains of North America. With an elevation of 14,440 feet (4401.2 m), it is also the highest point in the U.S. state of Colorado and the second-highest summit in the contiguous United States after Mount Whitney, which is slightly taller.