Highest mountain peaks of North America

The following sortable table lists the 120 mountain peaks on the continent of North America with at least convert|4000|m|ft|0|sp=us of topographic elevation and at least convert|500|m|ft|0|sp=us of topographic prominence. For this article, North America is defined as the continental landmass of the Americas extending north from the Isthmus of Panamá. Topographic elevation is the vertical distance above the reference geoid, a precise mathematical model of the Earth's sea level as an equipotential gravitational surface. Topographic prominence is the elevation difference between the summit and the highest or key col to a higher summit. Topographic isolation is defined as the minimum great circle distance to a point of higher elevation. A total of 99 of these highest peaks are located in the United States,Mauna Kea (4205 m) and Mauna Loa (4169 m) are located in the United States, but are not on the continent of North America. See also the Highest mountain peaks of the United States.] 17 in Canada,See also the Highest mountain peaks of Canada.] 9 in México,See also the Highest mountain peaks of México.] and 2 in Guatemala.

4000 meter peaks

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ee also

*4000 meter peaks of Alaska
*4000 meter peaks of California
*4000 metre peaks of Canada
*4000 meter peaks of Colorado
*4000 meter peaks of México
*4000 meter peaks of the United States
*Americas
*Geography of North America
*Geology of North America
*Lists of mountains
*Most isolated mountain peaks of North America
*Most prominent mountain peaks of North America
*Mountain peaks of Alaska
*Mountain peaks of California
*Mountain peaks of Canada
*Mountain peaks of Colorado
*Mountain peaks of México
*Mountain peaks of North America
*Mountain peaks of the United States
*North America
*physical geography
*summit (topography)
*topographic elevation
*topographic isolation
*topographic prominence
*topography
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References

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* [http://www.nrcan-rncan.gc.ca/com/index-eng.php Natural Resources Canada (NRC)]
** [http://geonames.nrcan.gc.ca/search/search_e.php Geographical Names of Canada @ NRC]
* [http://www.inegi.gob.mx/inegi/default.aspx Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática (INEGI) de México]
** [http://www2.inegi.gob.mx/sneig/ Sistemas Nacionales Estadístico y de Información Geográfica (SNEIG)]
* [http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/ National Geodetic Survey (NGS)]
** [http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/ds_desig.prl NGS Datasheets]
** [http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/VERTCON/vert_con.prl NGVD 29 to NAVD 88 online elevation converter @ NGS]
** [http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/CORS-Proxy/Glossary/xml/NGS_Glossary.xml Geodetic Glossary @ NGS]
* [http://www.usgs.gov/ United States Geological Survey (USGS)]
** [http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/ Geographic Names Information System @ USGS]
* [http://www.bivouac.com/ Canadian Mountain Encyclopedia @ bivouac.com]
* [http://www.peakbagger.com/range.aspx?rid=1 North America @ peakbagger.com]
* [http://www.peakware.com/ World Mountain Encyclopedia @ peakware.com]
* [http://www.peaklist.org/ peaklist.org]
* [http://www.summitpost.org/ summitpost.org]