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See Also: Geography of North America This article comprises four sortable tables of Major Mountain Peaks located on the North American Continent . This article defines a major mountain peak as a Summit with a Topographic Prominence of at least . Topographic prominence is defined as the elevation difference between the Summit and the highest or Key Col to a higher summit. HIGHEST PEAKS in the Yukon is the Highest Peak of Canada .]] The following sortable table lists the 120 Highest Major Mountain Peaks of North America . Each of the following peaks has an Elevation of at least and a Topographic Prominence of at least . Topographic Elevation is defined as the vertical distance above the reference Geoid , a precise mathematical model of the Earth's Sea Level as an Equipotential Gravitational Surface . A total of 99 of these highest peaks are located in the United States , 17 in Canada , 9 in México , and 2 in Guatemala . MOST PROMINENT PEAKS is a Stratovolcano in the U.S. State Of Washington .]] The following sortable table lists the 100 Most Topographically Prominent Major Mountain Peaks of North America . Topographic Prominence is defined as the elevation difference between the Summit and the highest or Key Col to a higher summit. A total of 48 of these most prominent peaks are located in the United States , 39 in Canada , 12 in México , 3 in Guatemala , 2 in Honduras , and 1 in Costa Rica . MOST ISOLATED PEAKS or Citlaltépetl on the boundary between Puebla and Veracruz is the Highest Peak of México .]] The following sortable table lists the 100 Most Topographically Isolated Major Mountain Peaks of North America with a Topographic Prominence of at least . Topographic Isolation is the minimum horizontal ( Great Circle ) distance to a point of higher elevation. A total of 56 of these most isolated peaks are located in the United States , 22 in Canada , 18 in México , 2 in Guatemala , 2 in Honduras , and 1 each in Nicaragua and Costa Rica . MOST EMINENT PEAKS on the boundary between Alaska and the Yukon is the second Highest Peak of both the United States and Canada .]] The following sortable table lists the 100 Most Eminent Major Mountain Peaks of North America . Summit Eminence is the product of the Elevation times the Topographic Prominence . A total of 54 of these most eminent peaks are located in the United States , 31 in Canada , 13 in México , 6 in Guatemala , and 2 in Costa Rica . SEE ALSO is the second Highest Peak of México .]] in California is the Highest Peak of the Contiguous United States .]] in North Carolina is the Highest Peak of eastern North America .]]
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