List of Ultras of the United States


The following sortable table comprises the 128 ultra-prominent summits of the United States of America. Each of these peaks has at least of topographic prominence.
The summit of a mountain or hill may be measured in three principal ways:
  1. The topographic elevation of a summit measures the height of the summit above a geodetic sea level.
  2. The topographic prominence of a summit is a measure of how high the summit rises above its surroundings.
  3. The topographic isolation of a summit measures how far the summit lies from its nearest point of equal elevation.
Denali is one of only three summits on Earth with more than 6000 meters of topographic prominence. Three summits of the United States exceed 4000 meters, six exceed 3500 meters, ten exceed 3000 meters, 19 exceed 2500 meters, 45 exceed 2000 meters, the following 128 ultra-prominent summits exceed 1500 meters, and 264 major summits exceed 1000 meters of topographic prominence.

Ultra-prominent summits

Of these 128 ultra-prominent summits of the United States, 65 are located in Alaska, nine in California, eight in Nevada, eight in Utah, seven in Washington, six in Hawaii, five in Arizona, four in Oregon, four in Montana, three in Colorado, three in Wyoming, three in Idaho, and one each in New Hampshire, North Carolina, and New Mexico. Four of these peaks lie on the international Alaska-Yukon border and two lie on the international Alaska-British Columbia border.
RankMountain PeakStateMountain RangeElevationProminenceIsolationLocation
1
Alaska Range
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2
Island of Hawaii
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3
Cascade Range
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4

Saint Elias Mountains
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5
Wrangell Mountains
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6
Alaska Range
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7

Saint Elias Mountains
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8
Chugach Mountains
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9
Sierra Nevada
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10
Island of Maui
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11
Cascade Range
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12
Unimak Island
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13
Chigmit Mountains
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14
Sawatch Range
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15
Cascade Range
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16
Alaska Range
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17
San Jacinto Mountains
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18
San Bernardino Mountains
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19
Spring Mountains
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20
Alaska Peninsula
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20
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