The following sortable table comprises the 100 most topographically prominent

mountain peaks A summit is a point on a surface that is higher in elevation than all points immediately adjacent to it. The topographic terms acme, apex, peak (mountain peak), and zenith are synonymous. The term (mountain top) is generally used only for a m ...

of the U.S.

State of Colorado Colorado (, other variants) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It encompasses most of the Southern Rocky Mountains, as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the ...

. Topographic elevation is the vertical distance above the reference geoid, a mathematical model of the Earth's sea level as an equipotential

gravitational In physics, gravity () is a fundamental interaction which causes mutual attraction between all things with mass or energy. Gravity is, by far, the weakest of the four fundamental interactions, approximately 1038 times weaker than the strong ...

surface. The topographic prominence of a

summit A summit is a point on a surface that is higher in elevation than all points immediately adjacent to it. The topography, topographic terms acme, apex, peak (mountain peak), and zenith are synonymous. The term (mountain top) is generally used ...

is the elevation difference between that summit and the highest or key col to a higher summit. The topographic isolation of a summit is the minimum

great-circle distance The great-circle distance, orthodromic distance, or spherical distance is the distance along a great circle. It is the shortest distance between two points on the surface of a sphere, measured along the surface of the sphere (as opposed to a ...

to a point of equal elevation. This article defines a significant summit as a summit with at least of topographic prominence, and a major summit as a summit with at least of topographic prominence. An ultra-prominent summit is a summit with at least of topographic prominence. There are 126 ultra-prominent summits in the United States. All elevations include an adjustment from the National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 ( NGVD 29) to the

North American Vertical Datum of 1988 The North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD 88) is the vertical datum for orthometric heights established for vertical control surveying in the United States of America based upon the General Adjustment of the North American Datum of 1988. ...

( NAVD 88). For further information, please see this United States National Geodetic Surveybr>note
If an elevation or prominence is calculated as a range of values, the

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is shown.

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Mount_Elbert_June_2006.jpg, 1. Mount Elbert in the Sawatch Range is the highest peak of the Rocky Mountains. Pikes Peak from the Garden of the Gods.jpg, 2. Pikes Peak is the second most

topographically prominent In topography, prominence (also referred to as autonomous height, relative height, and shoulder drop in US English, and drop or relative height in British English) measures the height of a mountain or hill's summit relative to the lowest contou ...

mountain peak of Colorado. MtBlancaEast.jpg, 3. Blanca Peak is the highest peak of the

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and the second most

topographically isolated The topographic isolation of a summit is the minimum great-circle distance, distance to a point of equal elevation, representing a radius of dominance in which the peak is the highest point. It can be calculated for small hills and islands as wel ...

peak of Colorado. Culebra Peak.jpg, 4. Culebra Peak is the southernmost 14,000-foot summit of the Rocky Mountains. Crestone peaks fall.jpg, 5. Crestone Peak is the highest peak of the

Crestones The Crestones are a group of four 14,000 foot (4,268 m) peaks (fourteeners) in the Sangre de Cristo Range above Crestone, central southern Colorado, comprising: #Crestone Peak (14,294 ft, 4,357 m) #Crestone Needle (14,197 ft, 4,327 m) # ...

and the seventh highest peak of the Rocky Mountains. Uncompahgre peak.jpg, 6. Uncompahgre Peak is the highest peak of the San Juan Mountains and the sixth highest peak of the Rocky Mountains. Mt_Lincoln.jpg, 10.

Mount Lincoln Mount Lincoln may refer to one of several mountains located in the United States: {{Mountainindex, Lincoln ...

is the highest peak of the Mosquito Range and the eighth highest peak of the Rocky Mountains. Castle Peak CO Full.JPG, 20. Castle Peak is the highest peak of the Elk Mountains and the ninth highest peak of the Rocky Mountains. Grays and Torreys Peaks 2006-08-06.jpg, 27. Grays Peak is the highest peak of the Front Range and the tenth highest peak of the Rocky Mountains. Mount Harvard (Colorado) - 2006-07-16.jpg, 51. Mount Harvard is the highest of the

Collegiate Peaks The Collegiate Peaks (or Collegiate Range) is a name given to a section of the Sawatch Range of the Rocky Mountains located in central Colorado. Drainages to the east include headwaters of the Arkansas River. The Collegiate Peaks include some of t ...

and the third highest peak of the Rocky Mountains. Mount of the Holy Cross.jpeg, 72. This photograph of the legendary

Mount of the Holy Cross Mount of the Holy Cross is a high and prominent mountain summit in the northern Sawatch Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The fourteener is located in the Holy Cross Wilderness of White River National Forest, west-southwest ...

was taken by

William Henry Jackson William Henry Jackson (April 4, 1843 – June 30, 1942) was an American photographer, Civil War veteran, painter, and an explorer famous for his images of the American West. He was a great-great nephew of Samuel Wilson, the progenitor of Ame ...

in 1874. 2007-06-24-plata-eve-close2.jpg, 99. La Plata Peak in the

is the fifth highest peak of the Rocky Mountains.

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References

External links

United States Geological Survey (USGS)

Geographic Names Information System @ USGSUnited States National Geodetic Survey (NGS)

Geodetic Glossary @ NGS

NGVD 29 to NAVD 88 online elevation converter @ NGS

Survey Marks and Datasheets @ NGSBivouac.comPeakbagger.comPeaklist.orgSummitpost.org
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