This article comprises three sortable tables of the 13 major mountain peaks of the Hawaiian Islands and the

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State of Hawaii. Each of these 13 major summits has at least of

topographic prominence 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 ...

. The summit of a mountain or hill may be measured in three principal ways: #The

topographic elevation The elevation of a geographic location is its height above or below a fixed reference point, most commonly a reference geoid, a mathematical model of the Earth's sea level as an equipotential gravitational surface (see Geodetic datum § Ve ...

of a summit measures the height of the summit above a geodetic sea level.If the elevation or prominence of a summit is calculated as a range of values, the arithmetic mean is shown. The first table below ranks the 13 major summits of Hawaii by topographic elevation. #The

of a summit is a measure of how high the summit rises above its surroundings.The

of a summit is the

difference between the summit and its highest or key col to a higher summit. The summit may be near its key col or quite far away. The key col for

Denali Denali (; also known as Mount McKinley, its former official name) is the highest mountain peak in North America, with a summit elevation of above sea level. With a topographic prominence of and a topographic isolation of , Denali is the th ...

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, away. The second table below ranks the 13 major summits of Hawaii by topographic prominence. #The

topographic isolation The topographic isolation of a summit is the minimum 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 well as for major mounta ...

(or radius of dominance) of a summit measures how far the summit lies from its nearest point of equal elevation.The

of a summit is the great-circle distance to its nearest point of equal elevation. The third table below ranks the 13 major summits of Hawaii by topographic isolation. __TOC__

Highest major summits

Of the 13 major summits of Hawaii, Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa exceed elevation, Haleakalā exceeds , Hualalai exceeds , and 11 peaks exceed elevation. Four of these peaks rise on the island of Hawaii, two on Maui, two on Kauai, two on Molokai, two on Oahu, and one on Lānai.

Most prominent summits

Of the 13 major summits of Hawaii, Mauna Kea exceeds of topographic prominence, Haleakalā exceeds , Mauna Loa exceeds , six peaks are ultra-prominent summits with more than , and eight peaks exceed of topographic prominence.

Most isolated major summits

Of the 13 major summits of Hawaii, Mauna Kea has of topographic isolation and four peaks exceed of topographic isolation.

Gallery

KeckObservatory.jpg, Mauna Kea on the

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is the tallest mountain on Earth as measured from base to summit. Aa channel flow from Mauna Loa.jpg,

Mauna Loa Mauna Loa ( or ; Hawaiian: ; en, Long Mountain) is one of five volcanoes that form the Island of Hawaii in the U.S. state of Hawaii in the Pacific Ocean. The largest subaerial volcano (as opposed to subaqueous volcanoes) in both mass and ...

on the

is the second most voluminous mountain on Earth. Haleakalā, Peak Shadow.jpg,

Haleakalā Haleakalā (; Hawaiian: ), or the East Maui Volcano, is a massive shield volcano that forms more than 75% of the Hawaiian Island of Maui. The western 25% of the island is formed by another volcano, Mauna Kahalawai, also referred to as the West ...

is the highest summit of the

Island of Maui The island of Maui (; Hawaiian: ) is the second-largest of the islands of the state of Hawaii at 727.2 square miles (1,883 km2) and is the 17th largest island in the United States. Maui is the largest of Maui County's four islands, which ...

. Kaala Plateau USGS.jpg, Kaala is the highest summit of the Island of Oahu.

References

Notes

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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