List of the major 4000-meter summits of Alaska

Further information: List of mountain peaks of Alaska

Denali in Alaska is the highest mountain peak of the United States and North America. Denali is the third most topographically prominent and third most topographically isolated summit on Earth after Mount Everest and Aconcagua.

The following sortable table comprises the 23 mountain peaks of the U.S. State of Alaska with at least 4000 meters (13,123 feet) of topographic elevation and at least 500 meters (1640 feet) of topographic prominence.

Topographic elevation is the vertical distance above the reference geoid, a mathematical model of the Earth's sea level as an equipotential gravitational surface. The topographic prominence of a summit 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 to a point of equal elevation.

This article defines a significant summit as a summit with at least 100 meters (328.1 feet) of topographic prominence, and a major summit as a summit with at least 500 meters (1640 feet) of topographic prominence. An ultra-prominent summit is a summit with at least 1500 meters (4921 feet) of topographic prominence. There are 65 ultra-prominent summits in Alaska.

If an elevation or prominence is calculated as a range of values, the arithmetic mean is shown.

Major 4000-meter summits

Of the 104 major 4000-meter summits of the United States, the following 23 rise in Alaska. Five of these peaks lie on the international border with Yukon and one lies on the international border with British Columbia.

The 23 mountain peaks of Alaska with at least 4000 meters of elevation and at least 500 meters of topographic prominence

Rank	Mountain Peak	Mountain Range	Elevation	Prominence	Isolation	Location
1	Denali (Mount McKinley)	Alaska Range	7003619050000000000♠6190.5 m 20,310 ft	7003614050000000000♠6141 m 20,146 ft	7006745052000000000♠7,451 km 4,630 mi
2	Mount Saint Elias	Saint Elias Mountains	7003548900000000000♠5489 m 18,009 ft	7003342900000000000♠3429 m 11,250 ft	7004412500000000000♠41.3 km 25.6 mi
3	Mount Foraker	Alaska Range	7003530353100000000♠5304 m 17,400 ft	7003220980400000000♠2210 m 7,250 ft	7004229600000000000♠23.0 km 14.27 mi
4	Mount Bona	Saint Elias Mountains	7003504445000000000♠5044 m 16,550 ft	7003210312399999999♠2103 m 6,900 ft	7004800400000000000♠80.0 km 49.7 mi
5	Mount Blackburn	Wrangell Mountains	7003499568200000000♠4996 m 16,390 ft	7003354787900000000♠3548 m 11,640 ft	7004976400000000000♠97.6 km 60.7 mi
6	Mount Sanford	Wrangell Mountains	7003494904700099999♠4949 m 16,237 ft	7003234300200000000♠2343 m 7,687 ft	7004647900000000000♠64.8 km 40.3 mi
7	Mount Fairweather (Fairweather Mountain)	Saint Elias Mountains	7003467100000000000♠4671 m 15,325 ft	7003396100000000000♠3961 m 12,995 ft	7005200730000000000♠201 km 124.7 mi
8	Mount Hubbard	Saint Elias Mountains	7003455700000000000♠4557 m 14,951 ft	7003245700000000000♠2457 m 8,061 ft	7004343500000000000♠34.4 km 21.3 mi
9	Mount Bear	Saint Elias Mountains	7003452049800099999♠4520 m 14,831 ft	7003154049800000000♠1540 m 5,054 ft	7004324200000000000♠32.4 km 20.1 mi
10	Mount Hunter	Alaska Range	7003444185900000000♠4442 m 14,573 ft	7003141823700000000♠1418 m 4,653 ft	7004110700000000000♠11.07 km 6.88 mi
11	Mount Alverstone (Boundary Point 180)	Saint Elias Mountains	7003441960900000000♠4420 m 14,500 ft	7002594361000000000♠594 m 1,950 ft	7003362000000000000♠3.62 km 2.25 mi
12	University Peak	Saint Elias Mountains	7003441046500000000♠4410 m 14,470 ft	7002978410000000000♠978 m 3,210 ft	7003597000000000000♠5.97 km 3.71 mi
13	Mount Wrangell	Wrangell Mountains	7003431689100099999♠4317 m 14,163 ft	7003171084600000000♠1711 m 5,613 ft	7004238100000000000♠23.8 km 14.79 mi
14	Mount Augusta	Saint Elias Mountains	7003428854500000000♠4289 m 14,070 ft	7003154900000000000♠1549 m 5,082 ft	7004231900000000000♠23.2 km 14.41 mi
15	Atna Peaks	Wrangell Mountains	7003422453600000000♠4225 m 13,860 ft	7002673609000000000♠674 m 2,210 ft	7003586000000000000♠5.86 km 3.64 mi
16	Regal Mountain	Wrangell Mountains	7003421996400000000♠4220 m 13,845 ft	7003133959900000000♠1340 m 4,395 ft	7004197200000000000♠19.72 km 12.25 mi
17	Mount Hayes	Alaska Range	7003421600200000000♠4216 m 13,832 ft	7003350734100000000♠3507 m 11,507 ft	7005204670000000000♠205 km 127.2 mi
18	Mount Cook	Saint Elias Mountains	7003419405700000000♠4194 m 13,760 ft	7003235001300000000♠2350 m 7,710 ft	7004234000000000000♠23.4 km 14.54 mi
19	Mount Natazhat	Saint Elias Mountains	7003409499600000000♠4095 m 13,435 ft	7003182423200000000♠1824 m 5,985 ft	7004249300000000000♠24.9 km 15.49 mi
20	Mount Jarvis	Wrangell Mountains	7003409072900000000♠4091 m 13,421 ft	7003145420400000000♠1454 m 4,771 ft	7004179500000000000♠17.95 km 11.15 mi
21	Tressider Peak	Saint Elias Mountains	7003405842000000000♠4058 m 13,315 ft	7002507493000000000♠507 m 1,665 ft	7003534000000000000♠5.34 km 3.32 mi
22	Mount Silverthrone	Alaska Range	7003402946400000000♠4029 m 13,220 ft	7002987554000000000♠988 m 3,240 ft	7004127200000000000♠12.72 km 7.90 mi
23	Mount Marcus Baker	Chugach Mountains	7003401605300000000♠4016 m 13,176 ft	7003327691100000000♠3277 m 10,751 ft	7005203990000000000♠204 km 126.8 mi

Gallery

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  Denali is the highest mountain peak of the State of Alaska, the United States of America, and all of North America.

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  Mount Saint Elias on the boundary between Alaska and the Yukon is the second highest peak of both the United States and Canada.

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  Mount Foraker is the third highest major mountain peak of Alaska.

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  Mount Blackburn is the highest peak of the Wrangell Mountains.

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  Mount Sanford is the second highest peak of the Wrangell Mountains.

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  Mount Fairweather on the boundary between Alaska and British Columbia is the second most topographically prominent mountain peak of Alaska.

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  Mount Bear in the Saint Elias Mountains.

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  The massive shield volcano Mount Wrangell in the Wrangell Mountains.

See also

• List of mountain peaks of North America
  • List of mountain peaks of Greenland
  • List of mountain peaks of Canada
  • List of mountain peaks of the Rocky Mountains
  • List of mountain peaks of the United States
    • List of mountain peaks of Alaska
      • List of the major 4000-meter summits of Alaska
      • List of the ultra-prominent summits of Alaska
    • List of mountain peaks of California
    • List of mountain peaks of Colorado
    • List of mountain peaks of Hawaiʻi
  • List of mountain peaks of México
  • List of mountain peaks of Central America
  • List of mountain peaks of the Caribbean
• Alaska
  • Geography of Alaska
    • Category:Mountains of Alaska
      • commons:Category:Mountains of Alaska
• Physical geography
  • Topography
    • Topographic elevation
    • Topographic prominence
    • Topographic isolation

External links

• United States Geological Survey (USGS)
  • Geographic Names Information System @ USGS
• United States National Geodetic Survey (NGS)
  • Geodetic Glossary @ NGS
  • NGVD 29 to NAVD 88 online elevation converter @ NGS
  • Survey Marks and Datasheets @ NGS
• United States National Park Service (NPS)
  • Highest Alaskan Summits @ NPS
• Bivouac.com
• Peakbagger.com
• Peaklist.org
• Peakware.com
• Summitpost.org