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The following sortable table comprises the 200 highest mountain peaks of greater North America with at least 500 meters (1640 feet) of topographic prominence.
The summit of a mountain or hill may be measured in three principal ways:
- The topographic elevation of a summit measures the height of the summit above a geodetic sea level.
- The topographic prominence of a summit is a measure of how high the summit rises above its surroundings.
- The topographic isolation (or radius of dominance) of a summit measures how far the summit lies from its nearest point of equal elevation.
In greater North America, only Denali exceeds 6000 meters (19,685 feet) elevation. Three major summits exceed 5500 meters (18,045 feet), 11 exceed 5000 meters (16,404 feet), 21 exceed 4500 meters (14,764 feet), 124 exceed 4000 meters (13,123 feet), 277 exceed 3500 meters (11,483 feet), and 401 exceed 3000 meters (9843 feet) elevation.
Highest major summits
Of these 200 highest major summits of North America, 160 are located in the United States, 30 in Canada, 11 in México, six in Guatemala, and one in Costa Rica. Seven of these peaks lie on the Canada-United States border and one lies on the México-Guatemala border.