List of mountain peaks of Alaska facts for kids

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

This article comprises three sortable tables of major mountain peaks of the U.S. State of Alaska.

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. The first table below ranks the 100 highest major summits of Alaska by elevation.
2. The topographic prominence of a summit is a measure of how high the summit rises above its surroundings. The second table below ranks the 100 most prominent summits of Alaska.
3. The topographic isolation (or radius of dominance) of a summit measures how far the summit lies from its nearest point of equal elevation. The third table below ranks the 50 most isolated major summits of Alaska.

Highest major summits

Of the 100 highest major summits of Alaska, only Denali exceeds 6000 meters (19,685 feet) elevation, four peaks exceed 5000 meters (16,404 feet), 23 peaks exceed 4000 meters (13,123 feet), 61 peaks exceed 3000 meters (9843 feet), and 92 peaks exceed 2000 meters (6562 feet) elevation. Five of these peaks lie on the international border with Yukon and five lie on the international border with British Columbia. All ten of the highest major summits of the United States are in Alaska.

Most prominent summits

Of the 100 most prominent summits of Alaska, only Denali exceeds 4000 meters (13,123 feet) of topographic prominence, six peaks exceed 3000 meters (9843 feet), 26 peaks exceed 2000 meters (6562 feet), and 65 peaks are ultra-prominent summits with at least 1500 meters (4921 feet) of topographic prominence. Four of these peaks lie on the international border with British Columbia and four lie on the international border with Yukon.

Most isolated major summits

Of the 50 most isolated major summits of Alaska, only Denali exceeds 1000 kilometers (621 miles) of topographic isolation, four peaks exceed 500 kilometers (310.7 miles), 16 peaks exceed 200 kilometers (124.3 miles), and 38 peaks exceed 100 kilometers (62.14 miles) of topographic isolation. Two of these peaks lie on the international border with British Columbia.

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  Denali (Mount McKinley) 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.

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  The active volcano Mount Redoubt is the highest summit of the Aleutian Range.

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  Mount Shishaldin on Unimak Island is the highest point in the Aleutian Islands.

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  Mount Hayes is the highest mountain in the eastern Alaska Range and the sixth most prominent peak in Alaska.