Topographic isolation
Appearance

A - Nearest higher neighbour
The topographic isolation of a
mountain peaks and can even be calculated for submarine summits. Mount Everest, the highest point on Earth, has an undefined isolation, since there are no higher points to reference.[1]
Because topographic isolation can be difficult to determine, a common approximation is the distance to a peak called the nearest higher neighbour (NHN).[2]
Isolation table
The following sortable table lists Earth's 40 most topographically isolated summits.
Rank | Summit
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Landmass | Country | Elevation
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Prominence | Isolation | Nearest higher neighbour |
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1 | Mount Everest | Eurasia | ![]() ![]() |
8848 m 29,029 ft |
8848 m 29,029 ft |
n/a | n/a |
2 | Aconcagua | South America | ![]() |
6962 m 22,841 ft |
6962 m 22,841 ft |
16,520 km 10,265 mi |
Tirich Mir (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa , Pakistan)
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3 | Mount McKinley / Denali | North America | ![]() |
6194 m 20,320 ft |
6149 m 20,174 ft |
7,450 km 4,629 mi |
Yanamax (Xinjiang, China) |
4 | Kilimanjaro | Africa | ![]() |
5895 m 19,341 ft |
5885 m 19,308 ft |
5,510 km 3,424 mi |
Kuh-e Shashgal (Afghanistan) |
5 | Puncak Jaya | New Guinea | ![]() Papua )
|
4884 m 16,024 ft |
4884 m 16,024 ft |
5,262 km 3,269 mi |
Jade Dragon Snow Mountain (Yunnan, China) |
6 | Vinson Massif | Antarctica | ![]() |
4892 m 16,050 ft |
4892 m 16,050 ft |
4,861 km 3,020 mi |
Risco Plateado (Mendoza, Argentina) |
7 | Mont Orohena | Tahiti | ![]() |
2241 m 7,352 ft |
2241 m 7,352 ft |
4,128 km 2,565 mi |
Mount Ngauruhoe (New Zealand) |
8 | Mauna Kea | Hawai'i | ![]() |
4205 m 13,796 ft |
4205 m 13,796 ft |
3,947 km 2,453 mi |
Mount Shasta (California, US) |
9 | Gunnbjørn Fjeld | Greenland | ![]() |
3694 m 12,119 ft |
3694 m 12,119 ft |
3,254 km 2,022 mi |
The Eiger (Canton of Bern , Switzerland)
|
10 | Aoraki / Mount Cook | South Island | ![]() |
3754 m 12,316 ft |
3754 m 12,316 ft |
3,140 km 1,951 mi |
Mount Adam (Victoria Land , Antarctica)
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11 | Thabana Ntlenyana | Africa | ![]() |
3482 m 11,424 ft |
2390 m 7,841 ft |
3,003 km 1,866 mi |
Mount Meru (Tanzania) |
12 | Maunga Terevaka
|
Easter Island | ![]() |
506 m 1,660 ft |
506 m 1,660 ft |
2,836 km 1,762 mi |
Cerro de Los Inocentes (Alejandro Selkirk Island, Chile) |
13 | Mont Blanc | Eurasia | ![]() ![]() |
4809 m 15,778 ft |
4696 m 15,407 ft |
2,813 km 1,748 mi |
Kukurtlu Dome (Karachay-Cherkessia, Russia) |
14 | Piton des Neiges | Réunion | ![]() |
3071 m 10,075 ft |
3071 m 10,075 ft |
2,767 km 1,720 mi |
Giant's Castle (KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa) |
15 | Klyuchevskaya Sopka | Eurasia | ![]() Kamchatka )
|
4750 m 15,584 ft |
4649 m 15,253 ft |
2,748 km 1,708 mi |
Mount Foraker (Alaska, US) |
16 | Pico de Orizaba | North America | ![]() |
5636 m 18,491 ft |
4922 m 16,148 ft |
2,690 km 1,672 mi |
Pico Cristóbal Colón (Magdalena Department, Colombia) |
17 | Queen Mary's Peak | Tristan da Cunha | ![]() |
2060 m 6,759 ft |
2060 m 6,759 ft |
2,665 km 1,656 mi |
Mount Paget (South Georgia Island, UK) |
18 | Mount Whitney | North America | ![]() |
4421 m 14,505 ft |
3072 m 10,080 ft |
2,649 km 1,646 mi |
Nevado de Toluca (State of Mexico, Mexico) |
19 | Gunung Kinabalu
|
Borneo | ![]() |
4095 m 13,435 ft |
4095 m 13,435 ft |
2,538 km 1,577 mi |
Ngga Pilimsit (Papua, Indonesia) |
20 | Mount Elbrus | Eurasia | ![]() |
5642 m 18,510 ft |
4741 m 15,554 ft |
2,473 km 1,536 mi |
Pik Agasis (Tajikistan) |
21 | Pico da Bandeira | South America | ![]() |
2897 m 9,505 ft |
2647 m 8,684 ft |
2,393 km 1,487 mi |
Cerro Naranjos (Bolivia) |
22 | Mont Cameroun
|
Africa | ![]() |
4040 m 13,255 ft |
3901 m 12,799 ft |
2,338 km 1,453 mi |
Mikeno (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
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23 | Mount Paget | South Georgia
|
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2915 m 9,564 ft |
2915 m 9,564 ft |
2,269 km 1,410 mi |
Welch Mountains (Palmer Land, Antarctica) |
24 | Mauga Silisili
|
Savai'i
|
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1858 m 6,096 ft |
1858 m 6,096 ft |
2,245 km 1,395 mi |
Tabwemasana (Vanuatu)
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25 | Nevado Huascarán
|
South America | ![]() |
6746 m 22,133 ft |
2776 m 9,108 ft |
2,196 km 1,365 mi |
Tres Cruces (Chile/Argentina border) |
26 | Anamudi | Eurasia | ![]() |
2695 m 8,842 ft |
2480 m 8,136 ft |
2,115 km 1,314 mi |
Machapuchare (Nepal) |
27 | Jebel Toubkal
|
Africa | ![]() |
4167 m 13,671 ft |
3755 m 12,320 ft |
2,078 km 1,291 mi |
Picco Luigi Amedeo (Italy)
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28 | Mount Fuji | Honshu | ![]() Chūbu )
|
3776 m 12,388 ft |
3776 m 12,388 ft |
2,077 km 1,291 mi |
Xueshan (Taiwan) |
29 | Emi Koussi | Africa | ![]() |
3445 m 11,302 ft |
2934 m 9,626 ft |
2,001 km 1,243 mi |
Mount Cameroon (Cameroon) |
30 | Mawson Peak | Heard Island
|
![]() Heard and McDonald Islands )
|
2745 m 9,006 ft |
2745 m 9,006 ft |
1,922 km 1,194 mi |
Mount McMaster (Enderby Land, Antarctica) |
31 | Mount Mitchell | North America | ![]() |
2037 m 6,684 ft |
1857 m 6,091 ft |
1,913 km 1,189 mi |
Lone Butte (Colorado, US) |
32 | Gunung Kerinci
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Sumatra | ![]() |
3805 m 12,484 ft |
3805 m 12,484 ft |
1,905 km 1,184 mi |
Gunung Kinabalu (Sabah, Malaysia)
|
33 | Joe's Hill | Kiritimati | ![]() |
13 m 43 ft |
13 m 43 ft |
1,903 km 1,182 mi |
Puu Ki (Hawaii, US) |
34 | Agrihan High Point | Agrihan | ![]() |
965 m 3,166 ft |
965 m 3,166 ft |
1,902 km 1,182 mi |
Mount Amagi (Chūbu, Japan) |
35 | Mount Kosciuszko | Australia | ![]() |
2228 m 7,310 ft |
2228 m 7,310 ft |
1,895 km 1,177 mi |
Tutoko (New Zealand) |
36 | Olavtoppen | Bouvet Island | ![]() |
780 m 2,559 ft |
780 m 2,559 ft |
1,856 km 1,153 mi |
Edinburgh Peak (Gough Island, South Atlantic Ocean) |
37 | Mascarin Peak | Marion Island
|
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1230 m 4,035 ft |
1230 m 4,035 ft |
1,848 km 1,148 mi |
Cockscomb (Eastern Cape, South Africa) |
38 | Green Mountain | Ascension Island | ![]() |
859 m 2,818 ft |
859 m 2,818 ft |
1,842 km 1,145 mi |
Mount Richard-Molard (Ivory Coast/Guinea border) |
39 | Gora Narodnaya
|
Eurasia | ![]() |
1895 m 6,217 ft |
1772 m 5,814 ft |
1,836 km 1,141 mi |
Kattotjåkkå (Sweden) |
40 | Yushan
|
Taiwan | ![]() |
3952 m 12,966 ft |
3952 m 12,966 ft |
1,815 km 1,128 mi |
Peak 4030 (Yunnan, China) |
Examples
- The nearest peak to Germany's highest mountain, the 2,962-metre (9,718 ft) high Zugspitze, that has a 2,962-metre (9,718 ft) contour is the 2,988-metre (9,803 ft) Zwölferkogel in Austria's Stubai Alps. The distance between the Zugspitze and this contour is 25.8 kilometres (16 mi); the Zugspitze is thus the highest peak for a radius of 25.8 kilometres (16 mi). Its isolation is thus 25.8 kilometres (16 mi).
- Because there are no higher mountains than Mount Everest, it has no definitive isolation. Many sources list its isolation as the circumference of the Earth over the poles or – questionably, because there is no agreed definition – as half the Earth's circumference.
- After Mount Everest, Tirich Mir in the Hindu Kush.
- Mont Blanc is the highest mountain of the Alps. The geographically nearest higher mountains are all in the Caucasus. Kukurtlu Dome , 4,978 metres (16,332 ft), is the reference peak for Mont Blanc.
- Balkan Peninsula mountain system; standing at 2,925 m (9,596 ft) it is the fourth-most topographically isolated major peak in Continental Europe.[3] With a topographic prominence of 2,473 metres (8,114 ft), Musala is also the sixth-highest peak by topographic prominence in mainland Europe.[4]
Gallery
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1. Mount Everest is the highest mountain peak on Earth.
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3. Denali is the highest peak of North America.
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4. Kilimanjaro is the highest peak of Africa.
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6. The Vinson Massif is the highest peak of Antarctica.
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8.Island of Hawaiʻi is the tallest mountain on Earthas measured from base on seafloor to summit.
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11. Thabana Ntlenyana in Lesotho is the highest point in southern Africa.
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12.Ma′unga Terevakais the highest point on Easter Island.
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13. Mont Blanc is the highest peak of Western Europe.
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14. Piton des Neiges is the apex of Réunion.
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15.Kamchatka.
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16. Pico de Orizaba is the highest peak of Mexico.
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17. Queen Mary's Peak is the highest point on the Atlantic island of Tristan da Cunha.
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18. Mount Whitney is the highest peak of the contiguous United States.
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19.Gunung Kinabalu is the apex of Borneo.
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20. Mount Elbrus is the highest peak of Europe.
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21. Pico da Bandeira is the third highest peak of Brazil.
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22. Mount Cameroon is the highest peak of Cameroon.
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23.South Atlantic Ocean.
See also
- Most isolated major summits of Europe
- Table of the most isolated major summits of North America
- Table of the most isolated major summits of the United States
- Most isolated mountain peaks of Canada
- Most isolated mountain peaks of Mexico
- Geodesy
- Physical geography
- Summit (topography)
- Topographic elevation
- Topographic prominence
- Topography
References
- . Retrieved 8 May 2024.
- ^ Nearest higher neighbour in glossary on www.peakbagger.com
- ^ "Most Isolated Peak of Europe Countries - Peakbagger.com".
- ^ "Europe Ultra-Prominences". Peaklist. Retrieved 26 February 2015.