This article comprises three sortable tables of major mountain peaksThis article defines a significant summit as a summit with at least of

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, and a major summit as a summit with at least of topographic prominence. All summits in this article have at least 500 meters of topographic prominence. An

ultra-prominent summit An ultra-prominent peak, or Ultra for short, is a mountain summit with a topographic prominence of or more; it is also called a P1500. The prominence of a peak is the minimum height of climb to the summit on any route from a higher peak, or fro ...

is a summit with at least of topographic prominence. of the U.S. State of Nevada. The

summit A summit is a point on a surface that is higher in elevation than all points immediately adjacent to it. The topographic terms acme, apex, peak (mountain peak), and zenith are synonymous. The term (mountain top) is generally used only for a m ...

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.All elevations in this article include an elevation adjustment from the

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(

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) to the

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(

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). For further information, please see this

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If the elevation or prominence of a summit is calculated as a range of values, the

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is shown. The first table below ranks the 50 highest major summits of Nevada by 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 ...

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is the

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, away. The second table below ranks the 52 most prominent summits of Nevada. #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

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to its nearest point of equal elevation. The third table below ranks the 50 most isolated major summits of Nevada. __TOC__

Highest major summits

Of the highest major summits of Nevada, eight peaks exceed elevation and 38 peaks exceed elevation.

Most prominent summits

Of the most prominent summits of Nevada,

Charleston Peak Mount Charleston, including Charleston Peak (Nuvagantu, literally "where snow sits", in Southern Paiute or Nüpakatütün in Shoshoni) at , is the highest mountain in both the Spring Mountains and Clark County, in Nevada, United States. It is ...

and Wheeler Peak exceed of topographic prominence, eight peaks are ultra-prominent summits with more than of topographic prominence, and the following 52 peaks exceed .

Most isolated major summits

Of the most isolated major summits of Nevada, Wheeler Peak and

exceed of topographic isolation and six peaks exceed of topographic isolation.

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Mount Moriah Moriah is a mountain identified in the Book of Genesis; believed in Judaism, Christianity and Islam to be associated with the sacrifice of Abraham's son. It may also be the Temple Mount. Moriah may also refer to: Places In Australia: *Moriah Colle ...

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Arc Dome Arc Dome is the highest mountain of the Toiyabe Range in northwestern Nye County, Nevada, United States. It is the thirteenth-highest mountain in the state. Arc Dome also ranks as the second-most topographically prominent peak in Nye County an ...

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Currant Mountain Currant Mountain is the highest mountain in the White Pine Range in White Pine County, Nevada, United States. It is the twenty-first-highest mountain in the state, and also ranks as the sixteenth-most topographically prominent peak in the stat ...

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Ruby Dome Ruby Dome is the highest mountain in both the Ruby Mountains and Elko County, in Nevada Nevada ( ; ) is a state in the Western region of the United States. It is bordered by Oregon to the northwest, Idaho to the northeast, California to ...

2014-06-11 15 27 42 View west towards Hole in the Mountain Peak from Nevada State Route 232 (Clover Valley Road) 6.1 miles north of the southern terminus in Clover Valley, Nevada-cropped.jpg, Hole in the Mountain Peak

Notes

References

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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Highest major summits

Most prominent summits

Most isolated major summits

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