topographic isolation

The following sortable table lists Earth's 40 most topographically isolated summits.

• The nearest peak to Germany's highest mountain, the {{convert|2,962|m|adj=on}} high Zugspitze, that has a {{convert|2962|m|adj=on}} contour is the {{convert|2,988|m|adj=on}} Zwölferkogel in Austria's Stubai Alps. The distance between the Zugspitze and this contour is {{convert|25.8|km|0}}; the Zugspitze is thus the highest peak for a radius of {{convert|25.8|km|0}}. Its isolation is thus {{convert|25.8|km|0}}.
• 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, Aconcagua, the highest mountain of the Americas, has the greatest isolation of all mountains. There is no higher land for {{convert|16,534|km}}. Its height is first exceeded by 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. {{ill|Kukurtlu Dome|ru|Кукуртли-Колбаши}}, {{convert|4,978|m}}, is the reference peak for Mont Blanc.
• Musala is the highest peak in Rila mountain, also in Bulgaria and the Balkan Peninsula mountain system; standing at 2,925 m (9,596 ft) it is the fourth-most topographically isolated major peak in Continental Europe.{{cite web| url = https://www.peakbagger.com/list.aspx?lid=337| title = Most Isolated Peak of Europe Countries - Peakbagger.com}} With a topographic prominence of {{convert|2473|m}}, Musala is also the sixth-highest peak by topographic prominence in mainland Europe.{{cite web|url=http://www.peaklist.org/WWlists/ultras/EuroCoreP1500m.html|title=Europe Ultra-Prominences|work=Peaklist|access-date=26 February 2015}}

Everest kalapatthar crop.jpg|1. Mount Everest is the highest mountain peak on Earth.

Monte Aconcagua.jpg|2. Aconcagua is the highest peak in both the Southern Hemisphere and Western Hemisphere.

Denali Mt McKinley.jpg|3. Denali is the highest peak of North America.

Glacier at summit of Mt Kilimanjaro 001.JPG|4. Kilimanjaro is the highest peak of Africa.

Puncakjaya.jpg|5. Puncak Jaya on New Guinea is the highest peak on any ocean island.

Vinson-Massif.jpg|6. The Vinson Massif is the highest peak of Antarctica.

Mont.Orohena.JPG|7. Mont Orohena on Tahiti is the highest peak of French Polynesia.

KeckObservatory.jpg|8. Mauna Kea on the Island of Hawaiʻi is the tallest mountain on Earth as measured from base on seafloor to summit.

GunnbjornFromAboveABC.jpg|9. Gunnbjørn Fjeld on Greenland is the highest peak of the Arctic.

Mt Cook LC0247.jpg|10. Aoraki, or Mount Cook, on the South Island is the highest peak in New Zealand.

Thabana Ntlenyana.jpeg|11. Thabana Ntlenyana in Lesotho is the highest point in southern Africa.

Top-of-Terevaka-2013.jpg|12. Ma′unga Terevaka is the highest point on Easter Island.

Monte Bianco dal Dome du Gouter.jpg|13. Mont Blanc is the highest peak of Western Europe.

Piton des neiges.jpg|14. Piton des Neiges is the apex of Réunion.

Ključevskaja za východu slunce.jpg|15. Klyuchevskaya Sopka is the highest peak of Kamchatka.

Pico Orizaba1.jpg|16. Pico de Orizaba is the highest peak of Mexico.

Tristan da Cunha ASTER.jpg|17. Queen Mary's Peak is the highest point on the Atlantic island of Tristan da Cunha.

Mount Whitney 2003-03-25.jpg|18. Mount Whitney is the highest peak of the contiguous United States.

Mount kinabalu.jpg|19. Gunung Kinabalu is the apex of Borneo.

Elbrus North 195.jpg|20. Mount Elbrus is the highest peak of Europe.

Pico da bandeira.jpg|21. Pico da Bandeira is the third highest peak of Brazil.

Mt. Cameroon old lava flows 2.jpg|22. Mount Cameroon is the highest peak of Cameroon.

Mount Paget.jpeg|23. Mount Paget on South Georgia is the highest peak in the South Atlantic Ocean.

• 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
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• Summit (topography)
• Topographic elevation
• Topographic prominence
• Topography

{{Reflist}}

• [http://www.bivouac.com/ bivouac.com Canadian Mountain Encyclopedia]
• [http://www.peakbagger.com/ peakbagger.com]
• [http://www.peaklist.org/ peaklist.org]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20160304122101/http://www.peakware.com/ peakware.com World Mountain Encyclopedia]
• [http://www.summitpost.org/ summitpost.org]

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