North American Country Summits – Sorted by Elevation

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North America’s Country Summits

– Sorted by Elevation

Rank NA	Elev feet	Prom feet	Summit Name	Country	Grand Parent	Iso miles	Quadrangle	State	N Lat W Lon	G	J
1	20,320	20,172	Denali - South Pk	United States	Chimborazo, Ecuador	5,760	Talkeetna D-3 AK	Alaska	63.06904 151.00635	3
2	19,541	17,215	Logan, Mt - Main Pk	Canada	Denali - South Pk	386.5	McArthur Pk 115 C/9 CAN	Yukon	60.56711 140.40548	1
3	18,491	16,148	Orizaba, Pico de	Mexico	Logan, Mt - Main Pk	3,560	E14B46	Veracruz Puebla	19.03050 97.26985	6	1
4	13,845	13,058	Tajumulco, Volcán	Guatemala	Orizaba, Pico de	449.4	Natl Geo, ITMB	San Marcos	15.04303 91.90367	2
5	12,530	12,320	Chirripó Grande	Costa Rica	Tajumulco, Volcán	686.3	Natl Geo, ITMB	Cartago Limón San José	9.48430 83.48892	1	1
6	11,398	4,311	Barú, Volcán aka Chiriquí	Panama	Chirripó Grande	79.7	Natl Geo, ITMB	Chiriquí	8.80881 82.54266	1
7	9,347	6,788	Las Minas, Cerro aka Celaque	Honduras	Tajumulco, Volcán	218.4	Natl Geo, ITMB	Lempira	14.53398 88.68038	1
8	8,957	5,020	El Pital, Cerro	El Salvador	Las Minas, Cerro	31.8	Natl Geo, ITMB	Chalatenango	14.38439 89.12917	1
9	6,909	4,334	Mogotón, Pico	Nicaragua	Las Minas, Cerro	162.1	Natl Geo, ITMB	Nueva Segovia El Paraíso	13.76308 86.39834	1
10	3,852		Doyle’s Delight	Belize	Las Minas, Cerro	137.8	Natl Geo, ITMB	Cayo	16.49406 89.04564

Notes by Gerry Roach

Our North American country highpoint climbs
Gerry Roach’s totals: 17 ascents; 9/10 overall
Jennifer Roach’s totals: 2 ascents; 2/10 overall
Gerry and Jennifer’s combined total as of 2/10/16: 19 ascents
There are 10 summits on this list.
In this list, “Rank” is Rank by Elevation, not Rank by Prominence.
The Grand Parent is not the same as the Parent peak used in other lists.
In this list, the Grand Parent is the closest, higher North American country summit.
The Isolation is the great circle distance to the Grand Parent.
Prominence for Doyle’s Delight is not yet available.

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