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 mountain peaks and can even be calculated for submarine summits.
Topographic isolation and prominence A - Nearest higher neighbour
Because topographic isolation can be difficult to determine, a common approximation is the distance to a peak called the Nearest higher neighbour (NHN).[1]
The nearest peak to Germany's highest mountain, the 2,962-metre-high Zugspitze, that has a 2962-metre-contour is the Zwölferkogel (2,988 m) in Austria's Stubai Alps. The distance between the Zugspitze and this contour is 25.8 km; the Zugspitze is thus the highest peak for a radius of 25.8 km around. Its isolation is thus 25.8 km.
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 American continents, has the greatest isolation of all mountains. There is no higher land for 16,534 kilometres when 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. Kukurtlu Dome [ru] (4,978 m) is the reference peak for Mont Blanc.
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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 mountain peaks and can even be calculated for submarine summits Topographic isolation and prominenceA Nearest higher neighbourBecause topographic isolation can be difficult to determine a common approximation is the distance to a peak called the Nearest higher neighbour NHN 1 Contents 1 Isolation table 2 Examples 3 Gallery 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksIsolation table editThe following sortable table lists Earth s 40 most topographically isolated summits The 40 most topographically isolated summits on Earth Rank Summit Landmass Country Elevation Prominence Isolation Nearest higher neighbour1 Mount Everest Eurasia nbsp Nepal nbsp China 8848 m29 029 ft 8848 m29 029 ft n a n a2 Aconcagua South America nbsp Argentina Mendoza 6962 m22 841 ft 6962 m22 841 ft 16 520 km10 265 mi Tirich Mir Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan 3 Denali North America nbsp United States Alaska 6194 m20 320 ft 6149 m20 174 ft 7 450 km4 629 mi Yanamax Xinjiang China 4 Kilimanjaro Africa nbsp Tanzania 5895 m19 341 ft 5885 m19 308 ft 5 510 km3 424 mi Kuh e Shashgal Afghanistan 5 Puncak Jaya New Guinea nbsp Indonesia Papua 4884 m16 024 ft 4884 m16 024 ft 5 262 km3 269 mi Jade Dragon Snow Mountain Yunnan China 6 Vinson Massif Antarctica nbsp Antarctica 4892 m16 050 ft 4892 m16 050 ft 4 861 km3 020 mi Risco Plateado Mendoza Argentina 7 Mont Orohena Tahiti nbsp French Polynesia 2241 m7 352 ft 2241 m7 352 ft 4 128 km2 565 mi Mount Ngauruhoe New Zealand 8 Mauna Kea Hawai i nbsp United States Hawai i 4205 m13 796 ft 4205 m13 796 ft 3 947 km2 453 mi Mount Shasta California US 9 Gunnbjorn Fjeld Greenland nbsp Greenland 3694 m12 119 ft 3694 m12 119 ft 3 254 km2 022 mi The Eiger Canton of Bern Switzerland 10 Aoraki Mount Cook South Island nbsp New Zealand 3754 m12 316 ft 3754 m12 316 ft 3 140 km1 951 mi Mount Adam Victoria Land Antarctica 11 Thabana Ntlenyana Africa nbsp Lesotho 3482 m11 424 ft 2390 m7 841 ft 3 003 km1 866 mi Mount Meru Tanzania 12 Maunga Terevaka Easter Island nbsp Chile 506 m1 660 ft 506 m1 660 ft 2 836 km1 762 mi Cerro de Los Inocentes Alejandro Selkirk Island Chile 13 Mont Blanc Eurasia nbsp France nbsp Italy 4809 m15 778 ft 4696 m15 407 ft 2 813 km1 748 mi Kukurtlu Dome ru Karachay Cherkessia Russia 14 Piton des Neiges Reunion nbsp France 3071 m10 075 ft 3071 m10 075 ft 2 767 km1 720 mi Giant s Castle KwaZulu Natal South Africa 15 Klyuchevskaya Sopka Eurasia nbsp Russia Kamchatka 4750 m15 584 ft 4649 m15 253 ft 2 748 km1 708 mi Mount Foraker Alaska US 16 Pico de Orizaba North America nbsp Mexico Puebla 5636 m18 491 ft 4922 m16 148 ft 2 690 km1 672 mi Pico Cristobal Colon Magdalena Department Colombia 17 Queen Mary s Peak Tristan da Cunha nbsp Saint Helena Ascension and Tristan da Cunha 2060 m6 759 ft 2060 m6 759 ft 2 665 km1 656 mi Mount Paget South Georgia Island UK 18 Mount Whitney North America nbsp United States California 4421 m14 505 ft 3072 m10 080 ft 2 649 km1 646 mi Nevado de Toluca State of Mexico Mexico 19 Gunung Kinabalu Borneo nbsp Malaysia Sabah 4095 m13 435 ft 4095 m13 435 ft 2 538 km1 577 mi Ngga Pilimsit Papua Indonesia 20 Mount Elbrus Eurasia nbsp Russia Kabardino Balkaria 5642 m18 510 ft 4741 m15 554 ft 2 473 km1 536 mi Pik Agasis Tajikistan 21 Pico da Bandeira South America nbsp Brazil Espirito Santo 2897 m9 505 ft 2647 m8 684 ft 2 393 km1 487 mi Cerro Naranjos es Bolivia 22 Mont Cameroun Africa nbsp Cameroon 4040 m13 255 ft 3901 m12 799 ft 2 338 km1 453 mi Mikeno Democratic Republic of the Congo 23 Mount Paget South Georgia nbsp South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands 2915 m9 564 ft 2915 m9 564 ft 2 269 km1 410 mi Welch Mountains Palmer Land Antarctica 24 Mauga Silisili Savai i nbsp Samoa 1858 m6 096 ft 1858 m6 096 ft 2 245 km1 395 mi Tabwemasana Vanuatu 25 Nevado Huascaran South America nbsp Peru 6746 m22 133 ft 2776 m9 108 ft 2 196 km1 365 mi Tres Cruces Chile Argentina border 26 Anamudi Eurasia nbsp India Kerala 2695 m8 842 ft 2480 m8 136 ft 2 115 km1 314 mi Machapuchare Nepal 27 Jebel Toubkal Africa nbsp Morocco 4167 m13 671 ft 3755 m12 320 ft 2 078 km1 291 mi Picco Luigi Amedeo Italy 28 Mount Fuji Honshu nbsp Japan Chubu 3776 m12 388 ft 3776 m12 388 ft 2 077 km1 291 mi Ch ih k e Shan Taiwan 29 Emi Koussi Africa nbsp Chad 3445 m11 302 ft 2934 m9 626 ft 2 001 km1 243 mi Mount Cameroon Cameroon 30 Mawson Peak Heard Island nbsp Heard Island and McDonald Islands 2745 m9 006 ft 2745 m9 006 ft 1 922 km1 194 mi Mount McMaster Enderby Land Antarctica 31 Mount Mitchell North America nbsp United States North Carolina 2037 m6 684 ft 1857 m6 091 ft 1 913 km1 189 mi Lone Butte Colorado US 32 Gunung Kerinci Sumatra nbsp Indonesia West Sumatra 3805 m12 484 ft 3805 m12 484 ft 1 905 km1 184 mik Gunung Kinabalu Sabah Malaysia 33 Joe s Hill Kiritimati nbsp Kiribati 13 m43 ft 13 m43 ft 1 903 km1 182 mi Puu Ki Hawaii US 34 Agrihan High Point Agrihan nbsp Northern Mariana Islands 965 m3 166 ft 965 m3 166 ft 1 902 km1 182 mi Mount Amagi Chubu Japan 35 Mount Kosciuszko Australia nbsp Australia New South Wales 2228 m7 310 ft 2228 m7 310 ft 1 895 km1 177 mi Tutoko New Zealand 36 Olavtoppen Bouvet Island nbsp Bouvet Island 780 m2 559 ft 780 m2 559 ft 1 856 km1 153 mi Edinburgh Peak Gough Island South Atlantic Ocean 37 Mascarin Peak Marion Island nbsp South Africa Prince Edward Islands 1230 m4 035 ft 1230 m4 035 ft 1 848 km1 148 mi Cockscomb Eastern Cape South Africa 38 Green Mountain Ascension Island nbsp Saint Helena Ascension and Tristan da Cunha 859 m2 818 ft 859 m2 818 ft 1 842 km1 145 mi Mount Richard Molard Ivory Coast Guinea border 39 Gora Narodnaya Eurasia nbsp Russia Khanty Mansi 1895 m6 217 ft 1772 m5 814 ft 1 836 km1 141 mi Kattotjakka Sweden 40 Yushan Taiwan nbsp Taiwan 3952 m12 966 ft 3952 m12 966 ft 1 815 km1 128 mi Peak 4030 Yunnan China Examples editThe nearest peak to Germany s highest mountain the 2 962 metre high Zugspitze that has a 2962 metre contour is the Zwolferkogel 2 988 m in Austria s Stubai Alps The distance between the Zugspitze and this contour is 25 8 km the Zugspitze is thus the highest peak for a radius of 25 8 km around Its isolation is thus 25 8 km 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 American continents has the greatest isolation of all mountains There is no higher land for 16 534 kilometres when 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 Kukurtlu Dome ru 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 4th most topographically isolated major peak in Continental Europe 2 3 With a topographic prominence of 2473 m Musala is also the 6th highest peak by topographic prominence in mainland Europe 4 Gallery edit nbsp 1 Mount Everest is the highest mountain peak on Earth nbsp 2 Aconcagua is the highest peak in both the Southern Hemisphere and Western Hemisphere nbsp 3 Denali is the highest peak of North America nbsp 4 Kilimanjaro is the highest peak of Africa nbsp 5 Puncak Jaya on New Guinea is the highest peak on any ocean island nbsp 6 The Vinson Massif is the highest peak of Antarctica nbsp 7 Mont Orohena on Tahiti is the highest peak of French Polynesia nbsp 8 Mauna Kea on the Island of Hawaiʻi is the tallest mountain on Earth as measured from base on seafloor to summit nbsp 9 Gunnbjorn Fjeld on Greenland is the highest peak of the Arctic nbsp 10 Aoraki or Mount Cook on the South Island is the highest peak in New Zealand nbsp 11 Thabana Ntlenyana in Lesotho is the highest point in southern Africa nbsp 12 Ma unga Terevaka is the highest point on Easter Island nbsp 13 Mont Blanc is the highest peak of Western Europe nbsp 14 Piton des Neiges is the apex of Reunion nbsp 15 Klyuchevskaya Sopka is the highest peak of Kamchatka nbsp 16 Pico de Orizaba is the highest peak of Mexico nbsp 17 Queen Mary s Peak is the highest point on the Atlantic island of Tristan da Cunha nbsp 18 Mount Whitney is the highest peak of the contiguous United States nbsp 19 Gunung Kinabalu is the apex of Borneo nbsp 20 Mount Elbrus is the highest peak of Europe nbsp 21 Pico da Bandeira is the third highest peak of Brazil nbsp 22 Mount Cameroon is the highest peak of Cameroon nbsp 23 Mount Paget on South Georgia is the highest peak in the South Atlantic Ocean See also editMost 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 TopographyReferences edit Nearest higher neighbour in glossary on www peakbagger com Most Isolated Peak of Europe Countries Peakbagger com Mountains Europe Ultra Prominences Peaklist Retrieved 26 February 2015 External links editbivouac com Canadian Mountain Encyclopedia peakbagger com peaklist org peakware com World Mountain Encyclopedia summitpost org Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Topographic isolation amp oldid 1205264189, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
