List of the major 4000-meter summits of California

Mount Whitney is the highest summit of the Sierra Nevada, the State of California, and the contiguous United States.

The following sortable table comprises the 16 mountain peaks of the U.S. State of California with at least 4000 meters (13,123 feet) of topographic elevation and at least 500 meters (1640 feet) of topographic prominence.

Topographic elevation is the vertical distance above the reference geoid, a mathematical model of the Earth's sea level as an equipotential gravitational surface. The topographic prominence of a summit is the elevation difference between that summit and the highest or key col to a higher summit. The topographic isolation of a summit is the minimum great-circle distance to a point of equal elevation.

This article defines a significant summit as a summit with at least 100 meters (328.1 feet) of topographic prominence, and a major summit as a summit with at least 500 meters (1640 feet) of topographic prominence. An ultra-prominent summit is a summit with at least 1500 meters (4921 feet) of topographic prominence. There are 126 ultra-prominent summits in the United States.

All elevations include an adjustment from the National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 (NGVD 29) to the North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD 88). For further information, please see this United States National Geodetic Survey note.

If an elevation or prominence is calculated as a range of values, the arithmetic mean is shown.

Major 4000-meter summits

The 16 mountain peaks of California with 4000 meters of topographic elevation and 500 meters of topographic prominence

Rank	Mountain Peak	Mountain Range	Elevation	Prominence	Isolation	Location
1	Mount Whitney[1][2][3][4][5][6]	Sierra Nevada	14,505 ft 4421.0 m	10,080 ft 3072 m	1,646 mi 2,649 km	36°34′43″N 118°17′31″W / 36.5786°N 118.2920°W
2	Mount Williamson[7][8][9][10]	Sierra Nevada	14,379 ft 4383 m	1,676 ft 511 m	5.41 mi 8.70 km	36°39′21″N 118°18′40″W / 36.6559°N 118.3111°W
3	White Mountain Peak[11][12][13][14][15]	White Mountains	14,252 ft 4344.0 m	7,196 ft 2193 m	67.4 mi 108.6 km	37°38′03″N 118°15′21″W / 37.6341°N 118.2557°W
4	North Palisade[16][17][18][19][20][21]	Sierra Nevada	14,248 ft 4343 m	2,894 ft 882 m	32.2 mi 51.8 km	37°05′39″N 118°30′52″W / 37.0943°N 118.5145°W
5	Mount Shasta[22][23][24][25][26]	Cascade Range	14,179 ft 4321.8 m	9,772 ft 2979 m	335 mi 539 km	41°24′33″N 122°11′42″W / 41.4092°N 122.1949°W
6	Mount Humphreys[27][28][29][30][31]	Sierra Nevada	13,992 ft 4265 m	2,563 ft 781 m	14.71 mi 23.7 km	37°16′14″N 118°40′23″W / 37.2705°N 118.6730°W
7	Mount Keith[32][33][34][35][36]	Sierra Nevada	13,982 ft 4262 m	1,936 ft 590 m	3.09 mi 4.97 km	36°42′00″N 118°20′37″W / 36.7001°N 118.3436°W
8	Mount Darwin[37][38][39][40][41]	Sierra Nevada	13,837 ft 4218 m	1,891 ft 576 m	7.13 mi 11.48 km	37°10′01″N 118°40′20″W / 37.1669°N 118.6721°W
9	Mount Kaweah[42][43][44][45][46][47]	Sierra Nevada	13,807 ft 4209 m	2,027 ft 618 m	10.73 mi 17.27 km	36°31′34″N 118°28′43″W / 36.5261°N 118.4785°W
10	Mount Morgan[48][49][50][51]	Sierra Nevada	13,758 ft 4193.4 m	2,648 ft 807 m	9.86 mi 15.87 km	37°24′19″N 118°43′58″W / 37.4053°N 118.7329°W
11	Mount Gabb[52][53][54][55]	Sierra Nevada	13,747 ft 4190 m	2,601 ft 793 m	4.28 mi 6.89 km	37°22′37″N 118°48′09″W / 37.3769°N 118.8025°W
12	Mount Tom[56][57][58][59]	Sierra Nevada	13,657 ft 4163 m	1,992 ft 607 m	4.77 mi 7.67 km	37°20′19″N 118°39′25″W / 37.3385°N 118.6570°W
13	Mount Dubois[60][61][62][63]	White Mountains	13,565 ft 4135 m	2,339 ft 713 m	9.63 mi 15.50 km	37°47′00″N 118°20′36″W / 37.7834°N 118.3432°W
14	Mount Pinchot[64][65][66][67]	Sierra Nevada	13,500 ft 4115 m	2,110 ft 643 m	4.71 mi 7.58 km	36°56′50″N 118°24′19″W / 36.9473°N 118.4054°W
15	Mount Ritter[68][69][70][71][72]	Sierra Nevada	13,149 ft 4008 m	3,990 ft 1216 m	22.0 mi 35.4 km	37°41′21″N 119°11′59″W / 37.6891°N 119.1996°W
16	Red Slate Mountain[73][74][75][76]	Sierra Nevada	13,129 ft 4002 m	1,736 ft 529 m	8.31 mi 13.38 km	37°30′27″N 118°52′09″W / 37.5075°N 118.8693°W

Gallery

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  1. Mount Whitney is the highest summit of the Sierra Nevada, the State of California, and the contiguous United States.
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  2. Mount Williamson is the second highest mountain peak of California.
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  3. White Mountain Peak is the highest summit of the White Mountains.
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  4. North Palisade is the highest summit of the Palisades of the Sierra Nevada.
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  5. The stratovolcano Mount Shasta is the second most topographically prominent California mountain peak.
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  6. Mount Humphreys in the Sierra Nevada.
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  8. Mount Darwin is the highest summit of the Evolution Peaks of the Sierra Nevada.
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  12. Mount Tom in the Sierra Nevada.

See also

• List of mountain peaks of North America
  • List of mountain peaks of Greenland
  • List of mountain peaks of Canada
  • List of mountain peaks of the Rocky Mountains
  • List of mountain peaks of the United States
    • List of mountain peaks of Alaska
    • List of mountain peaks of California
      • List of the major 4000-meter summits of California
      • List of the major 3000-meter summits of California
      • List of California fourteeners
      • List of mountain ranges of California
    • List of mountain peaks of Colorado
    • List of mountain peaks of Hawaiʻi
  • List of mountain peaks of México
  • List of mountain peaks of Central America
  • List of mountain peaks of the Caribbean
• California
  • Geography of California
    • Category:Mountains of California
      • commons:Category:Mountains of California
• Physical geography
  • Topography
    • Topographic elevation
    • Topographic prominence
    • Topographic isolation

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2. Mount Whitney is the southernmost and easternmost summit of its elevation in United States.
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56. "Mount Tom". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
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64. "Mount Pinchot". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
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68. The summit of Mount Ritter is the highest point of the Ritter Range.
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External links

• National Geodetic Survey (NGS)
  • NGS Datasheets
  • NGVD 29 to NAVD 88 online elevation converter @ NGS
  • Geodetic Glossary @ NGS
• United States Geological Survey (USGS)
  • Geographic Names Information System @ USGS
• peakbagger
• peaklist.org
• summitpost.org
• World Mountain Encyclopedia @ peakware.com

Coordinates: 36°34′43″N 118°17′31″W / 36.5786°N 118.2920°W