Alaska has the ten tallest US mountains, with Denali being the most spectacular at 6141 m prominence.
The lower 48 states don’t come anywhere near the majesty of Alaska’s mountains, but they have their little spots of local pride. Pike’s Peak was hailed as a huge mountain during western exploration, with a prominence of 1686 m.
What an interesting reaction to facts. I’m assuming you’re a USer, so I’ll break it down for you in freedom bits:
There is a difference between elevation and prominence.
Denali is 20,310 feet in elevation and 20,146 feet in prominence.
Pike’s Peak is 14,115 feet in elevation and 5530 feet in prominence. (5530 feet = 1,685.544 meters.) This difference in prominence makes Denali appear to rise up to nearly four times the height of PP.
Alaska has the ten tallest US mountains, with Denali being the most spectacular at 6141 m prominence.
The lower 48 states don’t come anywhere near the majesty of Alaska’s mountains, but they have their little spots of local pride. Pike’s Peak was hailed as a huge mountain during western exploration, with a prominence of 1686 m.
This map is taking the piss.
Mauna Kea at 9330m prominence being absolutely disrespected by you landlubbers
Ftfy.
Denali is about a third taller. Stop making shit up.
What an interesting reaction to facts. I’m assuming you’re a USer, so I’ll break it down for you in freedom bits:
There is a difference between elevation and prominence.
Denali is 20,310 feet in elevation and 20,146 feet in prominence.
Pike’s Peak is 14,115 feet in elevation and 5530 feet in prominence. (5530 feet = 1,685.544 meters.) This difference in prominence makes Denali appear to rise up to nearly four times the height of PP.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_highest_major_summits_of_the_United_States
As someone from outside US I prefer the metric answer thoughExcuse my ignorance, I looked it up because I got confused: “an altitude of 14,115 feet above sea level” is basically 4,300m so yeah