Topographic isolation

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

• The nearest peak to Germany's highest mountain, the high Zugspitze, that has a contour is the Zwölferkogel in Austria's Stubai Alps. The distance between the Zugspitze and this contour is ; the Zugspitze is thus the highest peak for a radius of . Its isolation is thus . • 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 . 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, , 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. With a topographic prominence of , Musala is also the sixth-highest peak by topographic prominence in mainland Europe. ==Gallery==

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. Kinabalu Sabah Borneo Kampong Kundasang 2.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. ==See also==