Talk:List of the major 3000-meter summits of North America

Heights, etc.
Buaidh---thanks for expanding the list. A few questions: (1) Why the change back to 4200m for Avalanche? I would go with Bivouac on this. (2) Why 4200m for Cofre? GVP and Michael Kelsey (and WP) have 4282m.

More generally, what do you think of the current cutoffs of 500m and 4200m? I think they are good and that the list is long enough at this point. Your opinion? -- Spireguy 19:47, 9 July 2007 (UTC)


 * The changes to Avalanche Peak and Cofre de Perote were inadvertent and have been fixed. I think 4200 m and 500 m gives a pretty representative list of major North American peaks.  Thanks, Buaidh 21:51, 9 July 2007 (UTC)


 * Cool. I'm still not 100% sure of the completeness in Mexico. I'll try to doublecheck. I notice that you've included Central America in North America, which is OK, especially since it's only one peak at this point. -- Spireguy 02:18, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

East coast mountains
I'm concerned about the lack of East coast mountains on this list. Please excuse my ignorance (I'm sure that this is the factor, here) - but can someone explain to me why Mt. Washington (New Hampshire) does not make this list? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.55.210.37 (talk) 01:14, 11 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Mount Washington (New Hampshire), while the highest mountain in New Hampshire, is not all that high compared with mountains in the west of the country. Mt Washington is 1917m high; however this list only includes mountains that are at least 4200m high.  Even Mount Mitchell (North Carolina), the highest mountain in the east coast states, is only 2037m high.  If the list were to be extended far enough for some east coast peaks to appear, there would be approaching a thousand more west coast peaks that would need to be added too.  —ras52 (talk) 11:39, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

Merger proposal
It is suggested that the Highest mountain peaks of North America and the List of highest mountains of North America be merged into a single article at Table of the highest major summits of North America. The new article will have a single sortable table similar to Highest mountain peaks of North America.

Are there any objections? Are there suggestions for improvements? Yours aye, Buaidh (talk) 14:46, 20 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Merger completed. --Buaidh (talk) 19:22, 22 February 2010 (UTC)

Spelling
The vast majority of English language speakers in North America employ American English useage. American English should be used for all areas of North America, including Central America and the Caribbean, except as follows: Yours aye, Buaidh  17:35, 8 September 2011 (UTC)
 * North American English
 * American English
 * Bermudian English in Bermuda.
 * Canadian English in Canada.
 * Caribbean English in Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Belize, the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Jamaica, Montserrat, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
 * Bahamian English in the Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands.
 * Trinidadian English in Trinidad and Tobago

Omissions
This list omits two Alaskan peaks that warrant inclusion - Mount Crosson (elevation 12,800 feet, prominence 1,650 feet) and Moby Dick (elevation 12,360 feet, prominence 2,910 feet). SCGruhn (talk) 08:35, 16 March 2012 (UTC)

Denali (Mt Mckinley) is NOT 20,320 feet HIGH!!!! Some one please change the table!!
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/17/science/a-solar-system-first-and-sizing-down-a-mountain.html

GEOLOGY

Shorter, but Still the Tallest

The tallest mountain in North America is a little shorter than previously thought. Mount McKinley in Alaska, also known as Denali, is 20,237 feet high, according to sophisticated radar measurements by the United States Geological Survey. That shaves 83 feet off the commonly published height of 20,320 feet, determined in 1952 from photographs. National Public Radio reports that McKinley remains ahead of No. 2: Mount Logan in Canada, a mere 19,550 feet high. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 149.171.144.154 (talk) 04:18, 19 September 2013 (UTC)


 * ✅ Note: The prominence will eventually have to be fixed as well, with a source. We can't simply adjust the prominence by the same amount as that would be original research/synthesis. -- Racer X11 Talk to me Stalk me  23:29, 19 September 2013 (UTC)

Mt Steele vs Mt Bona
This article gives the height of Mt Steele as 5020 m/16,470 ft, citing http://peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=513, but other sources disagree. Peakbagger's elevation is based on a Gov't of Canada 1987 1:50,000 topo map that shows a 5000m contour around the summit but not a 5040m contour. However, earlier Gov't of Canada 1:125,000 maps from 1961 and 1967 show a triangulated height of 16,644 ft (5073 m) and a 16,500 ft contour around the summit. (The 1967 map is reproduced in the Alpine Journal, 1968, "The Yukon Alpine Centennial Expedition - 1967" http://www.alpinejournal.org.uk/Contents/Contents_1968_files/AJ 1968 18-24 Hunt Yukon.pdf). There are no records of the peak having been re-surveyed between 1967 and 1987, and the 1987 map series is known to have other errors (see the Canadian Alpine Journal, 1992, "The St Elias Mountains - A Preliminary Survey of the Unclimbed Peaks over 3600m"). Wikipedia's main article on Mount Steele and other references such as http://bivouac.com//MtnPg.asp?MtnId=18 also give the elevation as 16,644 ft. Statistics Canada gives a slightly different elevation of 5067 m/16,624 ft (http://www.statcan.gc.ca/tables-tableaux/sum-som/l01/cst01/phys03-eng.htm), citing Natural Resources Canada as reference. In either case this would make Mt Steele the 10th highest peak in N America and Mt Bona (5044 m/16,550 ft) the 11th. - Martin Le Roux 06:07, 12 June 2016 (UTC)

Sierra Negra
Sierra Negra is eligible... --Wisdood (talk) 10:25, 25 November 2019 (UTC)