Talk:List of the most isolated major summits of the United States

Consistency & Redundancy
There are at least three other lists which are very similar, though not identical, to this list. These lists are:

Mountain peaks of North America

Most isolated mountain peaks of North America

Mountain peaks of the United States

Having so many list of a similar nature can be problematic because someone updating one list might not be aware of the other lists. Propogation of errors is another concern. Small inconsistencies, such as a few tenths of a mile, might not be that big of a deal, but the difference can be much greater. For instance, there is an obvious error with Mount Washington (New Hampshire). My own calculation is that Mt. Washington is 824.55 miles from Mount Mitchell. If there is a closer higher peak, I am unaware of it, but since the number is close to the 819.8 km shown here, my guess is that somewhere along the line, the mileage got transposed with the metric distance. I'm going to update all four lists with 819.8 miles and 1,319 km for now. This won't eliminate the future potential for errors like this, though. We need a way to maintain consistency, so what ideas are out there?

ArcticBartek (talk) 15:29, 12 May 2008 (UTC)


 * I used the isolation distance of 1318.98 km from Mount Washington to Celo Knob throughout. The first entry is the sort key, the format of which should not be changed.  --Buaidh (talk) 16:22, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

Great, thanks. You're right, it is Celo Knob. Roan Mountain (Roan Highlands) is closer but just misses heightwise. You should check out Southern Sixers, you seem to be quite informed about those mountains. The list is new, so some accuracy is lacking, particulary in terms of prominence data. I'm thinking of adding isolation to that list, but I think it might be overkill. ArcticBartek (talk) 18:15, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

Proposed changes
The isolation list omits several likely candidates in Alaska - Attu Mountain, the highpoint of Hall Island, etc. Take another look at the Aleutians and Saint Matthew and Kodiak Island areas. Steve Gruhn sgruhn@clarus-ak.com —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.67.106.181 (talk) 19:19, 25 August 2009 (UTC)

Attu Mountain is more than 204 miles from any higher peak. Perhaps it should be listed, too?SCGruhn (talk) 08:06, 8 August 2012 (UTC)

Mount San Antonio Elevation Discrepancy
There is an elevation discrepancy for Mount San Antonio (entry #163). Ref. #571 gives an elevation of 10,064 ft. while Ref. #572 gives an elevation of 10,066 ft. The official USGS elevation per GNIS is 10,046 ft., not 10,068 ft. as the entry currently indicates. --Mox La Push (talk) 03:21, 17 September 2019 (UTC)