List of ultras of Central America


The following sortable table comprises the 23 ultra-prominent summits of Central America. Each of these peaks has at least of topographic prominence. This article defines Central America as the seven nations of Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panamá.
The summit of a mountain or hill may be measured in three principal ways:
  1. The topographic elevation of a summit measures the height of the summit above a geodetic sea level.
  2. The topographic prominence of a summit is a measure of how high the summit rises above its surroundings.
  3. The topographic isolation of a summit measures how far the summit lies from its nearest point of equal elevation.

Ultra-prominent summits

Of these 23 ultra-prominent summits of Central America, eight are located in Honduras, six in Guatemala, four in El Salvador, three in Costa Rica, two in Nicaragua, and one in Panamá. Cerro El Pital straddles the border between El Salvador and Honduras.
RankMountain PeakNationMountain RangeElevationProminenceIsolationLocation
1
Sierra de las Nubes
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2
Cordillera de Talamanca
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3
Santa Bárbara
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4
Sierra de las Nubes
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5
Escuintla
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6
Cordillera Central, Costa Rica
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7
Huehuetenango
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8
Sierra Madre de Chiapas
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9
Chimaltenango
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10
Sierra Madre de Chiapas
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11
Darién
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12
Sierra Madre de Chiapas
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13
Cordillera Nombre de Dios
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14
Cortés
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15
Cordillera Los Maribios
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16
Sierra Madre de Chiapas
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17
Rivas
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18
Yoro
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19
Sierra Madre de Chiapas
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20

Sierra de las Nubes
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21
Cordillera de Guanacaste
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22
Comayagua
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23
Sierra de Agalta
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