The Hawaiian Islands and the U.S. State of Hawaiʻi 13 major mountain peaks[a] with at least 500 meters (1640 feet) of topographic prominence.
The summit of a mountain or hill may be measured in three principal ways:
Of the 13 major summits of Hawaiʻi, Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa exceed 4000 meters (13,123 feet) elevation, Haleakalā exceeds 3000 meters (9843 feet), Hualalai exceeds 2000 meters (6562 feet), and 11 peaks exceed 1000 meters (3281 feet) elevation.
Four of these peaks rise on the island of Hawaiʻi, two on Maui, two on Kauaʻi, two on Molokaʻi, two on Oʻahu, and one on Lānaʻi.
Of the 13 major summits of Hawaiʻi, Mauna Kea exceeds 4000 meters (13,123 feet) of topographic prominence, Haleakalā exceeds 3000 meters (9843 feet), Mauna Loa exceeds 2000 meters (6562 feet), six peaks are ultra-prominent summits with more than 1500 meters (4921 feet), and eight peaks exceed 1000 meters (3281 feet) of topographic prominence.
Of the 13 major summits of Hawaiʻi, Mauna Kea has 3947 kilometers (2453 miles) of topographic isolation and four peaks exceed 100 kilometers (62.14 miles) of topographic isolation.
Rank | Mountain peak | Island | Elevation | Prominence | Isolation | Location | |
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1 | Mauna Kea[4][5][6][7][b][c] | Hawaii | Island of Hawaiʻi | 13,803 ft 4207.3 m |
13,803 ft 4207 m |
2,453 mi 3,947 km |
19°49′15″N 155°28′05″W / 19.8207°N 155.4681°W |
2 | Mauna Loa[8][9][10][d][e] | Hawaii | Island of Hawaiʻi | 13,679 ft 4169 m |
7,099 ft 2164 m |
25.4 mi 40.8 km |
19°28′32″N 155°36′19″W / 19.4756°N 155.6054°W |
3 | Haleakalā[11][12][13][f] | Hawaii | Island of Maui | 10,023 ft 3055 m |
10,023 ft 3055 m |
76.3 mi 122.9 km |
20°42′35″N 156°15′12″W / 20.7097°N 156.2533°W |
4 | Hualālai[14][15][16] | Hawaii | Island of Hawaiʻi | 8,271 ft 2521 m |
3,091 ft 942 m |
22.4 mi 36 km |
19°41′20″N 155°51′52″W / 19.6889°N 155.8644°W |
5 | Puʻu Kukui[17][18][19] | Hawaii | Island of Maui | 5,788 ft 1764 m |
5,678 ft 1731 m |
23.5 mi 37.9 km |
20°53′25″N 156°35′11″W / 20.8904°N 156.5863°W |
6 | Kaunu o Kaleihoohie[20][21][22] | Hawaii | Island of Hawaiʻi | 5,500 ft 1676 m |
2,600 ft 792 m |
16.8 mi 27 km |
20°05′10″N 155°43′02″W / 20.0860°N 155.7171°W |
7 | Kawaikini[23][24][25][g] | Hawaii | Island of Kauaʻi | 5,243 ft 1598 m |
5,243 ft 1598 m |
204 mi 328 km |
22°03′31″N 159°29′50″W / 22.0586°N 159.4973°W |
8 | Kamakou[26][27][28][h] | Hawaii | Island of Molokaʻi | 4,961 ft 1512 m |
4,961 ft 1512 m |
23.5 mi 37.8 km |
21°06′23″N 156°52′06″W / 21.1065°N 156.8682°W |
9 | Olokuʻi[29][30] | Hawaii | Island of Molokaʻi | 4,606 ft 1404 m |
1,949 ft 594 m |
2.15 mi 3.46 km |
21°07′57″N 156°50′59″W / 21.1325°N 156.8498°W |
10 | Kaʻala[31][32][33][i] | Hawaii | Island of Oʻahu | 4,060 ft 1237 m |
4,060 ft 1237 m |
84.4 mi 135.8 km |
21°30′28″N 158°08′33″W / 21.5079°N 158.1426°W |
11 | Lānaʻihale[34][35][36][j] | Hawaii | Island of Lānaʻi | 3,396 ft 1035 m |
3,396 ft 1035 m |
19.32 mi 31.1 km |
20°48′44″N 156°52′24″W / 20.8122°N 156.8732°W |
12 | Kōnāhuanui[37][38][39] | Hawaii | Island of Oʻahu | 3,150 ft 960 m |
2,303 ft 702 m |
23.9 mi 38.5 km |
21°21′29″N 157°47′18″W / 21.3580°N 157.7882°W |
13 | Hāʻupu[40][41] | Hawaii | Island of Kauaʻi | 2,297 ft 700 m |
1,687 ft 514 m |
11.02 mi 17.74 km |
21°55′31″N 159°24′06″W / 21.9254°N 159.4018°W |
19°49′15″N 155°28′05″W / 19.8207°N 155.4681°W