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Continent that exceeds 6,000 meters and 20,000 feet in height, albeit slightly and with only one mountain, Denali (Alaska).Several other peaks instead exceed five thousand meters, in two areas of North America, between Alaska and Canada in the northwest and much further south in Mexico, not far from the capital of this country.
Central America is mainly mountainous and sees the presence both in the isthmus and in the insular section of numerous rather imposing mountains, many of which of volcanic origin and cause of serious damage in the recent past, especially in the Lesser Antilles.
| Mountain | Height (meters) | Height (feet) | Mountain Range | Country |
| Denali (1) | 6,190 | 20,308 | Alaska Range | United States |
| Mount Logan | 5,959 | 19,551 | Saint Elias Mountains | Canada |
| Pico de Orizaba (2) | 5,636 | 18,491 | Cordillera Neovolcánica | Mexico |
| Mount Saint Elias | 5,489 | 18,009 | Saint Elias Mountains | Canada / United States |
| Popocatépetl | 5,426 | 17,802 | Cordillera Neovolcánica | Mexico |
| Mount Whitney | 4,421 | 14,505 | Sierra Nevada | United States |
| Mount Elbert | 4,401 | 14,439 | Rocky Mountains | United States |
| Tajumulco (3) | 4,220 | 13,845 | Sierra Madre de Chiapas | Guatemala |
| Mount Chirripó | 3,820 | 12,533 | Cordillera de Talamanca | Costa Rica |
| Gunnbjørn Fjeld (4) | 3,700 | 12,139 | Watkins Range | Greenland (Denmark) |
| Volcán Barú | 3,475 | 11,401 | Cordillera de Talamanca | Panamá |
| Pico Duarte (5) | 3,098 | 10,164 | Cordillera Central | Dominican Republic |
| Cerro Las Minas | 2,870 | 9,416 | Sierra Madre de Chiapas | Honduras |
| Cerro El Pital | 2,730 | 8,957 | Sierra Madre de Chiapas | El Salvador / Honduras |
| Pic La Selle | 2,680 | 8,793 | Chaîne de la Selle | Haiti |
| Blue Mountain Peak | 2,256 | 7,402 | Blue Mountains | Jamaica |
| Mogotón | 2,107 | 6,913 | Cordillera Isabelia | Honduras / Nicaragua |
| Pico Turquino | 1,974 | 6,476 | Sierra Maestra | Cuba |
| La Grande Soufrière (6) | 1,467 | 4,813 | Basse-Terre Island | Guadeloupe (France) |
| Morne Diablotins | 1,447 | 4,747 | Dominica Island | Dominica |
| Mount Pelée (7) | 1,397 | 4,583 | Martinique Island | Martinique (France) |
| Cerro de Punta | 1,338 | 4,390 | Cordillera Central | Puerto Rico (United States) |
| La Soufrière | 1,234 | 4,049 | Saint Vincent Island | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
* only the most significant mountains after the five highest are shown
(1) Third most topographically prominent mountain in the world after Everest and Aconcagua; its former official name was Mount McKinley.
(2) Highest volcano on the Continent, the last eruption was recorded in 1846.
(3) Volcano no longer active, the highest peak in Central America.
(4) Highest mountain over the Arctic Circle.
(5) Highest peak in the Caribbean and the only one to exceed three thousand meters.
(6) Highest point in the Lesser Antilles.
(7) A frightening eruption in 1902 caused some 30,000 deaths.