Contiguous United States Top 100 Prominence Completion Maps

Contiguous United States Top 100 Prominence Completion Maps

Description

This page is an index to cell-based completion maps for the Top 100 prominences of the 48 contiguous United States. There are 103 peaks on the resulting map, having included Steens Mountain (Oregon), Mount Augusta (Nevada), and Remmel Mountain (Washington) since each has an optimistic ("dirty") prominence that exceeds the clean prominence of rank #100 - Mount Stimson (Montana). Hence any of these three could be on the true yet currently unknowable Top 100 list.

All but four peaks lie in the western United States - Mounts Mitchell and Washington (both ultra summits), Mount Marcy and Clingmans Dome.

The baseline completion map portrays prominence cells for these summits.
The following individuals contributed to its formation -

Andy Martin, Edward Earl, Aaron Maizlish, Greg Slayden, John Kirk, Jerry Brekhus, Steve Fry, Jeff Howbert, John Roper, David Olson, Ken Jones, Paul Klenke, Ryan Schilling, Dan Robbins, and John Vitz compiled various national and statewide prominence lists.

Eric Noel created the baseline cell map.

Detailed information for these CONUS Top 100 prominences is available at peakbagger.com.

Peakbagger.com also hosts the Top 100 Front Runners List.

Coloring and Interpreting a Completion Map

The same colors and similar rules for their use apply as for painting a county highpoints completion map.

Personalized color schemes are acceptable provided that a legend explains the meaning of each color.

The following facts enable correct coloring of eastern prominence cells -

Mount Marcy is in the Mount Mitchell ultra cell. Mount Washington is in New Hampshire, and its saddle is near Albany, New York. The Mitchell/Washington cell boundary proceeds north to Lake Champlain and finally into the Saint Lawrence River - and also south into the Hudson River. Situated in New York, Mount Marcy lies west of that line and hence is in the Mount Mitchell cell.

Clingmans Dome is in the Mount Mitchell ultra cell.

The following facts enable correct determination of one's yellow ("home") glob
as distinct from one's remaining cells (painted blue).

The Mount Cleveland and Gannett Peak cells meet just a few miles into North Dakota.
The Gannett Peak and Pikes Peak cells meet at the junction of the two forks of the Platte River.
The Mount Cleveland and Pikes Peak cells meet at the outlet of the Platte River near Omaha.

The Sierra Blanca and Mount Elbert cells meet a few miles into Texas.

The Mount Mitchell cell borders the Mount Cleveland, Pikes Peak, Blanca Peak, and Mount Washington cells.
The Mount Washington cell borders the Mount Mitchell AND Mount Cleveland cells.

The Miller Peak and San Gorgonio cells meet at the Colorado River delta.
The Miller Peak and San Jacinto cells meet at the Colorado River delta.

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Completion Map Index (arranged alphabetically by last name)

Petter Bjørstad (59)

Bob Bolton (100)

Duane Gilliland (100)

Adam Helman (92)

Edward Earl (100)

Bob Packard (96)

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