Highest Points
- Aconcagua, Mendoza, Argentina 32°39′12″S 70°0′40″W / 32.65333°S 70.01111°W / -32.65333; -70.01111 (Aconcagua) — highest summit of the Western and Southern Hemispheres at 6961 m (22,838 feet)
- Mount McKinley (Denali), Alaska, United States 63°4′10″N 151°0′26″W / 63.06944°N 151.00722°W / 63.06944; -151.00722 (Mount McKinley) — highest summit of North America at 6194 m (20,320 feet)
- Volcán Tajumulco, San Marcos, Guatemala 15°2′37″N 91°54′12″W / 15.04361°N 91.90333°W / 15.04361; -91.90333 (Volcán Tajumulco) — highest summit of Central America at 4220 m (13,845 feet)
- Gunnbjørn Fjeld, Sermersooq, Island of Greenland, Greenland 68°55′10″N 29°53′55″W / 68.91944°N 29.89861°W / 68.91944; -29.89861 (Gunnbjørn Fjeld) — highest island summit and highest summit of all the Arctic at 3694 m (12,119 feet)
- Pico Duarte, Dominican Republic, Hispaniola 19°1′23″N 70°59′53″W / 19.02306°N 70.99806°W / 19.02306; -70.99806 (Pico Duarte) — highest summit of the Caribbean at 3175 m (10,417 feet)
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