Talk:List of mountain peaks of Washington

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Why a minimum elevation?

Does anyone know why this list imposes a minimum elevation for considering a mountain "major"? That doesn't seem to make much sense, because the top elevation has a lot less to do with the size of a mountain than does its prominence. Even the list of the highest major summits of Colorado, while it ranks peaks by elevation, does not impose a minimum elevation for inclusion in the list. Indeed, the lowest point in the state of Colorado is 3,317 feet, and the mountains rise from plains at nearly a mile of elevation, while Washington's highest ranges rise essentially out of the sea. Thus, while Colorado has dozens of "fourteeners" and Washington only has Rainier, Colorado has only three ultras to Washington's seven. I suggest expanding this list, maintaining summit elevation as the default sort criterion, but removing the minimum elevation threshold for inclusion. W.stanovsky (talk) 00:00, 16 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

This answer comes six years too late, but I'll answer nonetheless. These lists do not have a minimum elevation. They do have a minimum topographic prominence of 500 meters (1640 feet). The reason for this is to avoid subpeaks of higher summits. We try to include those summits of greatest interest. Yours aye, Buaidh talk contribs 21:16, 27 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Never too late! We find our way back, don't we. Thanks for the explanation. W.stanovsky (talk) 23:51, 18 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Merge question

I have started a discussion about a merge at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Mountains#Merge_/_redirect_List_of_mountain_peaks_of_Washington_(state)_with_List_of_mountain_peaks_of_Washington. Natg 19 (talk) 16:34, 19 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Done. Buaidh talk contribs 21:07, 27 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Mount Logan omitted

Seems to me the list of the top 100 tallest mountains in WA should include Mount Logan. I wouldn’t want to remove number 100, Mount Washington, so maybe it should be the top 101 tallest mountains. I don’t know much about it and I have never edited a Wikipedia article before.

For what it’s worth, the app Flightradar24 shows Mount Logan (9088 feet) just to the north of Goode Mountain. LarryK6070 (talk) 14:05, 20 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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