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US States With "Ribu"/1000 Meter Prominence Mountains

List the US states with highly prominent mountains/"Ribu", or mountains with over 1000 m/~4920 ft of topographic prominence
Topographic prominence is not elevation, it is a measurement of the minimum elevation you must drop off a summit before climbing to a higher mountain. A nearly flat rise at high elevation would have minimal prominence, while a rugged low elevation point with few connecting ridgelines would have a higher prominence
"Ribu" or thousand comes from Indonesian peakbagging to refer to mountains with over a thousand meters of prominence.
Several mountains are shared among multiple states. If the summit passes over the border, it is included for both states
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Greatest Prominence
Number of "Ribus"
Answer
20,146 ft/ 6,141 m
~250
Alaska
13,803 ft/ 4,207 m
8
Hawaii
13,236 ft/ 4,034 m
40
Washington
10,080 ft/ 3,072 m
35
California
9,093 ft/ 2,712 m
14
Colorado
8,258 ft/ 2,517 m
52
Nevada
7,706 ft/ 2,349 m
12
Oregon
7,077 ft/ 2,157 m
9
Wyoming
6,340 ft/ 1,932 m
18
Arizona
6,158 ft/ 1,877 m
2
New Hampshire
Greatest Prominence
Number of "Ribus"
Answer
6,138 ft/ 1,938 m
33
Utah
6,092 ft/ 1,857 m
4
North Carolina
6,002 ft/ 1,829 m
20
Idaho
5,719 ft/ 1,743 m
39
Montana
5,553 ft/ 1,693 m
12
New Mexico
4,919 ft/ 1,499 m
2
New York
4,503 ft/ 1,373 m
2
Tennessee
4,485 ft/ 1,367 m
2
Texas
4,288 ft/ 1,307 m
1
Maine
3,633 ft/ 1,107 m
2
Vermont
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