No.
Black Elk Peak in the Black Hills is not the highest point between the Rocky Mountains and the Alps in Europe.
Black Elk Peak, which was officially named Harney Peak until 2016, is 7,231 feet above sea level. It is the highest point east of the Rockies in the United States.
But several mountains taller than Black Elk Peak lie between North America and Europe in the Northern Hemisphere. Greenland has multiple peaks higher than Black Elk Peak, including Gunnbjørn Fjeld at 12,119 feet. Mount Teide in Spain’s Canary Islands rises to 12,198 feet.
Versions of the claim appear in various descriptions of the summit. U.S. Forest Service materials describing the historic fire lookout once referred to the peak as the highest point between the Rocky Mountains and the Pyrenees, and some travel guides have repeated similar wording using the Alps.
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Sources
SDPB, New Survey, New Elevation for Black Elk Peak
Black Hills Visitor, From Harney to Black Elk Peak: Evolution of a Name
ThoughCo, History and geography of Greenland
UNESCO, Teide National Park
Travel South Dakota, Black Elk Peak
Forest Service, Harney (Black Elk Peak) fire lookout
The Adventure Collective, Summiting Black Elk Peak: Conquer the Highest Point Between the Rockies and the Alps
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