List of mountain peaks by prominence
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This is a list of mountain peaks ordered by their topographic prominence.
Terminology
The prominence of a peak is the minimum height of climb to the summit on any route from a higher peak, or from sea level if there is no higher peak. The lowest point on that route is the col.
For full definitions and explanations of topographic prominence, key col, and parent, see topographic prominence. In particular, the different definitions of the parent of a peak are addressed at length in that article. Height on the other hand simply means elevation of the summit above sea level.
Regarding parents, the prominence parent of peak A can be found by dividing the island or region in question into territories, by tracing the runoff from the key col (mountain pass) of every peak that is more prominent than peak A. The parent is the peak whose territory peak A resides in.
The encirclement parent is found by tracing the contour below peak A's key col and picking the highest mountain in that region. This is easier to determine than the prominence parent; however, it tends to give non-intuitive results for peaks with very low cols such as Jabal Shams which is #110 in the list.
Either sort of parent of a typical very high-prominence peak such as Denali will lie far away from the peak itself, reflecting the independence of the peak.
Most sources (and the table below) define no parent for island and landmass highpoints; others treat Mount Everest as the parent of every such peak with the world ocean as the "key col".
Prominence table
Template:KML The following table lists the Earth's 125 most topographically prominent summits. Of these, Indonesia has the most, with 13. Close behind it are China and the United States with 12.
Additional peaks
The list of peaks that follows is not complete, but the peaks are all notable. Island high points (whose prominence is equal to their elevation) can be found at the List of islands by highest point; hence most are not included below. Some well-known peaks listed here do not score highly by prominence.
All peaks with a prominence of more than 1,500 metres rank as an Ultra. For a complete listing of all 1,524 peaks with prominence greater than this level, see the lists of Ultras.
| Peak | Location | Height (m) | Prominence (m) | Col (m) | Parent/ Notable for |
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| Mount Ruapehu | Script error: No such module "flag". | 2,797 | 2,797 | 0 | none/ HP North Island, New Zealand |
| Mount Cereme | Script error: No such module "flag". | 3,078 | 2,792 | 286 | Semeru |
| Huascarán | Script error: No such module "flag". | 6,746 | 2,776 | 3,970 | Ojos del Salado |
| Mount Arfak | Script error: No such module "flag". | 2,955 | 2,775 | 179 | |
| Mount Elbert | Script error: No such module "flag". | 4,401 | 2,772 | 1,629 | Mount Whitney |
| San Gorgonio Mountain | Script error: No such module "flag". | 3,506 | 2,528 | 978 | Olancha |
| Anamudi | Script error: No such module "flag". | 2,695 | 2,479 | 216 | Western Ghats |
| Musala[2] | Script error: No such module "flag". | 2,925 | 2,473 | 432 | Großglockner1 / Mont Blanc2[3]/ HP Southeast Europe, Balkan Peninsula and Bulgaria |
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4,466 | 2,454 | 2012 | |
| Qurnat as Sawda | Script error: No such module "flag". | 3,093 | 2,393 | 700 | |
| Galdhøpiggen | Script error: No such module "flag". | 2,469 | 2,372 | 97 | Sauyr Zhotasy1 / Everest2/ HP Scandinavia |
| Gerlachovský štít | Script error: No such module "flag". | 2,655 | 2,355 | 300 | Mont Blanc/ HP Hight Tatras and Slovakia |
| Mount Olympos (Mytikas)[4] | Script error: No such module "flag". | 2,917 | 2,353 | 564 | Großglockner1 / Mont Blanc2/ HP Greece |
| Mount Taranaki | Script error: No such module "flag". | 2,518 | 2,308 | 210 | Mount Ruapehu, North Island, New Zealand |
| Mount Kosciuszko | Script error: No such module "flag". | 2,228 | 2,228 | 0 | none/ HP mainland Australia |
| Monte Rosa | Script error: No such module "flag". Script error: No such module "flag". | 4,634 | 2,165 | 2,469 | Mont Blanc/ HP Switzerland |
| Mount Aragats | Script error: No such module "flag". | 4,090 | 2,165 | 0 | |
| Hvannadalshnúkur | Script error: No such module "flag". | 2,110 | 2,110 | 0 | none/ HP Iceland |
| Triglav | Script error: No such module "flag". | 2,864 | 2,052 | 812 | Marmolada / Central element of the Slovene coat of arms |
| Barre des Écrins | Script error: No such module "flag". | 4,102 | 2,045 | 2057 | Mont Blanc |
| Mount Washington | Script error: No such module "flag". | 1,917 | 1,874 | 43 | |
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2,814 | 1,804 | 1010 | Qurnat as Sawda'/ HP Lebanon |
| Vihren[5] | Script error: No such module "flag". | 2,914 | 1,784 | 1,131 | Musala[6]/ HP Pirin Mountain |
| Zugspitze | Template:Flagcountry Template:Flagcountry | 2,962 | 1,746 | 1,216 | Piz Bernina1 / Mont Blanc2/ HP Germany |
| Radomir/Kalabak/Kerkini[7] | Script error: No such module "flag". / Script error: No such module "flag". | 2,031 | 1,595 | 436 | HP Belasitsa Mountain |
| Botev Peak[8] | Script error: No such module "flag". | 2,376 | 1,567 | 809 | Musala[9]/ HP Balkan Mountains |
| Roman-Kosh | Script error: No such module "flag". | 1,545 | 1,541 | 4 | HP Crimean Mountains |
| Midžor[10] | Script error: No such module "flag"./Script error: No such module "flag". | 2,169 | 1,479 | 690 | Musala[11]/ HP Serbia and Western Balkan Mountains |
| Morne Diablotins | Script error: No such module "flag". | 1,447 | 1,447 | 0 | none/ HP Dominica |
| Ruen[12] | Script error: No such module "flag". / Template:NMK | 2,251 | 1,416 | 835 | Cherni Vrah/ Musala[13]/ HP Osogovo Mountain |
| Ben Nevis | Script error: No such module "flag". | 1,344 | 1,344 | 0 | none/ HP Scotland and United Kingdom |
| Kailash | Script error: No such module "flag". | 6,638 | 1,319 | 5,319 | Lunpo Gangri / Sacred in four religions: Bon, Buddhism, Hinduism and Jainism |
| Cherni Vrah[14] | Script error: No such module "flag". | 2,290 | 1,259 | 1031 | Musala[15]/ HP in Sofia City Province, right next to the capital of Bulgaria |
| Machhapuchhare | Script error: No such module "flag". | 6,993 | 1,233 | 5,760 | Annapurna I |
| Carrauntoohil | Script error: No such module "flag". | 1,038 | 1,038 | 0 | none/ HP Ireland |
| Snowdon | Script error: No such module "flag". | 1,085 | 1,038 | 47 | Ben Nevis |
| Ama Dablam | Script error: No such module "flag". | 6,812 | 1,041 | Tremendous height | |
| Matterhorn/Monte Cervino | Script error: No such module "flag". Script error: No such module "flag". | 4,478 | 1,031 | 3,447 | Weisshorn (4,507 m) / Its first ascent popularised mountain climbing culture |
| Eiger | Script error: No such module "flag". | 3,967 | 362 | 3,605 | Mönch (4,099 m) / Famed for its dangerous North face climb |
| Pidurutalagala | Script error: No such module "flag". | 2,524 | 2,524 | 0 | |
| Mount Pico (Azores) | Script error: No such module "flag". | 2,351 | 2,351 | 0 | none/ HP Portugal, HP Mid-Atlantic Ridge |
| Moldoveanu | Script error: No such module "flag". | 2,544 | 2,046 | 498 | Făgăraș Mountains |
| Botte Donato | Script error: No such module "flag". | 1,928 | 1,307 | 621 | Sila National Park |
| Sandia Peak | Script error: No such module "flag". | 3,255 | 1,249 | 2146 | Sandia–Manzano_Mountains |
In the table, the prominence parent is marked "1", and the encirclement parent "2". Where a single parent is listed, the different definitions agree.
See also
- Lists of Ultras
- List of mountain lists
- List of islands by highest point
- Summit
- Topographic elevation
- Topographic isolation
- Topographic prominence
- Ultra-prominent summit
Notes
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External links
- World peaks with 4000 meters of prominence from peakbagger.com
- World top 50 most prominent peaks, originally compiled by David Metzler and Eberhard Jurgalski, and updated with the help of others as new elevation information, especially SRTM, has become available.
- World top 100 most prominent peaks, from the same authors as the top 50.
- Map of the top 50 by Ken Jones
- Lists and/or maps covering all peaks in the world with 1500 m+ prominence. Compiled by Aaron Maizlish. The latest estimate is that there are 1,516.