List of European ultra-prominent peaks explained

This is a list of all the mountains in Europe with ultra-prominent peaks with topographic prominence greater than 1500m (4,900feet).

European peaks by prominence

The column "Col" in the chart below denotes the highest elevation to which one must descend from a peak in order to reach peaks with higher elevations; note that the elevation of any peak is the sum of its prominence and col.

No	Peak	Country	Elevation (m)	Prominence (m)	Col (m)
1	Mount Elbrus		5,642	4,741	901
2	Mont Blanc	/	4,810	4,697	113
3	Mount Etna	(Sicily)	3,357	3,357	0
4	Mulhacén		3,479	3,285	194
5	Aneto		3,404	2,812	592
6	Monte Cinto	(Corsica)	2,706	2,706	0
7	Corno Grande		2,912	2,476	436
8	Musala		2,925	2,473	432
9	Mount Ida	(Crete)	2,456	2,456	0
10	Grossglockner		3,798	2,423	1375

The above European Top 10 list excludes peaks on lands and islands that are part of European countries but are outside or on the limits of the European continent and its tectonic and geographic boundaries, like Teide (with prominence of 3715m (12,188feet)), Tenerife Island, Spain; Belukha peak of the Altai Mountains in Russia (with prominence of 3343m (10,968feet)); and Piton des Neiges (with prominence of 3069m (10,069feet)), Réunion, France.

For ease of reference, the complete list below is divided into sections. Islands in the Atlantic, like Azores and Iceland, the Arctic archipelagos of Jan Mayen, Svalbard, and Novaya Zemlya, Mediterranean Sicily and the other Mediterranean islands, territories of European countries, have also been included as sections (with the exception of Greenland), and are taken into account for the Top 10 List, although being somehow on the European boundaries. Mount Etna active volcano is somehow on, or just outside the boundaries of the Eurasian Plate, resting on the subduction boundary where the African tectonic plate is being pushed under the Eurasian plate, but geographically is part of Europe, and is also included in the Top 10 list.

The sections include peaks on the African Plate, the Canary Islands and Madeira, and some peaks on or just outside the European boundaries located in the Caucasus Mountains (European Russia and the Caucasus states) and the Ural Mountains, both forming the geographic boundaries between the Europe and Asia, but those last mentioned aren't included in the Top 10 List. Mount Narodnaya, the highest peak in the Ural Mountains, is on the main watershed ridge, so on the limits of Europe, and cannot be considered a strictly European mountain and peak. Mount Elbrus is a dormant stratovolcano, forming part of the Caucasus Mountains, and geographically it is laying entirely in Europe and Russia, 20km (10miles) north of the main ridge and watershed of the Greater Caucasus, considered as the one that is forming the limits of Europe, that also forms great part of the length of the border between Russia and Georgia.^[1] Mount Bazardüzü, also in the Caucasus, has a prominence of, but is located on the boundary between Europe and Asia, on the border between Russia and Azerbaijan, so it cannot be considered a strictly European mountain and peak.

Alps

See main article: List of Alpine peaks by prominence.

Apennines, Italian peninsula and neighbouring islands

No	Peak	Country	Elevation (m)	Prominence (m)	Col (m)
1	Mount Etna	(Sicily)	3,357	3,357	0
2	Monte Cinto	(Corsica)	2,706	2,706	0
3	Corno Grande		2,912	2,476	436
4	Punta La Marmora	(Sardinia)	1,834	1,834	0
5	Monte Amaro		2,795	1,812	983
6	Monte Dolcedorme		2,267	1,715	552
7	Montalto		1,955	1,709	246
8	Monte Cimone		2,165	1,577	588

Arctic islands

No	Peak	Country	Elevation (m)	Prominence (m)	Col (m)
1	Beerenberg	(Jan Mayen)	2,277	2,277	0
2	Newtontoppen	(Svalbard)	1,717	1,717	0
3	Mount Kruzenshtern	(Novaya Zemlya)	1,549	1,549	0

Atlantic islands

No	Peak	Country	Elevation (m)	Prominence (m)	Col (m)
1	Teide	(Canaries)	3,715	3,715	0
2	Roque de los Muchachos	(Canaries)	2,423	2,423	0
3	Mount Pico	(Azores)	2,351	2,351	0
4	Hvannadalshnúkur		2,110	2,110	0
5	Pico de las Nieves	(Canaries)	1,949	1,949	0
6	Pico Ruivo	(Madeira)	1,861	1,861	0
7	Pico de Malpaso	(Canaries)	1,501	1,501	0

Southeast Europe

No	Peak	Country	Elevation (m)	Prominence (m)	Col (m)
1	Musala		2,925	2,473	452
2	Mount Olympus (Mytikas)		2,917^[2] ^[3]	2,353^[4]	564
3	Korab	/	2,764	2,169	595
5	Jezercë		2,694	2,036	658
6	Mount Athos		2,030	2,012	18
7	Mount Ossa		1,978	1,854	124
8	Maja e Papingut		2,482	1,792	690
9	Vihren		2,914	1,783^[5]	1131
10	Pangaion Hills		1,956	1,773	183
11	Kajmakchalan	/	2,528	1,758	770
12	Smolikas		2,637	1,736	901
13	Mount Giona		2,510	1,702	808
14	Jakupica		2,540	1,666	874
15	Maja e Këndrevicës		2,121	1,666	455
16	Radomir	/	2,031	1,595	436
17	Mount Parnassus		2,457	1,590	867
18	Botev Peak		2,376	1,567	809
19	Maja e Çikës		2,044	1,563	481
20	Valamara		2,373	1,526	847
21	Pelister		2,601	1,516	1085
22	Psili Koryfi		1,589	1,514	75

Carpathian Mountains

No	Peak	Country	Elevation (m)	Prominence (m)	Col (m)
1	Gerlachovský štít		2,655	2,356	300
2	Parângu Mare		2,519	2,103	416
3	Moldoveanu Peak		2,544	2,046	498
4	Peleaga		2,509	1,759	750
5	Pietrosul Rodnei^[6]		2,303	1,565	738

Caucasus Mountains

No	Peak	Country	Elevation (m)	Prominence (m)	Col (m)
1	Mount Elbrus		5,642	4,741	901
2	Mount Bazarduzu	/	4,466	2,454	2012
3	Mount Kazbek	/	5,034	2,353	2681
4	Tebulosmta	/	4,493	2,145	2348
5	Dykh-Tau		5,205	2,002	3203
6	Dyultydag		4,127	1,834	2293
7	Gora Addala Shukgelmezr		4,152	1,792	2360
8	Gora Shan	/	4,451	1,775	2676

The boundary between Asia and Europe is following the main ridge of the Caucasus Mountains, also forming most of the border between Georgia and Russia. From the above listed 8 peaks, four (Mount Elbrus, Dykh-Tau, Dyultydag, Gora Addala Shukgelmezr) are entirely in Europe, and four are on the border itself and so are both in Asia and Europe.

Greek islands and Peloponnese

No	Peak	Country	Elevation (m)	Prominence (m)	Col (m)
1	Mount Ida	(Crete)	2,456	2,456	0
2	Taygetus		2,404	2,344	60
3	Lefka Ori	(Crete)	2,453	2,038	415
4	Mount Kyllini		2,376	1,870	506
5	Dikti	(Crete)	2,148	1,798	350
6	Dirfi	(Euboea)	1,743	1,743	0
7	Mount Ainos	(Kefalonia)	1,628	1,628	0
8	Fengari	(Samothrace)	1,611	1,611	0

Pyrenees & Iberian Peninsula

No	Peak	Country	Elevation (m)	Prominence (m)	Col (m)
1	Mulhacén		3,479	3,285	194
2	Aneto		3,404	2,812	592
3	Torre de Cerredo		2,648	1,931	717
4	Pico Almanzor		2,592	1,690	902

Scandinavia

No	Peak	Country	Elevation (m)	Prominence (m)	Col (m)
1	Galdhøpiggen		2,469	2,372	97
2	Kebnekaise		2,099	1,740	359
3	Jiehkkevárri		1,834	1,741	93
4	Snøhetta		2,286	1,675	611
5	Store Lenangstind		1,624	1,576	48
6	Sarektjåhkkå		2,089	1,519	570

Peaks over 1500 m elevation that miss the 1500-m cutoff

No	Peak	Country	Elevation (m)	Prominence (m)	Col (m)
1	Taillefer		2,857	1,490	1367
2	Monte Amiata		1,738	1,490	248
3	Midžor	/	2,169^[8]	1,479	690
4	Curcubăta Mare		1,849	1,478	371
5	Bobotov Kuk		2,522	1,477	1045
6	Monte Togano		2,301	1,474	827
7	Pourianos Stavros (Pelion)	(Thessaly)	1,610	1,473	137
8	Torrecilla	(Andalucia)	1,919	1,472	447
9	Dammastock	(Urner)	3,630	1,465	2,165
10	Monte Vettore	(Apennines)	2,476	1,463	1013
11	Raucheck		2,430	1,463	967
12	Haldensteiner Calanda		2,806	1,461	1,345
13	Gjegnen		1,670	1,460	210
14	Monte Cristallo^[9]		3,221	1,420	1,801
15	Ruen^[10]	/	2,251	1,416	835
16	Schneeberg		2,076	1,348	728
17	Mount Yamantau		1,640	1,330	310
18	Cherni Vrah^[11]		2,290	1,259	1031

Highest European ultra-prominent peaks

List of the highest European ultra-prominent peaks (elevation above 2,900 m and prominence above 1,500 m):

No	Peak	Country	Elevation (m)	Prominence (m)	Col (m)
1	Mount Elbrus		5,642	4,741	901
2	Dykh-Tau		5,205	2,002	3203
3	Mont Blanc	/	4,810	4,697	113
4	Dufourspitze (Monte Rosa)		4,634	2,165	2469
5	Grand Combin		4,314	1,517	2797
6	Finsteraarhorn		4,274	2,280	1994
7	Gora Addala Shukgelmezr		4,152	1,792	2360
8	Dyultydag		4,127	1,834	2293
9	Barre des Écrins		4,102	2,045	2057
10	Gran Paradiso		4,061	1,891	2170
11	Piz Bernina		4,049	2,234	1815
12	Ortler		3,905	1,953	1952
13	Monte Viso		3,841	2,062	1779
14	Grossglockner		3,798	2,423	1375
15	Wildspitze		3,768	2,261	1507
16	Tödi		3,614	1,570	2044
17	Presanella		3,558	1,676	1882
18	Mulhacén		3,479	3,285	194
19	Piz Kesch		3,418	1,502	1916
20	Aneto		3,404	2,812	592
21	Marmolada		3,343	2,131	1212
22	Mount Etna	(Sicily)	3,357	3,357	0
23	Monte Antelao		3,264	1,735	1529
24	Dents du Midi		3,257	1,796	1461
25	Cima Tosa		3,173	1,521	1652
26	Pizzo di Coca		3,050	1,878	1172
27	Hoher Dachstein		2,995	2,136	859
28	Zugspitze	/	2,962	1,746	1216
29	Hochkönig		2,941	2,181	760
30	Musala^[12]		2,925	2,473	432
31	Mount Olympus (Mytikas)		2,917^[13] ^[14]	2,353^[15]	564
32	Vihren		2,915	1,784^[16]	1131
33	Corno Grande		2,912	2,476	436

See also

• Most isolated major summits of Europe
• Southernmost glacial mass in Europe

External links

Sourced from peaklist.org;

• Continental Europe
• European Russia and the Caucasus
• Atlantic Islands
• Links to numerous trip reports

Notes and References

1. Web site: CIA World Factbook – Russia, Geography. US CIA. US Central Intelligence Agency. 22 February 2016.
2. Web site: Mount Olympus | mountain, Greece | Britannica .
3. Web site: Olympus .
4. Web site: Olympus - Peakbagger.com.
5. Web site: Vihren - Peakbagger.com.
6. Web site: The European 100 Finest Mountains ranked by primary factor .
7. This place is located on the Crimean peninsula, which is internationally recognized as part of Ukraine, but since 2014 under Russian occupation. According to the administrative-territorial division of Ukraine, there are the Ukrainian divisions (the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city with special status of Sevastopol) located on the peninsula. Russia claims these as federal subjects of the Russian Federation (the Republic of Crimea and the federal city of Sevastopol).
8. Web site: Midžor - Peakbagger.com.
9. https://peakvisor.com/peak/monte-cristallo.html Peakvisor.com - Monte Cristallo
10. Web site: Ruen - Peakbagger.com.
11. Web site: Cherni Vrah - Peakbagger.com.
12. Web site: Musala - Peakbagger.com.
13. Web site: Mount Olympus | mountain, Greece | Britannica .
14. Web site: Olympus .
15. Web site: Olympus - Peakbagger.com.
16. Web site: Vihren - Peakbagger.com.