List of mountain peaks by prominence explained

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

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.

The 125 most topographically prominent summits on Earth!No.!Peak!Range (or island)!Location!Coordinates
^[1] !Prominence (m)!Height (m)!Col (m)!Encirclement parent!Prominence parent

1.	Mount Everest	Himalayas			8,848.86	8,848.86	0	None	None
2.	Aconcagua	Andes			6,960.8	6,960.8	0	None	None
3.	Denali / Mount McKinley	Alaska Range			6,155	6,191	47	Aconcagua	Aconcagua
4.	Mount Kilimanjaro	Eastern Rift mountains			5,895	5,895	0	Everest	Everest
5.	Pico Cristóbal Colón	Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta			5,509	5,700	191	Aconcagua	Aconcagua
6.	Mount Logan	Saint Elias Mountains			5,250	5,959	709	Denali	Denali
7.	Pico de Orizaba	Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt			4,922	5,636	714	Mount Logan	Mount Logan
8.	Vinson Massif	Sentinel Range			4,892	4,892	0	None	None
9.	Puncak Jaya	Sudirman Range, New Guinea			4,884	4,884	0	None	None
10.	Mount Elbrus	Caucasus Mountains			4,741	5,642	901	Everest	Everest
11.	Mont Blanc	Alps			4,695	4,808	113	Everest	Everest
12.	Mount Damavand	Alborz			4,667	5,610	943	Mount Elbrus	Mount Elbrus
13.	Klyuchevskaya Sopka	Kamchatka			4,649	4,750	101	Everest	Everest
14.	Nanga Parbat	Himalayas			4,608	8,125	3,517	Everest	Everest
15.	Mauna Kea	Hawaii, Hawaiian Islands			4,205	4,205	0	None	None
16.	Jengish Chokusu	Kakshaal Too			4,148	7,439	3,291	Everest	Everest
17.	Bogda Peak	Bogda Shan			4,122	5,445	1,323	Everest	Everest
18.	Chimborazo	Cordillera Occidental			4,118	6,263	2,145	Aconcagua	Aconcagua
19.	Namcha Barwa	Himalayas			4,106	7,782	3,676	Everest	Everest
20.	Mount Kinabalu	Crocker Range, Borneo			4,095	4,095	0	None	None
21.	Mount Rainier	Cascade Range			4,029	4,393	370	Denali	Orizaba
22.	K2	Karakoram			4,020	8,611	4,594	Everest	Everest
23.	Ras Dashen	Semien Mountains			3,997	4,550	553	Kilimanjaro	Kilimanjaro
24.	Volcán Tajumulco	Sierra Madre de Chiapas			3,980	4,220	240	Denali	Orizaba
25.	Pico Bolívar	Sierra Nevada de Mérida			3,957	4,981	1,024	Aconcagua	Chimborazo
26.	Mount Fairweather	Saint Elias Mountains			3,946	4,671	722	Mount Logan	Mount Logan
27.	Yushan	Yushan Range			3,952	3,952	0	None	None
28.	Mount Stanley	Rwenzori Mountains			3,951	5,109	1,158	Kilimanjaro	Kilimanjaro
29.	Kanchenjunga	Himalayas			3,922	8,586	4,664	Everest	Everest
30.	Tirich Mir	Hindu Kush			3,908	7,708	3,800	Everest	K2
31.	Mount Cameroon	Cameroon line			3,901	4,040	139	Kilimanjaro	Stanley
32.	Mount Kenya	Eastern Rift mountains			3,825	5,199	1,374	Kilimanjaro	Kilimanjaro
33.	Mount Kerinci	Barisan Mountains, Sumatra			3,805	3,805	0	None	None
34.	Mount Erebus	Ross Island			3,794	3,794	0	None	None
35.	Mount Fuji	Honshu			3,776	3,776	0	None	None
36.	Toubkal	Atlas Mountains			3,757	4,167	410	Kilimanjaro	Stanley
37.	Cerro Chirripó	Cordillera de Talamanca			3,727	3,820	93	Aconcagua	Chimborazo
38.	Mount Rinjani	Lombok, Lesser Sunda Islands			3,726	3,726	0	None	None
39.	Aoraki/Mount Cook	Southern Alps			3,724	3,724	0	None	None
40.	Teide	Tenerife			3,715	3,715	0	None	None
41.	Mount Boising	Finisterre Range			3,709	4,150	441	Puncak Jaya	Puncak Jaya
42.		Andes			3,696	4,058	362	Aconcagua	Aconcagua
43.	Gunnbjørn Fjeld	Watkins Range			3,694	3,694	0	None	None
44.	Ojos del Salado	Andes			3,688	6,893	3,205	Aconcagua	Aconcagua
45.		Java			3,676	3,676	0	None	None
46.	Ritacuba Blanco	Cordillera Oriental			3,645	5,410	1,765	Aconcagua	Chimborazo
47.	Mount Gongga	Daxue Mountains			3,642	7,556	3,914	Everest	K2
48.		Armenian Highlands			3,611	5,137	1,526	Damavand	Damavand
49.		Kongur Shan			3,585	7,649	4,064	Everest	K2
50.		Wrangell Mountains			3,535	4,996	1,461	Mount Logan	Mount Logan
51.	Mount Hayes	Alaska Range			3,501	4,216	715	Denali	Denali
52.	Mount Latimojong	Sulawesi			3,478	3,478	0	None	None
53.	Mount Saint Elias	Saint Elias Mountains			3,448	5,489	2,041	Mount Logan	Mount Logan
54.	Ismoil Somoni Peak	Pamir Mountains			3,402	7,495	4,093	Everest	K2
55.	Dhaulagiri	Himalayas			3,357	8,167	4,810	K2	K2
56.	Mount Etna	Sicily			3,357	3,357	0	None	None
57.	Mercedario	Cordillera de la Ramada			3,353	6,720	3,367	Aconcagua	Aconcagua
58.	Lautaro	Andes			3,345	3,623	278	Aconcagua	Aconcagua
59.	Belukha Mountain	Altai Mountains			3,343	4,506	1,163	Everest	K2
60.	Monte San Lorenzo	Andes			3,319	3,706	387	Aconcagua	Aconcagua
61.	Mount Karisimbi	Virunga Mountains			3,312	4,507	1,195	Mount Stanley	Mount Stanley
62.	Jabal An-Nabi Shu'ayb	Sarawat Mountains			3,311	3,666	355	Everest	Ararat
63.	Mount Waddington	Coast Mountains			3,289	4,019	730	Mount Fairweather	Mount Fairweather
64.	Mulhacén	Sierra Nevada			3,285	3,479	194	Mont Blanc	Mont Blanc
65.	Mount Slamet	Java			3,284	3,428	144	Semeru	Semeru
66.	Sabalan	Sabalan			3,283	4,811	1,528	Mount Ararat	Mount Ararat
67.	Mount Marcus Baker	Chugach Mountains			3,269	3,991	747	Mount Hayes	Mount Hayes
68.	Sauyr Zhotasy	Saur Mountains			3,252	3,840	588	Everest	Belukha
69.	Cerro del Bolsón	Andes			3,252	5,552	2,300	Aconcagua	Ojos del Salado
70.	Tomort	Tian Shan			3,243	4,886	1,643	Bogda Feng	Bogda Feng
71.	Jade Dragon Snow Mountain	Yun Range			3,202	5,596	2,394	Everest	K2
72.	Mount Meru	Eastern Rift mountains			3,170	4,565	1,395	Mount Kenya	Mount Kenya
73.	Shiveluch	Kamchatka			3,168	3,307	139	Klyuchevskaya	Klyuchevskaya
74.	Nanda Devi	Himalayas			3,139	7,816	4,677	K2	Dhaulagiri
75.	Ichinsky	Sredinny Range			3,125	3,607	482	Klyuchevskaya	Klyuchevskaya
76.	Mount Lawu	Java			3,118	3,265	147	Semeru	Semeru
77.	Batura Sar	Karakoram			3,118	7,795	4,677	K2	K2
78.	Mount Siple	Siple Island			3,110	3,110	0	None	None
79.	Pico Duarte	Cordillera Central, Hispaniola			3,098	3,098	0	None	None
80.	Manaslu	Himalayas			3,092	8,163	5,071	Everest	Everest
81.	Mount Whitney	Sierra Nevada			3,073	4,418	1,345	Orizaba	Orizaba
82.	Piton des Neiges	Réunion			3,069	3,069	0	None	None
83.	Raung	Java			3,069	3,332	263	Semeru	Semeru
84.	Xuelian Feng	Tian Shan			3,068	6,627	3,559	Jengish Chokusu	Jengish Chokusu
85.	Haleakalā	Maui, Hawaiian Islands			3,055	3,055	0	None	None
86.	Mount Lucania	Saint Elias Mountains			3,046	5,226	2,180	Mount Logan	Mount Logan
87.	Mount Agung	Bali			3,031	3,031	0	None	None
88.	Mount Binaiya	Seram			3,027	3,027	0	None	None
89.	Popocatepetl	Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt			3,020	5,400	2,380	Orizaba	Orizaba
90.	Pico Basilé	Bioko, Cameroon Line			3,011	3,011	0	None	None
91.	Koryaksky	Sredinny Range			2,999	3,456	457	Klyuchevskaya	Klyuchevskaya
92.	Gangkhar Puensum	Himalayas			2,995	7,570	4,575	Kangchenjunga	Kangchenjunga
93.	Mount Stephenson	Douglas Range, Alexander Island			2,987	2,987	0	None	None
94.	Annapurna	Himalayas			2,984	8,091	5,107	Everest	Everest
95.	Pik Talgar	Trans-Ili Alatau			2,982	4,979	1,997	Everest	Jengish Chokusu
96.	Mount Shasta	Cascade Range			2,977	4,317	1,340	Orizaba	Whitney
97.	Mount Wilhelm	Bismarck Range			2,969	4,509	1,540	Puncak Jaya	Puncak Jaya
98.	Pico do Ramelau	Timor			2,963	2,963	0	None	None
99.	Mount Apo	Apo–Talomo, Mindanao			2,954	2,954	0	None	None
100.	Gyala Peri	Nyenchen Tanglha Mountains			2,942	7,294	4,352	K2	Dhaulagiri
101.	Mount Leuser	Sumatra			2,941	3,466	525	Mount Kerinci	Mount Kerinci
102.	Mount Paget	Allardyce Range			2,934	2,934	0	None	None
103.	Chakragil	Kunlun Mountains			2,934	6,760	3,826	Everest	Gongga
104.	Emi Koussi	Tibesti Mountains			2,934	3,445	511	Kilimanjaro	Karisimbi
105.	Monarch Mountain	Coast Mountains			2,930	3,555	625	Denali	Waddington
106.	Mount Suckling	Owen Stanley Range			2,925	3,676	751	Puncak Jaya	Puncak Jaya
107.	Mount Pulag	Cordillera Central, Luzon			2,922	2,922	0	None	None
108.	El Melao	Sierras Pampeanas			2,907	4,150	1,243	Aconcagua	Ojos del Salado
109.	Taftan	Baluchestan Mountains			2,901	3,941	1,040	Sabalan	Sabalan
110.	Jabal Shams	Al-Hajar Mountains			2,899	3,019	120	Everest	Jabal An-Nabi Shu'ayb
111.	Shishapangma	Himalayas			2,897	8,027	5,130	Annapurna	Annapurna
112.	Pico da Neblina	Cerro de la Neblina			2,886	2,994	108	Aconcagua	Ritacuba Blanco
113.	Saramati	Patkai			2,885	3,826	941	Everest	Dhaulagiri
114.		Madagascar			2,876	2,876	0	None	None
115.	Mount Shishaldin	Aleutian Range			2,869	2,869	0	None	None
116.	Moncong Lompotabang	Sulawesi			2,857	2,874	17	Latimojong	Latimojong
117.	Buni Zom	Hindu Raj			2,845	6,542	3,697	Everest	K2
118.	Kuh-e Bandaka	Hindu Kush			2,834	6,812	3,978	Tirich Mir	Tirich Mir
119.	Mount Robson	Canadian Rockies			2,829	3,959	1,130	Orizaba	Whitney
120.	Pico do Fogo	Fogo			2,829	2,829	0	None	None
121.	Kamet	Himalayas			2,825	7,756	4,931	Nanda Devi	Nanda Devi
122.	Rakaposhi	Karakoram			2,818	7,788	4,970	K2	K2
123.		Pyrenees			2,812	3,404	592	Mulhacén	Mulhacén
124.	Arjuno-Welirang	Java			2,812	3,339	527	Semeru	Semeru
125.	Jiuding Shan	Daxue Mountains			2,808	4,969	2161	Everest	K2

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
Mount Ruapehu		2,797	2,797	0	none/ HP North Island, New Zealand
Mount Cereme		3,078	2,792	286	Semeru
Huascarán		6,746 <	--or 6,768 -->	2,776 <	-- or 2,798-->	3,970	Ojos del Salado
Mount Arfak		2,955	2,775	179
Mount Elbert		4,401	2,772	1,629	Mount Whitney
San Gorgonio Mountain		3,506	2,528	978	Olancha
		2,695	2,479	216	Western Ghats
Musala^[2]		2,925	2,473	432	Großglockner^1 / Mont Blanc^2^[3] / HP Southeast Europe, Balkan Peninsula and Bulgaria
Mount Bazardüzü		4,466	2,454	2012
Qurnat as Sawda		3,093	2,393	700
		2,469	2,372	97	Sauyr Zhotasy^1 / Everest^2/ HP Scandinavia
Gerlachovský štít		2,655	2,355	300	Mont Blanc/ HP Hight Tatras and Slovakia
Mount Olympos (Mytikas)^[4]		2,917	2,353	564	Großglockner^1 / Mont Blanc^2/ HP Greece
Mount Taranaki		2,518	2,308	210	Mount Ruapehu, North Island, New Zealand
		2,228	2,228	0	none/ HP mainland Australia
		4,634	2,165	2,469	Mont Blanc/ HP Switzerland
Mount Aragats		4,090	2,165	0
		2,110	2,110	0
		2,864	2,052	812	Marmolada / Central element of the Slovene coat of arms
		4,102	2,045	2057	Mont Blanc
		1,917	1,874	43
		2,814	1,804	1010	Qurnat as Sawda'/ HP Lebanon
Vihren^[5]		2,914	1,784	1,131	Musala^[6] / HP Pirin Mountain
		2,962	1,746	1,216	Piz Bernina^1 / Mont Blanc^2/ HP Germany
Radomir/Kalabak/Kerkini^[7]	/	2,031	1,595	436	HP Belasitsa Mountain
Botev Peak^[8]		2,376	1,567	809	Musala^[9] / HP Balkan Mountains
Roman-Kosh		1,545	1,541	4	HP Crimean Mountains
Midžor^[10]	/	2,169	1,479	690	Musala^[11] / HP Serbia and Western Balkan Mountains
		1,447	1,447	0	none/ HP Dominica
Ruen^[12]	/	2,251	1,416	835	Cherni Vrah/ Musala^[13] / HP Osogovo Mountain
		1,344	1,344	0	none/ HP Scotland and United Kingdom
		6,638	1,319	5,319	Lunpo Gangri / Sacred in four religions: Bon, Buddhism, Hinduism and Jainism
Cherni Vrah^[14]		2,290	1,259	1031	Musala^[15] / HP in Sofia City Province, right next to the capital of Bulgaria
		6,993	1,233	5,760	Annapurna I
		1,038	1,038	0	none/ HP Ireland
Snowdon		1,085	1,038	47	Ben Nevis
Ama Dablam		6,812	1,041		Tremendous height
		4,478	1,031	3,447	Weisshorn (4,507 m) / Its first ascent popularised mountain climbing culture
		3,967	362	3,605	Mönch (4,099 m) / Famed for its dangerous North face climb
		2,524	2,524	0
Mount Pico (Azores)		2,351	2,351	0	none/ HP Portugal, HP Mid-Atlantic Ridge
Moldoveanu		2,544	2,046	498	Făgăraș Mountains
Botte Donato		1,928	1,307	621	Sila National Park
		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

*.By convention, cols created by human activity are not counted. Therefore, the Suez, Panama and other canals are ignored in these calculations. Cuts that lower the natural elevations of mountain passes are also ignored.^[16] Towers, monuments and similar on the peaks are also ignored.

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.

Notes and References

1. Fetched from Wikidata
2. Web site: Musala - Peakbagger.com. www.peakbagger.com.
3. Web site: Key Col for Musala - Peakbagger.com. www.peakbagger.com.
4. Web site: Olympus - Peakbagger.com. www.peakbagger.com.
5. Web site: Vihren - Peakbagger.com. www.peakbagger.com.
6. Web site: Key Col for Vihren - Peakbagger.com. www.peakbagger.com.
7. Web site: Kerkini - Peakbagger.com. www.peakbagger.com.
8. Web site: Botev - Peakbagger.com. www.peakbagger.com.
9. Web site: Key Col for Botev - Peakbagger.com. www.peakbagger.com.
10. Web site: Midžor - Peakbagger.com. www.peakbagger.com.
11. Web site: Key Col for Midžor - Peakbagger.com. www.peakbagger.com.
12. Web site: Ruen - Peakbagger.com. www.peakbagger.com.
13. Web site: Key Col for Ruen - Peakbagger.com. www.peakbagger.com.
14. Web site: Cherni Vrah - Peakbagger.com. www.peakbagger.com.
15. Web site: Klisura - Peakbagger.com. www.peakbagger.com.
16. Web site: PEAKLIST.ORG – World Top 50 Prominence. Aaron. Maizlish. www.peaklist.org. 10 April 2018.