List of peaks by prominence

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This is a list of mountain peaks ordered by their topographic prominence.

## Contents

* 1 Terminology
* 2 Prominence table
* 3 Additional peaks
* 4 See also
* 5 Notes
* 6 References
* 7 External links

## 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.

Note that 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 ocean as the "key col".

In the table below, where a single parent is listed, the different definitions agree; where two are given, the prominence parent is marked "1", and the encirclement parent "²".

## Prominence table

The following sortable table lists the Earth's 125 most topographically prominent summits. Of these, China has the most: 16. Close behind it are Indonesia, with 13, and the United States with 12.

The 125 most topographically prominent summits on Earth

No.  | Peak  | Range[1] | Location  | Prominence (m)  | Height (m)  | Col (m)  | Parent

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1\.  | Mount Everest | Himalayas  |  China

Nepal

| 8,848  | 8,848  | 0  | None
2\.  | Aconcagua | Andes |  Argentina  | 6,962  | 6,962  | 0  | None
3\.  | Denali | Alaska Range  |  United States  | 6,144  | 6,191  | 47  | Aconcagua
4\.  | Mount Kilimanjaro* | Eastern Rift mountains  |  Tanzania  | 5,885  | 5,895  | 10  | Everest
5\.  | Pico Cristóbal Colón  | Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta  |  Colombia  | 5,509  | 5,700  | 191  | Aconcagua
6\.  | Mount Logan  | Saint Elias Mountains  |  Canada  | 5,250  | 5,959  | 709  | Denali
7\.  | Pico de Orizaba  | Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt |  Mexico  | 4,922  | 5,636  | 714  | Mount Logan
8\.  | Vinson Massif  | Sentinel Range  |  Antarctica  | 4,892  | 4,892  | 0  | None
9\.  | Puncak Jaya  | Sudirman Range  |  Indonesia  | 4,884  | 4,884  | 0  | None
10\.  | Mount Elbrus | Caucasus Mountains |  Russia  | 4,741  | 5,642  | 901  | Everest
11\.  | Mont Blanc  | Alps |  France  Italy  | 4,695  | 4,808  | 113  | Everest
12\.  | Mount Damavand | Alborz  |  Iran  | 4,667  | 5,610  | 943  | Mount Elbrus
13\.  | Klyuchevskaya Sopka | Kamchatka  |  Russia  | 4,649  | 4,750  | 101  | Everest
14\.  | Nanga Parbat  | Himalayas  |  Pakistan  | 4,608  | 8,125  | 3,517  | Everest
15\.  | Mauna Kea | Hawaiian Islands |  United States  | 4,205  | 4,205  | 0  | None
16\.  | Jengish Chokusu  | Kakshaal Too  |  China  Kyrgyzstan  | 4,148  | 7,439  | 3,291  | Everest
17\.  | Bogda Peak  | Bogda Shan  |  China  | 4,122  | 5,445  | 1,323  | Everest
18\.  | Chimborazo  | Cordillera Occidental  |  Ecuador  | 4,118  | 6,263  | 2,145  | Aconcagua
19\.  | Namcha Barwa  | Himalayas  |  China  | 4,106  | 7,782  | 3,676  | Everest
20\.  | Mount Kinabalu  | Crocker Range  |  Malaysia  | 4,095  | 4,095  | 0  | None
21\.  | Mount Rainier | Cascade Range  |  United States  | 4,023  | 4,393  | 370  | Denali

Orizaba

22\.  | K2  | Karakoram  |  China  Pakistan  | 4,017  | 8,611  | 4,594  | Everest
23\.  | Ras Dashen  | Semien Mountains  |  Ethiopia  | 3,997  | 4,550  | 553  | Kilimanjaro
24\.  | Volcán Tajumulco  | Sierra Madre de Chiapas  |  Guatemala  | 3,980  | 4,220  | 240  | Denali

Orizaba

25\.  | Pico Bolívar  | Sierra Nevada de Mérida  |  Venezuela  | 3,957  | 4,981  | 1,024  | Aconcagua

Chimborazo

26\.  | Mount Fairweather | Saint Elias Mountains  |  Canada  United States  | 3,955  | 4,671  | 722  | Mount Logan
27\.  | Yushan  | Yushan Range  |  Taiwan  | 3,952  | 3,952  | 0  | None
28\.  | Mount Stanley  | Rwenzori Mountains  |  DR Congo  Uganda  | 3,951  | 5,109  | 1,158  | Kilimanjaro
29\.  | Kangchenjunga  | Himalayas  |  India  Nepal  | 3,922  | 8,586  | 4,664  | Everest
30\.  | Tirich Mir  | Hindu Kush  |  Pakistan  | 3,908  | 7,708  | 3,800  | Everest

31\.  | Mount Cameroon | Cameroon line |  Cameroon  | 3,901  | 4,040  | 139  | Kilimanjaro

Stanley

32\.  | Mount Kenya | Eastern Rift mountains  |  Kenya  | 3,825  | 5,199  | 1,374  | Kilimanjaro
33\.  | Mount Kerinci | Barisan Mountains  |  Indonesia  | 3,805  | 3,805  | 0  | None
34\.  | Mount Erebus | Ross Island  |  Antarctica | 3,794  | 3,794  | 0  | None
35\.  | Mount Fuji | Honshu  |  Japan  | 3,776  | 3,776  | 0  | None
36\.  | Toubkal  | Atlas Mountains  |  Morocco  | 3,757  | 4,167  | 410  | Kilimanjaro

Stanley

37\.  | Cerro Chirripó  | Cordillera de Talamanca  |  Costa Rica  | 3,727  | 3,820  | 93  | Aconcagua

Chimborazo

38\.  | Mount Rinjani | Lesser Sunda Islands  |  Indonesia  | 3,726  | 3,726  | 0  | None
39\.  | Aoraki/Mount Cook  | Southern Alps  |  New Zealand  | 3,724  | 3,724  | 0  | None
40\.  | Teide | Tenerife |  Spain  | 3,718  | 3,718  | 0  | None
41\.  | Mount Boising  | Finisterre Range  |  Papua New Guinea  | 3,709  | 4,150  | 441  | Puncak Jaya
42\.  | Monte San Valentin  | Andes |  Chile  | 3,696  | 4,058  | 362  | Aconcagua
43\.  | Gunnbjørn Fjeld  | Watkins Range  |  Greenland  | 3,694  | 3,694  | 0  | None
44\.  | Ojos del Salado | Andes |  Argentina  Chile  | 3,688  | 6,893  | 3,205  | Aconcagua
45\.  | Semeru | Java  |  Indonesia  | 3,676  | 3,676  | 0  | None
46\.  | Ritacuba Blanco  | Cordillera Oriental  |  Colombia  | 3,645  | 5,410  | 1,765  | Aconcagua

Chimborazo

47\.  | Mount Gongga  | Daxue Mountains  |  China  | 3,642  | 7,556  | 3,914  | Everest

48\.  | Mount Ararat  | Armenian Highlands |  Turkey  | 3,611  | 5,137  | 1,526  | Damavand
49\.  | Kongur Tagh  | Kongur Shan  |  China  | 3,585  | 7,649  | 4,064  | Everest

50\.  | Mount Blackburn | Wrangell Mountains  |  United States  | 3,535  | 4,996  | 1,461  | Mount Logan
51\.  | Mount Hayes | Alaska Range  |  United States  | 3,501  | 4,216  | 715  | Denali
52\.  | Mount Latimojong  | Sulawesi  |  Indonesia  | 3,478  | 3,478  | 0  | None
53\.  | Mount Saint Elias | Saint Elias Mountains  |  Canada  United States  | 3,448  | 5,489  | 2,041  | Mount Logan
54\.  | Ismoil Somoni Peak  | Pamir Mountains  |  Tajikistan  | 3,402  | 7,495  | 4,093  | Everest

55\.  | Dhaulagiri  | Himalayas  |  Nepal  | 3,357  | 8,167  | 4,810  | K2
56\.  | Mercedario  | Cordillera de la Ramada  |  Argentina  | 3,353  | 6,720  | 3,367  | Aconcagua
57\.  | Lautaro | Andes |  Chile  | 3,345  | 3,623  | 278  | Aconcagua
58\.  | Belukha Mountain  | Altai Mountains  |  Kazakhstan  Russia  | 3,343  | 4,506  | 1,163  | Everest

59\.  | Mount Etna | Sicily |  Italy  | 3,329  | 3,329  | 0  | None
60\.  | Monte San Lorenzo  | Andes |  Argentina  Chile  | 3,319  | 3,706  | 387  | Aconcagua
61\.  | Mount Karisimbi  | Virunga Mountains  |  DR Congo  Rwanda  | 3,312  | 4,507  | 1,195  | Mount Stanley
62\.  | Jabal an Nabi Shu'ayb  | Sarawat Mountains  |  Yemen  | 3,311  | 3,666  | 355  | Ararat

Everest

63\.  | Mount Waddington  | Coast Mountains  |  Canada  | 3,289  | 4,019  | 730  | Mount Fairweather
64\.  | Mulhacén  | Sierra Nevada  |  Spain  | 3,285  | 3,479  | 194  | Mont Blanc
65\.  | Mount Slamet  | Java  |  Indonesia  | 3,284  | 3,428  | 144  | Semeru
66\.  | Sabalan | Alborz  |  Iran  | 3,283  | 4,811  | 1,528  | Mount Ararat
67\.  | Mount Marcus Baker | Chugach Mountains  |  United States  | 3,269  | 4,016  | 747  | Mount Hayes
68\.  | Sauyr Zhotasy  | Saur Mountains  |  China  Kazakhstan  | 3,252  | 3,840  | 588  | Belukha

Everest

69\.  | Cerro del Bolsón  | Andes |  Argentina  | 3,252  | 5,552  | 2,300  | Aconcagua

Salado

70\.  | Tomort  | Tian Shan  |  China  | 3,243  | 4,886  | 1,643  | Bogda Feng
71\.  | Jade Dragon Snow Mountain  | Yun Range  |  China  | 3,202  | 5,596  | 2,394  | Everest

72\.  | Mount Meru | Eastern Rift mountains  |  Tanzania  | 3,170  | 4,565  | 1,395  | Mount Kenya
73\.  | Shiveluch | Kamchatka  |  Russia  | 3,168  | 3,307  | 139  | Klyuchevskaya
74\.  | Nanda Devi  | Himalayas  |  India  | 3,139  | 7,816  | 4,677  | Dhaulagiri

75\.  | Ichinsky  | Sredinny Range  |  Russia  | 3,125  | 3,607  | 482  | Klyuchevskaya
76\.  | Mount Lawu  | Java  |  Indonesia  | 3,118  | 3,265  | 147  | Semeru
77\.  | Batura Sar  | Karakoram  |  Pakistan  | 3,118  | 7,795  | 4,677  | K2
78\.  | Mount Siple | Siple Island  |  Antarctica  | 3,110  | 3,110  | 0  | None
79\.  | Pico Duarte  | Cordillera Central  |  Dominican Republic  | 3,098  | 3,098  | 0  | None
80\.  | Manaslu  | Himalayas  |  Nepal  | 3,092  | 8,163  | 5,071  | Everest
81\.  | Mount Whitney  | Sierra Nevada  |  United States  | 3,073  | 4,418  | 1,345  | Orizaba
82\.  | Piton des Neiges | Réunion  |  France  | 3,069  | 3,069  | 0  | None
83\.  | Raung  | Java  |  Indonesia  | 3,069  | 3,332  | 263  | Semeru
84\.  | Xuelian Feng  | Tian Shan  |  China  | 3,068  | 6,627  | 3,559  | Jengish Chokusu
85\.  | Haleakalā | Hawaiian Islands |  United States  | 3,055  | 3,055  | 0  | None
86\.  | Mount Lucania  | Saint Elias Mountains  |  Canada  | 3,046  | 5,226  | 2,180  | Mount Logan
87\.  | Mount Agung  | Bali |  Indonesia  | 3,031  | 3,031  | 0  | None
88\.  | Mount Binaiya  | Seram  |  Indonesia  | 3,027  | 3,027  | 0  | None
89\.  | Popocatepetl  | Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt |  Mexico  | 3,020  | 5,400  | 2,380  | Orizaba
90\.  | Pico Basilé | Bioko  |  Equatorial Guinea  | 3,011  | 3,011  | 0  | None
91\.  | Koryaksky | Sredinny Range  |  Russia  | 2,999  | 3,456  | 457  | Klyuchevskaya
92\.  | Gangkhar Puensum  | Himalayas  |  China  Bhutan  | 2,995  | 7,570  | 4,575  | Kangchenjunga
93\.  | Mount Stephenson  | Douglas Range  |  Antarctica  | 2,987  | 2,987  | 0  | None
94\.  | Annapurna  | Himalayas  |  Nepal  | 2,984  | 8,091  | 5,107  | Everest
95\.  | Pik Talgar  | Trans-Ili Alatau  |  Kazakhstan  | 2,982  | 4,979  | 1,997  | Everest

Jengish Chokusu

96\.  | Mount Shasta | Cascade Range  |  United States  | 2,977  | 4,317  | 1,340  | Orizaba

Whitney

97\.  | Mount Wilhelm  | Bismarck Range  |  Papua New Guinea  | 2,969  | 4,509  | 1,540  | Puncak Jaya
98\.  | Pico do Ramelau  | Timor  |  Timor-Leste  | 2,963  | 2,963  | 0  | None
99\.  | Mount Apo | Apo–Talomo  |  Philippines  | 2,954  | 2,954  | 0  | None
100\.  | Gyala Peri  | Nyenchen Tanglha Mountains  |  China  | 2,942  | 7,294  | 4,352  | Dhaulagiri

101\.  | Mount Leuser  | Sumatra  |  Indonesia  | 2,941  | 3,466  | 525  | Mount Kerinci
102\.  | Mount Paget  | Allardyce Range  | Template:Country data South Georgia | 2,934  | 2,934  | 0  | None
103\.  | Chakragil  | Kunlun Mountains  |  China  | 2,934  | 6,760  | 3,826  | Everest

Gongga

104\.  | Emi Koussi | Tibesti Mountains |  Chad  | 2,934  | 3,445  | 511  | Karisimbi

Kilimanjaro

105\.  | Monarch Mountain  | Coast Mountains  |  Canada  | 2,930  | 3,555  | 625  | Denali

Waddington

106\.  | Mount Suckling  | Owen Stanley Range  |  Papua New Guinea  | 2,925  | 3,676  | 751  | Puncak Jaya
107\.  | Mount Pulag  | Cordillera Central  |  Philippines  | 2,922  | 2,922  | 0  | None
108\.  | El Mela  | Andes |  Argentina  | 2,907  | 4,150  | 1,243  | Aconcagua

Salado

109\.  | Taftan  | Baluchestan Mountains  |  Iran  | 2,901  | 3,941  | 1,040  | Sabalan
110\.  | Jabal Shams  | Al Hajar Mountains  |  Oman  | 2,899  | 3,019  | 120  | Everest

Jabal an Nabi Shu'ayb

111\.  | Shishapangma  | Himalayas  |  China  | 2,897  | 8,027  | 5,130  | Annapurna
112\.  | Pico da Neblina  | Cerro de la Neblina  |  Brazil  | 2,886  | 2,994  | 108  | Aconcagua

Ritacuba Blanco

113\.  | Saramati  | Patkai  |  India  Myanmar  | 2,885  | 3,826  | 941  | Dhaulagiri

Everest

114\.  | Maromokotro  | Madagascar |  Madagascar  | 2,876  | 2,876  | 0  | None
115\.  | Mount Shishaldin | Aleutian Range |  United States  | 2,869  | 2,869  | 0  | None
116\.  | Moncong Lompotabang  | Sulawesi  |  Indonesia  | 2,857  | 2,874  | 17  | Latimojong
117\.  | Buni Zom  | Hindu Raj  |  Pakistan  | 2,845  | 6,542  | 3,697  | Everest

118\.  | Kuh-e Bandaka  | Hindu Kush  |  Afghanistan  | 2,834  | 6,812  | 3,978  | Tirich Mir
119\.  | Mount Robson  | Rainbow Range  |  Canada  | 2,829  | 3,959  | 1,130  | Orizaba

Whitney

120\.  | Mount Fogo  | Fogo  |  Cape Verde  | 2,829  | 2,829  | 0  | None
121\.  | Kamet  | Himalayas  |  India  | 2,825  | 7,756  | 4,931  | Nanda Devi
122\.  | Rakaposhi  | Karakoram  |  Pakistan  | 2,818  | 7,788  | 4,970  | K2
123\.  | Aneto  | Pyrenees  |  Spain  | 2,812  | 3,404  | 592  | Mulhacén
124\.  | Arjuno-Welirang  | Java  |  Indonesia  | 2,812  | 3,339  | 527  | Semeru
125\.  | Jiuding Shan  | Daxue Mountains  |  China  | 2,808  | 4,969  | 2161  | Everest

## Additional peaks

The list of peaks that follow is not complete, but the peaks are all notable. Note that 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

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Mount Ruapehu |  New Zealand  | 2,797  | 2,797 | 0  | none — HP North Island, New Zealand
Mount Cereme  |  Indonesia  | 3,078  | 2,792 | 286  | Semeru
Huascarán  |  Peru  | 6,746  | 2,776 | 3,970  | Ojos del Salado
Mount Arfak  |  Indonesia  | 2,955  | 2,775 | 179  |
Mount Elbert  |  United States  | 4,401  | 2,772 | 1,629  | Mount Whitney
San Gorgonio Mountain  |  United States  | 3,506  | 2,528 | 978  | Olancha
Anamudi  |  India  | 2,695  | 2,479 | 216  | Western Ghats
Mount Bazardüzü  |  Azerbaijan
Russia  | 4,466  | 2,454 | 2012  |
Qurnat as Sawda  |  Lebanon  | 3,093  | 2,393 | 0  |
Galdhøpiggen  |  Norway  | 2,469  | 2,372 | 97  | Sauyr Zhotasy¹ / Everest²
Mount Olympos  |  Greece  | 2,919  | 2,355 | 564  | Großglockner¹ / Mont Blanc²
Gerlachovský štít  |  Slovakia  | 2,655  | 2,355 | 300  | Mont Blanc
Mount Kosciuszko  |  Australia  | 2,228  | 2,228 | 0  | none — HP mainland Australia
Monte Rosa  |  Switzerland  | 4,634  | 2,165 | 2,469  | Mont Blanc
Hvannadalshnúkur  |  Iceland  | 2,110  | 2,110 | 0  | none — HP Iceland
Barre des Écrins  |  France  | 4,102  | 2,045 | 2057  | Mont Blanc
Hermon  |  Lebanon
Syria  | 2,814  | 1,804 | 1010  | Qurnat as Sawda', HP Lebanon
Zugspitze  |  Austria Germany | 2,962  | 1,746 | 1,216  | Piz Bernina1 / Mont Blanc²
Roman-Kosh  |  Ukraine  | 1,545  | 1,541 | 4  |
Morne Diablotins |  Dominica  | 1,447  | 1,447 | 0  | none — HP Dominica
Ben Nevis  |  Scotland  | 1,344  | 1,344 | 0  | none — HP Great Britain
Kailash  |  China  | 6,638  | 1,319 | 5,319  | Lunpo Gangri
Machhapuchhare  |  Nepal  | 6,993  | 1,233 | 5,760  | Annapurna I
Carrauntoohil  |  Ireland  | 1,038  | 1,038 | 0  | none — HP Ireland
Snowdon  | 1,085  | 1,038 | 47  | Ben Nevis
Matterhorn/Monte Cervino  |  Italy Switzerland  | 4,478  | 1,031 | 3,447  | Weisshorn (4,507 m)
Eiger  |  Switzerland  | 3,967  | 362 | 3,605  | Mönch (4,099 m)

## See also

* List of mountain lists
* List of ultra-prominent summits of Africa
* List of ultra-prominent summits of Antarctica
* List of ultra-prominent summits of Australia
* List of ultra-prominent summits of Europe
* List of ultra-prominent summits of the Alps
* List of the most prominent summits of the British Isles
* List of ultra-prominent summits of North America
* List of the most prominent summits of Greenland
* List of the most prominent summits of Canada
* List of the most prominent summits of the Rocky Mountains
* List of the most prominent summits of the United States
* List of the most prominent summits of New England
* List of the most prominent summits of Mexico
* List of the most prominent summits of Central America
* List of the most prominent summits of the Caribbean
* List of ultra-prominent summits of South America
* 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.[2] Towers, monuments and similar on the peaks are also ignored.

## References

1. ↑ or island
2. ↑ Maizlish, Aaron. "PEAKLIST.ORG - World Top 50 Prominence". http://www.peaklist.org/WWlists/WorldTop50.html. Retrieved 10 April 2018.

* 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.

## External links

* 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.

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