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List of mountain peaks by prominence

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Chart showing the relationship between the 100 peaks with highest prominence in the world. (In the SVG version, hover over a peak to highlight its parent(s) and click it to view its article.)

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

Terminology

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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

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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 each.

Additional peaks

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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  New Zealand 2,797 2,797 0 none/ HP North Island, New Zealand
Mount Ciremai  Indonesia 3,078 2,792 286 Semeru/ HP West Java, Indonesia
Huascarán  Peru 6,746 2,776 3,970 Ojos del Salado/ HP Peru
Mount Arfak  Indonesia 2,955 2,775 179 ?/ HP West Papua, Indonesia
Mount Elbert  United States 4,401 2,772 1,629 Mount Whitney/ HP Rocky Mountains, United States
San Gorgonio Mountain  United States 3,506 2,528 978 Olancha Peak/ HP Southern California, United States
Pidurutalagala  Sri Lanka 2,524 2,524 0 none/ HP Sri Lanka
Anamudi  India 2,695 2,479 216 ?/ HP Western Ghats, India
Musala[2]  Bulgaria 2,925 2,473 432 Großglockner1 / Mont Blanc2[3]/ HP Southeast Europe, Balkan Peninsula and Bulgaria
Mount Bazardüzü  Azerbaijan
 Russia		 4,466 2,454 2,012 ?/ HP Azerbaijan
Qurnat as Sawda  Lebanon 3,093 2,393 700 ?/ HP Lebanon
Galdhøpiggen  Norway 2,469 2,372 97 Sauyr Zhotasy1 / Everest2/ HP Scandinavia and Norway
Gerlachovský štít  Slovakia 2,655 2,355 300 Mont Blanc/ HP Hight Tatras and Slovakia
Mount Olympos (Mytikas)[4]  Greece 2,917 2,353 564 Großglockner1 / Mont Blanc2/ HP Greece
Mount Pico (Azores)  Portugal 2,351 2,351 0 none/ HP Portugal, HP Mid-Atlantic Ridge
Mount Taranaki  New Zealand 2,518 2,308 210 Mount Ruapehu, North Island, New Zealand
Mount Kosciuszko  Australia 2,228 2,228 0 none/ HP mainland Australia
Monte Rosa  Italy  Switzerland 4,634 2,165 2,469 Mont Blanc/ HP Switzerland
Mount Aragats  Armenia 4,090 2,143 1,947 ?/ HP Armenia
Hvannadalshnúkur  Iceland 2,110 2,110 0 none/ HP Iceland
Triglav  Slovenia 2,864 2,052 812 Marmolada / Central element of the Slovene coat of arms
Moldoveanu  Romania 2,544 2,046 498 Făgăraș Mountains/ HP Romania
Barre des Écrins  France 4,102 2,045 2,057 Mont Blanc/ Only 4,000-metre mountain in France that lies outside the Mont Blanc Massif
Mount Washington  United States 1,917 1,874 43 Potato Knob[5]1/ Mount Mitchell2 / HP Northeastern United States and New Hampshire
Hermon  Lebanon 
 Syria		 2,814 1,804 1,010 Qurnat as Sawda'/ HP Lebanon
Vihren[6]  Bulgaria 2,914 1,784 1,131 Musala[7]/ HP Pirin Mountain
Zugspitze  Austria  Germany 2,962 1,746 1,216 Piz Bernina1 / Mont Blanc2/ HP Germany
Radomir/Kalabak/Kerkini[8]  Bulgaria /  Greece 2,031 1,595 436 ?/ HP Belasitsa Mountain
Botev Peak[9]  Bulgaria 2,376 1,567 809 Musala[10]/ HP Balkan Mountains
Roman-Kosh  Ukraine 1,545 1,541 4 ?/ HP Crimean Mountains
Midžor[11]  Bulgaria/ Serbia 2,169 1,479 690 Musala[12]/ HP Serbia and Western Balkan Mountains
Morne Diablotins  Dominica 1,447 1,447 0 none/ HP Dominica
Ruen[13]  Bulgaria /  North Macedonia 2,251 1,416 835 Cherni Vrah/ Musala[14]/ HP Osogovo Mountain
Ben Nevis  United Kingdom 1,344 1,344 0 none/ HP Scotland and United Kingdom
Kailash  China 6,638 1,319 5,319 Lunpo Gangri / Sacred in four religions: Bon, Buddhism, Hinduism and Jainism
Botte Donato  Italy 1,928 1,307 621 ?/ Sila National Park
Cherni Vrah[15]  Bulgaria 2,290 1,259 1,031 Musala[16]/ HP in Sofia City Province, right next to the capital of Bulgaria
Sandia Peak  United States 3,255 1,249 2,146 Sandia–Manzano_Mountains
Machhapuchhare  Nepal 6,993 1,233 5,760 Annapurna I/ Tremendous vertical relief and sacred place for the Gurungs
Carrauntoohil  Ireland 1,038 1,038 0 none/ HP Ireland
Snowdon  United Kingdom 1,085 1,038 47 Ben Nevis
Ama Dablam  Nepal 6,812 1,041 5,771 ?/ Tremendous height
Matterhorn/Monte Cervino  Italy  Switzerland 4,478 1,031 3,447 Weisshorn (4,507 m) / Its first ascent popularised mountain climbing culture
Eiger  Switzerland 3,967 362 3,605 Mönch (4,099 m) / Famed for its dangerous North face climb

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

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Notes

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*.^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.[17] Towers, monuments and similar on the peaks are also ignored.

References

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