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This is a list of the 125 most prominent mountain peaks. Topographic prominence of a peak is the independence of the summit from whatever is around it. It is "the elevation difference between the summit and the lowest contour line encircling it and no higher summit".[1]
No. | Peak | Range | Location | Prominence (m) | Height (m) | Col (m) | Parent |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Mount Everest | Himalayas | Nepal China | 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 |
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 |
25. | Pico Bolívar | Sierra Nevada de Mérida | Venezuela | 3,957 | 4,981 | 1,024 | Aconcagua |
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. | Kanchenjunga | Himalayas | Nepal India | 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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
69. | Cerro del Bolsón | Andes | Argentina | 3,252 | 5,552 | 2,300 | Aconcagua |
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 |
96. | Mount Shasta | Cascade Range | United States | 2,977 | 4,317 | 1,340 | Orizaba |
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 |
104. | Emi Koussi | Tibesti Mountains | Chad | 2,934 | 3,445 | 511 | Karisimbi |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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