1. 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".

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
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 K2
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 K2
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 K2
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 K2
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 K2
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 K2
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 K2
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 K2
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 K2
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 K2

3. 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
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)