This is a list of mountain peaks ordered by their topographic prominence.
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".
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.
No. | Peak | Range[1] | Location | Prominence (m) | Height (m) | Col (m) | Parent |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Mount Everest | Himalayas | ![]() Nepal |
8,848 | 8,848 | 0 | None |
2. | Aconcagua | Andes | ![]() |
6,962 | 6,962 | 0 | None |
3. | Denali | Alaska Range | ![]() |
6,144 | 6,191 | 47 | Aconcagua |
4. | Mount Kilimanjaro* | Eastern Rift mountains | ![]() |
5,885 | 5,895 | 10 | Everest |
5. | Pico Cristóbal Colón | Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta | ![]() |
5,509 | 5,700 | 191 | Aconcagua |
6. | Mount Logan | Saint Elias Mountains | ![]() |
5,250 | 5,959 | 709 | Denali |
7. | Pico de Orizaba | Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt | ![]() |
4,922 | 5,636 | 714 | Mount Logan |
8. | Vinson Massif | Sentinel Range | ![]() |
4,892 | 4,892 | 0 | None |
9. | Puncak Jaya | Sudirman Range | ![]() |
4,884 | 4,884 | 0 | None |
10. | Mount Elbrus | Caucasus Mountains | ![]() |
4,741 | 5,642 | 901 | Everest |
11. | Mont Blanc | Alps | ![]() ![]() |
4,695 | 4,808 | 113 | Everest |
12. | Mount Damavand | Alborz | ![]() |
4,667 | 5,610 | 943 | Mount Elbrus |
13. | Klyuchevskaya Sopka | Kamchatka | ![]() |
4,649 | 4,750 | 101 | Everest |
14. | Nanga Parbat | Himalayas | ![]() |
4,608 | 8,125 | 3,517 | Everest |
15. | Mauna Kea | Hawaiian Islands | ![]() |
4,205 | 4,205 | 0 | None |
16. | Jengish Chokusu | Kakshaal Too | ![]() ![]() |
4,148 | 7,439 | 3,291 | Everest |
17. | Bogda Peak | Bogda Shan | ![]() |
4,122 | 5,445 | 1,323 | Everest |
18. | Chimborazo | Cordillera Occidental | ![]() |
4,118 | 6,263 | 2,145 | Aconcagua |
19. | Namcha Barwa | Himalayas | ![]() |
4,106 | 7,782 | 3,676 | Everest |
20. | Mount Kinabalu | Crocker Range | ![]() |
4,095 | 4,095 | 0 | None |
21. | Mount Rainier | Cascade Range | ![]() |
4,023 | 4,393 | 370 | Denali
Orizaba |
22. | K2 | Karakoram | ![]() ![]() |
4,017 | 8,611 | 4,594 | Everest |
23. | Ras Dashen | Semien Mountains | ![]() |
3,997 | 4,550 | 553 | 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 | ![]() ![]() |
3,955 | 4,671 | 722 | Mount Logan |
27. | Yushan | Yushan Range | ![]() |
3,952 | 3,952 | 0 | None |
28. | Mount Stanley | Rwenzori Mountains | ![]() ![]() |
3,951 | 5,109 | 1,158 | Kilimanjaro |
29. | Kangchenjunga | Himalayas | ![]() |
3,922 | 8,586 | 4,664 | 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 |
33. | Mount Kerinci | Barisan Mountains | ![]() |
3,805 | 3,805 | 0 | None |
34. | Mount Erebus | Ross Island | ![]() |
3,794 | 3,794 | 0 | None |
35. | Mount Fuji | Honshu | ![]() |
3,776 | 3,776 | 0 | 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 | Lesser Sunda Islands | ![]() |
3,726 | 3,726 | 0 | None |
39. | Aoraki/Mount Cook | Southern Alps | ![]() |
3,724 | 3,724 | 0 | None |
40. | Teide | Tenerife | ![]() |
3,718 | 3,718 | 0 | None |
41. | Mount Boising | Finisterre Range | ![]() |
3,709 | 4,150 | 441 | Puncak Jaya |
42. | Monte San Valentin | Andes | ![]() |
3,696 | 4,058 | 362 | Aconcagua |
43. | Gunnbjørn Fjeld | Watkins Range | ![]() |
3,694 | 3,694 | 0 | None |
44. | Ojos del Salado | Andes | ![]() ![]() |
3,688 | 6,893 | 3,205 | Aconcagua |
45. | Semeru | Java | ![]() |
3,676 | 3,676 | 0 | 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. | Mount Ararat | Armenian Highlands | ![]() |
3,611 | 5,137 | 1,526 | Damavand |
49. | Kongur Tagh | Kongur Shan | ![]() |
3,585 | 7,649 | 4,064 | Everest
K2 |
50. | Mount Blackburn | Wrangell Mountains | ![]() |
3,535 | 4,996 | 1,461 | Mount Logan |
51. | Mount Hayes | Alaska Range | ![]() |
3,501 | 4,216 | 715 | Denali |
52. | Mount Latimojong | Sulawesi | ![]() |
3,478 | 3,478 | 0 | None |
53. | Mount Saint Elias | Saint Elias Mountains | ![]() ![]() |
3,448 | 5,489 | 2,041 | Mount Logan |
54. | Ismoil Somoni Peak | Pamir Mountains | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
3,353 | 6,720 | 3,367 | Aconcagua |
57. | Lautaro | Andes | ![]() |
3,345 | 3,623 | 278 | Aconcagua |
58. | Belukha Mountain | Altai Mountains | ![]() ![]() |
3,343 | 4,506 | 1,163 | Everest
K2 |
59. | Mount Etna | Sicily | ![]() |
3,329 | 3,329 | 0 | None |
60. | Monte San Lorenzo | Andes | ![]() ![]() |
3,319 | 3,706 | 387 | Aconcagua |
61. | Mount Karisimbi | Virunga Mountains | ![]() ![]() |
3,312 | 4,507 | 1,195 | Mount Stanley |
62. | Jabal an Nabi Shu'ayb | Sarawat Mountains | ![]() |
3,311 | 3,666 | 355 | Ararat
Everest |
63. | Mount Waddington | Coast Mountains | ![]() |
3,289 | 4,019 | 730 | Mount Fairweather |
64. | Mulhacén | Sierra Nevada | ![]() |
3,285 | 3,479 | 194 | Mont Blanc |
65. | Mount Slamet | Java | ![]() |
3,284 | 3,428 | 144 | Semeru |
66. | Sabalan | Alborz | ![]() |
3,283 | 4,811 | 1,528 | Mount Ararat |
67. | Mount Marcus Baker | Chugach Mountains | ![]() |
3,269 | 4,016 | 747 | Mount Hayes |
68. | Sauyr Zhotasy | Saur Mountains | ![]() ![]() |
3,252 | 3,840 | 588 | Belukha
Everest |
69. | Cerro del Bolsón | Andes | ![]() |
3,252 | 5,552 | 2,300 | Aconcagua
Salado |
70. | Tomort | Tian Shan | ![]() |
3,243 | 4,886 | 1,643 | 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 |
73. | Shiveluch | Kamchatka | ![]() |
3,168 | 3,307 | 139 | Klyuchevskaya |
74. | Nanda Devi | Himalayas | ![]() |
3,139 | 7,816 | 4,677 | Dhaulagiri
K2 |
75. | Ichinsky | Sredinny Range | ![]() |
3,125 | 3,607 | 482 | Klyuchevskaya |
76. | Mount Lawu | Java | ![]() |
3,118 | 3,265 | 147 | Semeru |
77. | Batura Sar | Karakoram | ![]() |
3,118 | 7,795 | 4,677 | K2 |
78. | Mount Siple | Siple Island | ![]() |
3,110 | 3,110 | 0 | None |
79. | Pico Duarte | Cordillera Central | ![]() |
3,098 | 3,098 | 0 | None |
80. | Manaslu | Himalayas | Nepal | 3,092 | 8,163 | 5,071 | Everest |
81. | Mount Whitney | Sierra Nevada | ![]() |
3,073 | 4,418 | 1,345 | Orizaba |
82. | Piton des Neiges | Réunion | ![]() |
3,069 | 3,069 | 0 | None |
83. | Raung | Java | ![]() |
3,069 | 3,332 | 263 | Semeru |
84. | Xuelian Feng | Tian Shan | ![]() |
3,068 | 6,627 | 3,559 | Jengish Chokusu |
85. | Haleakalā | Hawaiian Islands | ![]() |
3,055 | 3,055 | 0 | None |
86. | Mount Lucania | Saint Elias Mountains | ![]() |
3,046 | 5,226 | 2,180 | Mount Logan |
87. | Mount Agung | Bali | ![]() |
3,031 | 3,031 | 0 | None |
88. | Mount Binaiya | Seram | ![]() |
3,027 | 3,027 | 0 | None |
89. | Popocatepetl | Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt | ![]() |
3,020 | 5,400 | 2,380 | Orizaba |
90. | Pico Basilé | Bioko | ![]() |
3,011 | 3,011 | 0 | None |
91. | Koryaksky | Sredinny Range | ![]() |
2,999 | 3,456 | 457 | Klyuchevskaya |
92. | Gangkhar Puensum | Himalayas | ![]() ![]() |
2,995 | 7,570 | 4,575 | Kangchenjunga |
93. | Mount Stephenson | Douglas Range | ![]() |
2,987 | 2,987 | 0 | None |
94. | Annapurna | Himalayas | Nepal | 2,984 | 8,091 | 5,107 | 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 |
98. | Pico do Ramelau | Timor | ![]() |
2,963 | 2,963 | 0 | None |
99. | Mount Apo | Apo–Talomo | ![]() |
2,954 | 2,954 | 0 | None |
100. | Gyala Peri | Nyenchen Tanglha Mountains | ![]() |
2,942 | 7,294 | 4,352 | Dhaulagiri
K2 |
101. | Mount Leuser | Sumatra | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
2,934 | 6,760 | 3,826 | Everest
Gongga |
104. | Emi Koussi | Tibesti Mountains | ![]() |
2,934 | 3,445 | 511 | Karisimbi
Kilimanjaro |
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 |
107. | Mount Pulag | Cordillera Central | ![]() |
2,922 | 2,922 | 0 | None |
108. | El Mela | Andes | ![]() |
2,907 | 4,150 | 1,243 | Aconcagua
Salado |
109. | Taftan | Baluchestan Mountains | ![]() |
2,901 | 3,941 | 1,040 | 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 |
112. | Pico da Neblina | Cerro de la Neblina | ![]() |
2,886 | 2,994 | 108 | Aconcagua
Ritacuba Blanco |
113. | Saramati | Patkai | ![]() ![]() |
2,885 | 3,826 | 941 | Dhaulagiri
Everest |
114. | Maromokotro | Madagascar | ![]() |
2,876 | 2,876 | 0 | None |
115. | Mount Shishaldin | Aleutian Range | ![]() |
2,869 | 2,869 | 0 | None |
116. | Moncong Lompotabang | Sulawesi | ![]() |
2,857 | 2,874 | 17 | 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 |
119. | Mount Robson | Rainbow Range | ![]() |
2,829 | 3,959 | 1,130 | Orizaba
Whitney |
120. | Mount Fogo | Fogo | ![]() |
2,829 | 2,829 | 0 | None |
121. | Kamet | Himalayas | ![]() |
2,825 | 7,756 | 4,931 | Nanda Devi |
122. | Rakaposhi | Karakoram | ![]() |
2,818 | 7,788 | 4,970 | K2 |
123. | Aneto | Pyrenees | ![]() |
2,812 | 3,404 | 592 | Mulhacén |
124. | Arjuno-Welirang | Java | ![]() |
2,812 | 3,339 | 527 | Semeru |
125. | Jiuding Shan | Daxue Mountains | ![]() |
2,808 | 4,969 | 2161 | Everest
K2 |
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 | ![]() |
2,797 | 2,797 | 0 | none — HP North Island, New Zealand |
Mount Cereme | ![]() |
3,078 | 2,792 | 286 | Semeru |
Huascarán | ![]() |
6,746 | 2,776 | 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 |
Anamudi | ![]() |
2,695 | 2,479 | 216 | Western Ghats |
Mount Bazardüzü | ![]() ![]() |
4,466 | 2,454 | 2012 | |
Qurnat as Sawda | ![]() |
3,093 | 2,393 | 0 | |
Galdhøpiggen | ![]() |
2,469 | 2,372 | 97 | Sauyr Zhotasy¹ / Everest² |
Mount Olympos | ![]() |
2,919 | 2,355 | 564 | Großglockner¹ / Mont Blanc² |
Gerlachovský štít | ![]() |
2,655 | 2,355 | 300 | Mont Blanc |
Mount Kosciuszko | ![]() |
2,228 | 2,228 | 0 | none — HP mainland Australia |
Monte Rosa | Switzerland | 4,634 | 2,165 | 2,469 | Mont Blanc |
Hvannadalshnúkur | ![]() |
2,110 | 2,110 | 0 | none — HP Iceland |
Barre des Écrins | ![]() |
4,102 | 2,045 | 2057 | Mont Blanc |
Hermon | ![]() ![]() |
2,814 | 1,804 | 1010 | Qurnat as Sawda', HP Lebanon |
Zugspitze | ![]() ![]() |
2,962 | 1,746 | 1,216 | Piz Bernina1 / Mont Blanc² |
Roman-Kosh | ![]() |
1,545 | 1,541 | 4 | |
Morne Diablotins | ![]() |
1,447 | 1,447 | 0 | none — HP Dominica |
Ben Nevis | ![]() |
1,344 | 1,344 | 0 | none — HP Great Britain |
Kailash | ![]() |
6,638 | 1,319 | 5,319 | Lunpo Gangri |
Machhapuchhare | Nepal | 6,993 | 1,233 | 5,760 | Annapurna I |
Carrauntoohil | ![]() |
1,038 | 1,038 | 0 | none — HP Ireland |
Snowdon | 1,085 | 1,038 | 47 | Ben Nevis | |
Matterhorn/Monte Cervino |
Switzerland |
4,478 | 1,031 | 3,447 | Weisshorn (4,507 m) |
Eiger | Switzerland | 3,967 | 362 | 3,605 | Mönch (4,099 m) |
The content is sourced from: https://handwiki.org/wiki/Earth:List_of_peaks_by_prominence