List of mountain peaks by prominence

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

"List of tallest mountains on Earth" redirects here. It is not to be confused with List of highest mountains on Earth.
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.)

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 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 (or island) Location Prominence (m) Height (m) Col (m) Prominence 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, New Guinea  Indonesia 4,884 4,884 0 None
10. Mount Elbrus Caucasus Mountains  Russia 4,741 5,642 901 Everest
11. Mont Blanc Alps  Italy  France 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 Hawaii, 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, Borneo  Malaysia 4,095 4,095 0 None
21. Mount Rainier Cascade Range  United States 4,023 4,393 370 Denali

Orizaba

22. K2 Karakoram  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. Kanchenjunga Himalayas    Nepal India 3,922 8,586 4,664 Everest
30. Tirich Mir Hindu Kush  Pakistan 3,908 7,708 3,800 Hindu Kush
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, Sumatra  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 Lombok, 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 3,715 3,715 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 3,991 747 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, Hispaniola  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 Maui, 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, Cameroon Line  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, Alexander Island  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, Mindanao  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  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, Luzon  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 Canadian Rockies  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

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/ Notable for
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
Musala[1]  Bulgaria 2,925 2,473 432 Großglockner¹ / Mont Blanc²[2]/ HP Southeast Europe, Balkan Peninsula and Bulgaria
Mount Bazardüzü  Azerbaijan
 Russia		 4,466 2,454 2012
Qurnat as Sawda  Lebanon 3,093 2,393 700
Galdhøpiggen  Norway 2,469 2,372 97 Sauyr Zhotasy¹ / Everest²/ HP Scandinavia
Gerlachovský štít  Slovakia 2,655 2,355 300 Mont Blanc/ HP Hight Tatras and Slovakia
Mount Olympos (Mytikas)[3]  Greece 2,917 2,353 564 Großglockner¹ / Mont Blanc²/ HP Greece
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   Switzerland 4,634 2,165 2,469 Mont Blanc/ HP Switzerland
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
Barre des Écrins  France 4,102 2,045 2057 Mont Blanc
Hermon  Lebanon 
 Syria		 2,814 1,804 1010 Qurnat as Sawda'/ HP Lebanon
Vihren[4]  Bulgaria 2,914 1,784 1,131 Musala[5]/ HP Pirin Mountain
Zugspitze  Austria  Germany 2,962 1,746 1,216 Piz Bernina1 / Mont Blanc²/ HP Germany
Radomir/Kalabak/Kerkini[6]  Bulgaria /  Greece 2,031 1,595 436 HP Belasitsa Mountain
Botev Peak[7]  Bulgaria 2,376 1,567 809 Musala[8]/ HP Balkan Mountains
Roman-Kosh  Ukraine 1,545 1,541 4 HP Crimean Mountains
Midžor[9]  Bulgaria/ Serbia 2,169 1,479 690 Musala[10]/ HP Serbia and Western Balkan Mountains
Morne Diablotins  Dominica 1,447 1,447 0 none/ HP Dominica
Ruen[11]  Bulgaria /  North Macedonia 2,251 1,416 835 Cherni Vrah/ Musala[12]/ HP Osogovo Mountain
Ben Nevis  United Kingdom 1,344 1,344 0 none/ HP Great Britain
Kailash  China 6,638 1,319 5,319 Lunpo Gangri / Sacred in four religions: Bon, Buddhism, Hinduism and Jainism
Cherni Vrah[13]  Bulgaria 2,290 1,259 1031 Musala[14]/ HP in Sofia City Province, right next to the capital of Bulgaria
Machhapuchhare Nepal 6,993 1,233 5,760 Annapurna I
Carrauntoohil  Ireland 1,038 1,038 0 none/ HP Ireland
Snowdon  United Kingdom 1,085 1,038 47 Ben Nevis
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
Pidurutalagala  Sri Lanka 2,524 2,524 0
Mount Pico (Azores)  Portugal 2,351 2,351 0 none/ HP Portugal, HP Mid-Atlantic Ridge

See also

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.[15] Towers, monuments and similar on the peaks are also ignored.

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