List of peaks by prominence

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

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 Mount McKinley 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 125 most prominent peaks

Of the 125 peaks listed in this section, China has the most: 16. Close behind it are Indonesia, with 13, and the United States with 12. In the Parent column, HP stands for 'highest point on' (an isolated landmass).

Nr.	Peak	Location	Height (m)	Prominence (m)	Col (m)	Parent
1.	Mount Everest^‡	Nepal / People's Republic of China (Tibet)	8,848	8,848	0	none — HP Afro-Eurasia
2.	Aconcagua	Argentina (Mendoza)	6,962	6,962	0	none — HP the Americas
3.	Mount McKinley (Denali)^*	United States (Alaska)	6,194	6,138	56	Aconcagua
4.	Mount Kilimanjaro^*	Tanzania	5,895	5,885	10	Everest
5.	Pico Cristóbal Colón	Colombia (Magdalena)	5,700	5,509	191	Aconcagua
6.	Mount Logan	Canada (Yukon)	5,959	5,250	709	Mount McKinley
7.	Pico de Orizaba	Mexico (Veracruz-Puebla)	5,636	4,922	714	Mount Logan
8.	Vinson Massif	Antarctica	4,892	4,892	0	none — HP Antarctica
9.	Puncak Jaya	Indonesia (New Guinea)	4,884	4,884	0	none — HP New Guinea
10.	Mount Elbrus	Russia	5,642	4,741	901	Everest
11.	Mont Blanc/Monte Bianco	France / Italy	4,808	4,695	113	Everest
12.	Mount Damavand	Iran	5,610	4,667	943	Elbrus
13.	Klyuchevskaya Sopka	Russia (Kamchatka)	4,750	4,649	101	Everest
14.	Nanga Parbat	Pakistan	8,125	4,608	3517	Everest
15.	Mauna Kea	United States (Hawaii)	4,205	4,205	0	none — HP Hawaii island
16.	Jengish Chokusu	Kyrgyzstan / People's Republic of China	7,439	4,148	3291	Everest
17.	Chimborazo	Ecuador	6,268	4,123	2145	Aconcagua
18.	Bogda Peak	People's Republic of China	5,445	4,122	1323	Everest
19.	Namcha Barwa	People's Republic of China (Tibet)	7,782	4,106	3676	Everest
20.	Mount Kinabalu	Malaysia	4,095	4,095	0	none — HP Borneo
21.	Mount Rainier	United States (Washington)	4,393	4,023	370	Orizaba¹ / McKinley ²
22.	K2	Pakistan / People's Republic of China	8,611	4,017	4594	Everest
23.	Ras Dashen	Ethiopia	4,550	3,997	553	Kilimanjaro
24.	Volcán Tajumulco	Guatemala	4,220	3,980	240	Orizaba¹ / McKinley ²
25.	Pico Bolívar (La Columna)	Venezuela	4,981	3,957	1024	Chimborazo¹ / Aconcagua ²
26.	Mount Fairweather	United States (Alaska) / Canada	4,671	3,955	722	Orizaba
27.	Yushan (Jade Mountain)	Republic of China (Taiwan)	3,952	3,952	0	none — HP Taiwan
28.	Mount Stanley	Democratic Republic of the Congo / Uganda	5,109	3,951	1158	Kilimanjaro
29.	Kangchenjunga	Nepal / India (Sikkim)	8,586	3,922	4664	Everest
30.	Tirich Mir	Pakistan	7,708	3,908	3800	K2¹ / Everest²
31.	Mount Cameroon	Cameroon	4,040	3,901	139	Stanley¹ / Kilimanjaro ²
32.	Mount Kenya	Kenya	5,199	3,825	1374	Kilimanjaro
33.	Mount Kerinci	Indonesia	3,805	3,805	0	none — HP Sumatra
34.	Mount Erebus	Antarctica	3,794	3,794	0	none — HP Ross Island
35.	Mount Fuji	Japan	3,776	3,776	0	none — HP Honshū
36.	Toubkal	Morocco	4,167	3,757	410	Stanley¹ / Kilimanjaro ²
37.	Cerro Chirripó	Costa Rica	3,820	3,727	93	Chimborazo¹ / Aconcagua ²
38.	Mount Rinjani	Indonesia	3,726	3,726	0	none — HP Lombok
39.	Aoraki/Mount Cook	New Zealand	3,724	3,724	0	none — HP South Island
40.	Teide	Spain	3,718	3,718	0	none — HP Tenerife
41.	Finisterre Range HP	Papua New Guinea	4,150	3,709	441	Puncak Jaya
42.	Monte San Valentin	Chile	4,058	3,696	362	Aconcagua
43.	Gunnbjørn Fjeld	Greenland	3,694	3,694	0	none — HP Greenland
44.	Ojos del Salado	Argentina / Chile	6,893	3,688	3205	Aconcagua
45.	Semeru	Indonesia	3,676	3,676	0	none — HP Java
46.	Ritacuba Blanco	Colombia	5,410	3,645	1765	Chimborazo¹ / Aconcagua ²
47.	Mount Gongga	People's Republic of China	7,556	3,642	3914	K2¹ / Everest²
48.	Mount Ararat	Turkey	5,137	3,611	1526	Damavand
49.	Kongur Tagh	People's Republic of China	7,649	3,585	4064	K2¹ / Everest²
50.	Mount Blackburn	United States (Alaska)	4,996	3,535	1461	Mount Logan
51.	Mount Hayes	United States (Alaska)	4,216	3,501	715	Mount McKinley
52.	Mount Rantemario	Indonesia	3,478	3,478	0	none — HP Sulawesi
53.	Mount Saint Elias	United States (Alaska) / Canada	5,489	3,448	2041	Mount Logan
54.	Ismoil Somoni Peak	Tajikistan	7,495	3,402	4093	K2¹ / Everest²
55.	Dhaulagiri	Nepal	8,167	3,357	4810	K2
56.	Mercedario	Argentina	6,720	3,353	3367	Aconcagua
57.	Lautaro	Chile	3,623	3,345	278	Aconcagua
58.	Belukha Mountain	Kazakhstan / Russia	4,506	3,343	1163	K2¹ / Everest²
59.	Mount Etna	Italy	3,323	3,323	0	none — HP Sicily
60.	Monte San Lorenzo	Argentina / Chile	3,706	3,319	387	Aconcagua
61.	Mount Karisimbi	Rwanda / Democratic Republic of the Congo	4,507	3,312	1195	Mount Stanley
62.	Jabal an Nabi Shu'ayb	Yemen	3,666	3,311	355	Mount Ararat¹ / Everest²
63.	Mount Waddington	Canada	4,019	3,289	730	Mount Fairweather
64.	Mulhacén	Spain	3,479	3,285	194	Mont Blanc
65.	Mount Slamet	Indonesia	3,428	3,284	144	Semeru
66.	Sabalan	Iran	4,811	3,283	1528	Mount Ararat
67.	Mount Marcus Baker	United States (Alaska)	4,016	3,269	747	Mount Hayes
68.	Sauyr Zhotasy	Kazakhstan / People's Republic of China	3,840	3,252	588	Belukha Mountain¹ / Everest²
69.	Cerro del Bolsón	Argentina	5,552	3,252	2300	Salado¹ / Aconcagua²
70.	Tomort	People's Republic of China	4,886	3,243	1643	Bogda Feng
71.	Jade Dragon Snow Mountain	People's Republic of China	5,596	3,202	2394	K2¹ / Everest²
72.	Mount Meru	Tanzania	4,565	3,170	1395	Mount Kenya
73.	Shiveluch	Russia (Kamchatka)	3,307	3,168	139	Klyuchevskaya
74.	Nanda Devi	India (Uttarakhand)	7,816	3,139	4677	Dhaulagiri¹ / K2²
75.	Ichinsky	Russia (Kamchatka)	3,607	3,125	482	Klyuchevskaya
76.	Mount Lawu	Indonesia	3,265	3,118	147	Semeru
77.	Batura Sar	Pakistan	7,795	3,118	4677	K2
78.	Mount Siple	Antarctica	3,110	3,110	0	none — HP Siple Island
79.	Pico Duarte	Dominican Republic	3,098	3,098	0	none — HP Hispaniola
80.	Manaslu	Nepal	8,163	3,092	5071	Everest
81.	Mount Whitney	United States (California)	4,418	3,073	1345	Orizaba
82.	Piton des Neiges	France (Réunion)	3,069	3,069	0	none — HP Réunion
83.	Raung	Indonesia	3,332	3,069	263	Semeru
84.	Xuelian Feng	People's Republic of China	6,627	3,068	3559	Peak Jengish Chokusu
85.	Haleakalā	United States (Hawaii)	3,055	3,055	0	none — HP Maui
86.	Mount Lucania	Canada	5,226	3,046	2180	Mount Logan
87.	Mount Agung	Indonesia	3,031	3,031	0	none — HP Bali
88.	Mount Binaiya	Indonesia	3,027	3,027	0	none — HP Ceram
89.	Popocatepetl	Mexico	5,400	3,020	2380	Orizaba
90.	Pico Basilé	Equatorial Guinea	3,011	3,011	0	none — HP Bioco
91.	Koryaksky	Russia (Kamchatka)	3,456	2,999	457	Klyuchevskaya
92.	Gangkhar Puensum	Bhutan / People's Republic of China	7,570	2,995	4575	Kangchenjunga
93.	Mount Stephenson	Antarctica	2,987	2,987	0	none — HP Alexander Island
94.	Annapurna	Nepal	8,091	2,984	5107	Everest
95.	Pik Talgar	Kazakhstan	4,979	2,982	1997	Peak Jengish Chokusu¹ / Everest²
96.	Mount Shasta	United States (California)	4,317	2,977	1340	Whitney¹ / Orizaba ²
97.	Pico do Ramelau or Mount Ramelau	Timor-Leste	2,963	2,963	0	none — HP Timor
98.	Mount Apo	Philippines	2,954	2,954	0	none — HP Mindanao
99.	Gyala Peri	People's Republic of China (Tibet)	7,294	2,942	4352	Dhaulagiri¹ / K2²
100.	Mount Leuser	Indonesia	3,466	2,941	525	Mount Kerinci
101.	Mount Paget	United Kingdom (South Georgia)	2,934	2,934	0	none — HP South Georgia
102.	Chakragil	People's Republic of China	6,760	2,934	3826	Gongga Shan¹ / Everest²
103.	Emi Koussi	Chad	3,445	2,934	511	Karisimbi¹ / Kilimanjaro²
104.	Monarch Mountain	Canada	3,555	2,930	625	Waddington¹ / McKinley²
105.	Mount Suckling	Papua New Guinea	3,676	2,925	751	Puncak Jaya
106.	Mount Pulag	Philippines	2,922	2,922	0	none — HP Luzon
107.	Mount Wilhelm	Papua New Guinea	4,509	2,922	1587	Puncak Jaya
108.	El Mela	Argentina	4,150	2,907	1243	Salado¹ / Aconcagua²
109.	Kuh-e Taftan	Iran	3,941	2,901	1040	Sabalan
110.	Jabal Shams	Oman	3,019	2,899	120	Jabal an Nabi Shu'ayb¹ / Everest²
111.	Shishapangma	People's Republic of China	8,027	2,897	5130	Annapurna I
112.	Pico da Neblina	Brazil	2,994	2,886	108	Ritacuba Blanco¹ / Aconcagua²
113.	Saramati	India (Nagaland) / Burma	3,826	2,885	941	Dhaulagiri¹ / Everest²
114.	Maromokotro	Madagascar	2,876	2,876	0	none — HP Madagascar
115.	Mount Shishaldin	United States (Alaska)	2,869	2,869	0	none — HP Unimak
116.	Moncong Lompotabang	Indonesia	2,874	2,857	17	Mount Rantemario
117.	Buni Zom	Pakistan	6,542	2,845	3697	K2¹ / Everest²
118.	Kuh-e Bandaka	Afghanistan	6,812	2,834	3978	Tirich Mir
119.	Mount Robson	Canada (British Columbia)	3,959	2,829	1130	Whitney¹ /Orizaba²
120.	Mount Fogo	Cape Verde	2,829	2,829	0	none — HP Fogo
121.	Kamet	India (Uttarakhand)	7,756	2,825	4931	Nanda Devi
122.	Rakaposhi	Pakistan	7,788	2,818	4970	K2
123.	Aneto	Spain	3,404	2,812	608	Mulhacén
124.	Arjuno-Welirang	Indonesia	3,339	2,812	527	Semeru
125.	Jiuding Shan	People's Republic of China	4,969	2,808	2161	K2¹ / Everest²

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 (North Island)	2,797	2,797	0	none — HP North Island, New Zealand
Huascarán	Peru	6,746	2,776	3,970	Ojos del Salado
Pegunungan Arfak	Indonesia	2,955	2,775	179
Mount Elbert	United States (Colorado)	4,401	2,772	1,629	Mount Whitney
Pic de la Selle	Haiti	2,680	2,650	30	Pico Duarte
San Jacinto Peak	United States (California)	3,302	2,533	982	Mount Whitney
San Gorgonio Mountain	United States (California)	3,506	2,528	978	Olancha
Qurnat as Sawda'	Lebanon	3,088	2,393	695	Jabal an-Nabi Shu'ayb
Mount Sidley	Antarctica	4,285	2,517	1,768	Mount Vinson
Anamudi	India (Kerala)	2,695	2,479	216	??
Corno Grande	Italy	2,912	2,476	436	Mont Blanc
Musala	Bulgaria	2,925	2,473	452	Mont Blanc
Vihren	Bulgaria	2,914	2,462	452	Mont Blanc
Mount Bazardüzü	Azerbaijan / Russia	4,466	2,454	2012
Illimani	Bolivia	6,438	2,451	3,987	Ojos del Salado
Großglockner	Austria	3,798	2,423	1,375	Mont Blanc
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 Hood	United States (Oregon)	3,426	2,349	1,077	Mount Shasta
Finsteraarhorn	Switzerland	4,274	2,280	1,994	Mont Blanc
Mont Orohena	France (Tahiti)	2,241	2,241	0	none — HP Tahiti
Piz Bernina	Switzerland	4,049	2,234	1,815	Finsteraarhorn
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
Triglav	Slovenia	2,864	2,052	812	Marmolada¹ / Mont Blanc²
Moldoveanu Peak	Romania	2,544	2,046	498	Gerlachovský štít
Mount Olympus	Cyprus	1,952	1,952	0	none — HP Cyprus
Mount Washington	United States (New Hampshire)	1,917	1,874	43	Gannett Peak¹ / Aconcagua²
Hermon	Lebanon / Syria	2,814	1,804	1010	Qurnat as Sawda', HP Lebanon
Zugspitze	Germany / Austria	2,962	1,746	1,216	Piz Bernina¹ / Mont Blanc²
Dunn Peak	Canada (British Columbia)	2,636	1,531	1,105	???
Morne Diablotins	Dominica	1,447	1,447	0	none — HP Dominica
Mount Pelée	France (Martinique)	1,397	1,397	0	none — HP Martinique
Ben Nevis	United Kingdom (Scotland)	1,344	1,344	0	none — HP Great Britain
Kailash	China (Tibet)	6,638	1,319	5,319	Lunpo Gangri
Pica d'Estats	Spain / France	3,143	1,277	1,866	Aneto
Machhapuchhare	Nepal	6,993	1,233	5,760	Annapurna I
Carrauntoohil	Ireland	1,038	1,038	0	none — HP Ireland
Matterhorn	Switzerland / Italy	4,478	1,031	3,447	Weisshorn (4,507 m)
Kholeno	Iran	4,387	967	3,420	Mount Damavand (5,610 m)
Eiger	Switzerland	3,970	356	3,614	Mönch (4,099 m)

Notes

‡.^ Since Mount Everest is the highest point on Earth, its measure of prominence is ill-defined by any usefully concise definition of prominence, that is without noting its special case. Therefore, by convention and consistent with other landmass high points, Mount Everest's prominence is given as being equal to its elevation above mean sea level.

*.^ 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.^[1]

References

↑ http://www.peaklist.org/WWlists/WorldTop50.html

World peaks with 4000 meters of prominence from peakbagger.com
World top 50 most prominent peaks, originally compiled by David Metzler and Eberhard Jurgalski, and updated with the help of others as new elevation information, especially SRTM, has become available.
World top 100 most prominent peaks, from the same authors as the top 50.

External links

Map of the top 50 by Ken Jones
Lists and/or maps covering all peaks in the world with 1500 m+ prominence. Compiled by Aaron Maizlish. The latest estimate is that there are 1,516.