List of mountain peaks by prominence

see also: List of highest mountains

Chart of the 100 peaks with highest prominence

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]

List


No.	Peak	Range	Location	Prominence (m)	Height (m)	Col (m)	Parent
1.	Mount Everest	Himalayas	15px Nepal 22x20px China	8,848	8,848	0	None
2.	Aconcagua	Andes	22x20px Argentina	6,962	6,962	0	None
3.	Denali^*	Alaska Range	22x20px United States	6,144	6,191	47	Aconcagua
4.	Mount Kilimanjaro^*	Eastern Rift mountains	22x20px Tanzania	5,885	5,895	10	Everest
5.	Pico Cristóbal Colón	Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta	22x20px Colombia	5,509	5,700	191	Aconcagua
6.	Mount Logan	Saint Elias Mountains	22x20px Canada	5,250	5,959	709	Denali
7.	Pico de Orizaba	Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt	22x20px Mexico	4,922	5,636	714	Mount Logan
8.	Vinson Massif	Sentinel Range	22x20px Antarctica	4,892	4,892	0	None
9.	Puncak Jaya	Sudirman Range	22x20px Indonesia	4,884	4,884	0	None
10.	Mount Elbrus	Caucasus Mountains	22x20px Russia	4,741	5,642	901	Everest
11.	Mont Blanc	Alps	22x20px France 22x20px Italy	4,695	4,808	113	Everest
12.	Mount Damavand	Alborz	22x20px Iran	4,667	5,610	943	Mount Elbrus
13.	Klyuchevskaya Sopka	Kamchatka	22x20px Russia	4,649	4,750	101	Everest
14.	Nanga Parbat	Himalayas	22x20px Pakistan	4,608	8,125	3,517	Everest
15.	Mauna Kea	Hawaiian Islands	22x20px United States	4,205	4,205	0	None
16.	Jengish Chokusu	Kakshaal Too	22x20px China 22x20px Kyrgyzstan	4,148	7,439	3,291	Everest
17.	Bogda Peak	Bogda Shan	22x20px China	4,122	5,445	1,323	Everest
18.	Chimborazo	Cordillera Occidental	22x20px	4,118	6,263	2,145	Aconcagua
19.	Namcha Barwa	Himalayas	22x20px China	4,106	7,782	3,676	Everest
20.	Mount Kinabalu	Crocker Range	22x20px Malaysia	4,095	4,095	0	None
21.	Mount Rainier	Cascade Range	22x20px United States	4,023	4,393	370	Denali Orizaba
22.	K2	Karakoram	22x20px China 22x20px Pakistan	4,017	8,611	4,594	Everest
23.	Ras Dashen	Semien Mountains	22x20px	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	22x20px Venezuela	3,957	4,981	1,024	Aconcagua Chimborazo
26.	Mount Fairweather	Saint Elias Mountains	22x20px Canada 22x20px United States	3,955	4,671	722	Mount Logan
27.	Yushan	Yushan Range	22x20px Taiwan	3,952	3,952	0	None
28.	Mount Stanley	Rwenzori Mountains	22x20px DR Congo 22x20px Uganda	3,951	5,109	1,158	Kilimanjaro
29.	Kanchenjunga	Himalayas	15px Nepal22x20px India	3,922	8,586	4,664	Everest
30.	Tirich Mir	Hindu Kush	22x20px Pakistan	3,908	7,708	3,800	Everest K2
31.	Mount Cameroon	Cameroon line	22x20px Cameroon	3,901	4,040	139	Kilimanjaro Stanley
32.	Mount Kenya	Eastern Rift mountains	22x20px Kenya	3,825	5,199	1,374	Kilimanjaro
33.	Mount Kerinci	Barisan Mountains	22x20px Indonesia	3,805	3,805	0	None
34.	Mount Erebus	Ross Island	22x20px Antarctica	3,794	3,794	0	None
35.	Mount Fuji	Honshu	22x20px Japan	3,776	3,776	0	None
36.	Toubkal	Atlas Mountains	22x20px Morocco	3,757	4,167	410	Kilimanjaro Stanley
37.	Cerro Chirripó	Cordillera de Talamanca	22x20px Costa Rica	3,727	3,820	93	Aconcagua Chimborazo
38.	Mount Rinjani	Lesser Sunda Islands	22x20px Indonesia	3,726	3,726	0	None
39.	Aoraki/Mount Cook	Southern Alps	22x20px New Zealand	3,724	3,724	0	None
40.	Teide	Tenerife	File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain	3,718	3,718	0	None
41.	Mount Boising	Finisterre Range	22x20px Papua New Guinea	3,709	4,150	441	Puncak Jaya
42.	Monte San Valentin	Andes	22x20px Chile	3,696	4,058	362	Aconcagua
43.	Gunnbjørn Fjeld	Watkins Range	File:Flag of Greenland.svg	3,694	3,694	0	None
44.	Ojos del Salado	Andes	22x20px Argentina 22x20px Chile	3,688	6,893	3,205	Aconcagua
45.	Semeru	Java	22x20px Indonesia	3,676	3,676	0	None
46.	Ritacuba Blanco	Cordillera Oriental	22x20px Colombia	3,645	5,410	1,765	Aconcagua Chimborazo
47.	Mount Gongga	Daxue Mountains	22x20px China	3,642	7,556	3,914	Everest K2
48.	Mount Ararat	Armenian Highlands	22x20px Turkey	3,611	5,137	1,526	Damavand
49.	Kongur Tagh	Kongur Shan	22x20px China	3,585	7,649	4,064	Everest K2
50.	Mount Blackburn	Wrangell Mountains	22x20px United States	3,535	4,996	1,461	Mount Logan
51.	Mount Hayes	Alaska Range	22x20px United States	3,501	4,216	715	Denali
52.	Mount Latimojong	Sulawesi	22x20px Indonesia	3,478	3,478	0	None
53.	Mount Saint Elias	Saint Elias Mountains	22x20px Canada 22x20px United States	3,448	5,489	2,041	Mount Logan
54.	Ismoil Somoni Peak	Pamir Mountains	22x20px Tajikistan	3,402	7,495	4,093	Everest K2
55.	Dhaulagiri	Himalayas	15px Nepal	3,357	8,167	4,810	K2
56.	Mercedario	Cordillera de la Ramada	22x20px Argentina	3,353	6,720	3,367	Aconcagua
57.	Lautaro	Andes	22x20px Chile	3,345	3,623	278	Aconcagua
58.	Belukha Mountain	Altai Mountains	22x20px Kazakhstan 22x20px Russia	3,343	4,506	1,163	Everest K2
59.	Mount Etna	Sicily	22x20px Italy	3,329	3,329	0	None
60.	Monte San Lorenzo	Andes	22x20px Argentina 22x20px Chile	3,319	3,706	387	Aconcagua
61.	Mount Karisimbi	Virunga Mountains	22x20px DR Congo 22x20px Rwanda	3,312	4,507	1,195	Mount Stanley
62.	Jabal an Nabi Shu'ayb	Sarawat Mountains	22x20px Yemen	3,311	3,666	355	Ararat Everest
63.	Mount Waddington	Coast Mountains	22x20px Canada	3,289	4,019	730	Mount Fairweather
64.	Mulhacén	Sierra Nevada	File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain	3,285	3,479	194	Mont Blanc
65.	Mount Slamet	Java	22x20px Indonesia	3,284	3,428	144	Semeru
66.	Sabalan	Alborz	22x20px Iran	3,283	4,811	1,528	Mount Ararat
67.	Mount Marcus Baker	Chugach Mountains	22x20px United States	3,269	4,016	747	Mount Hayes
68.	Sauyr Zhotasy	Saur Mountains	22x20px China 22x20px Kazakhstan	3,252	3,840	588	Belukha Everest
69.	Cerro del Bolsón	Andes	22x20px Argentina	3,252	5,552	2,300	Aconcagua Salado
70.	Tomort	Tian Shan	22x20px China	3,243	4,886	1,643	Bogda Feng
71.	Jade Dragon Snow Mountain	Yun Range	22x20px China	3,202	5,596	2,394	Everest K2
72.	Mount Meru	Eastern Rift mountains	22x20px Tanzania	3,170	4,565	1,395	Mount Kenya
73.	Shiveluch	Kamchatka	22x20px Russia	3,168	3,307	139	Klyuchevskaya
74.	Nanda Devi	Himalayas	22x20px India	3,139	7,816	4,677	Dhaulagiri K2
75.	Ichinsky	Sredinny Range	22x20px Russia	3,125	3,607	482	Klyuchevskaya
76.	Mount Lawu	Java	22x20px Indonesia	3,118	3,265	147	Semeru
77.	Batura Sar	Karakoram	22x20px Pakistan	3,118	7,795	4,677	K2
78.	Mount Siple	Siple Island	22x20px Antarctica	3,110	3,110	0	None
79.	Pico Duarte	Cordillera Central	File:Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Dominican Republic	3,098	3,098	0	None
80.	Manaslu	Himalayas	15px Nepal	3,092	8,163	5,071	Everest
81.	Mount Whitney	Sierra Nevada	22x20px United States	3,073	4,418	1,345	Orizaba
82.	Piton des Neiges	Réunion	22x20px France	3,069	3,069	0	None
83.	Raung	Java	22x20px Indonesia	3,069	3,332	263	Semeru
84.	Xuelian Feng	Tian Shan	22x20px China	3,068	6,627	3,559	Jengish Chokusu
85.	Haleakalā	Hawaiian Islands	22x20px United States	3,055	3,055	0	None
86.	Mount Lucania	Saint Elias Mountains	22x20px Canada	3,046	5,226	2,180	Mount Logan
87.	Mount Agung	Bali	22x20px Indonesia	3,031	3,031	0	None
88.	Mount Binaiya	Seram	22x20px Indonesia	3,027	3,027	0	None
89.	Popocatepetl	Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt	22x20px Mexico	3,020	5,400	2,380	Orizaba
90.	Pico Basilé	Bioko	22x20px Equatorial Guinea	3,011	3,011	0	None
91.	Koryaksky	Sredinny Range	22x20px Russia	2,999	3,456	457	Klyuchevskaya
92.	Gangkhar Puensum	Himalayas	22x20px China Bhutan	2,995	7,570	4,575	Kangchenjunga
93.	Mount Stephenson	Douglas Range	22x20px Antarctica	2,987	2,987	0	None
94.	Annapurna	Himalayas	15px Nepal	2,984	8,091	5,107	Everest
95.	Pik Talgar	Trans-Ili Alatau	22x20px Kazakhstan	2,982	4,979	1,997	Everest Jengish Chokusu
96.	Mount Shasta	Cascade Range	22x20px United States	2,977	4,317	1,340	Orizaba Whitney
97.	Mount Wilhelm	Bismarck Range	22x20px 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	File:Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines	2,954	2,954	0	None
100.	Gyala Peri	Nyenchen Tanglha Mountains	22x20px China	2,942	7,294	4,352	Dhaulagiri K2
101.	Mount Leuser	Sumatra	22x20px 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	22x20px 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	22x20px Canada	2,930	3,555	625	Denali Waddington
106.	Mount Suckling	Owen Stanley Range	22x20px Papua New Guinea	2,925	3,676	751	Puncak Jaya
107.	Mount Pulag	Cordillera Central	File:Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines	2,922	2,922	0	None
108.	El Mela	Andes	22x20px Argentina	2,907	4,150	1,243	Aconcagua Salado
109.	Taftan	Baluchestan Mountains	22x20px Iran	2,901	3,941	1,040	Sabalan
110.	Jabal Shams	Al Hajar Mountains	File:Flag of Oman.svg Oman	2,899	3,019	120	Everest Jabal an Nabi Shu'ayb
111.	Shishapangma	Himalayas	22x20px China	2,897	8,027	5,130	Annapurna
112.	Pico da Neblina	Cerro de la Neblina	22x20px Brazil	2,886	2,994	108	Aconcagua Ritacuba Blanco
113.	Saramati	Patkai	22x20px India 22x20px Myanmar	2,885	3,826	941	Dhaulagiri Everest
114.	Maromokotro	Madagascar	File:Flag of Madagascar.svg Madagascar	2,876	2,876	0	None
115.	Mount Shishaldin	Aleutian Range	22x20px United States	2,869	2,869	0	None
116.	Moncong Lompotabang	Sulawesi	22x20px Indonesia	2,857	2,874	17	Latimojong
117.	Buni Zom	Hindu Raj	22x20px Pakistan	2,845	6,542	3,697	Everest K2
118.	Kuh-e Bandaka	Hindu Kush	22x20px Afghanistan	2,834	6,812	3,978	Tirich Mir
119.	Mount Robson	Rainbow Range	22x20px Canada	2,829	3,959	1,130	Orizaba Whitney
120.	Mount Fogo	Fogo	22x20px Cape Verde	2,829	2,829	0	None
121.	Kamet	Himalayas	22x20px India	2,825	7,756	4,931	Nanda Devi
122.	Rakaposhi	Karakoram	22x20px Pakistan	2,818	7,788	4,970	K2
123.	Aneto	Pyrenees	File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain	2,812	3,404	592	Mulhacén
124.	Arjuno-Welirang	Java	22x20px Indonesia	2,812	3,339	527	Semeru
125.	Jiuding Shan	Daxue Mountains	22x20px China	2,808	4,969	2161	Everest K2

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References

↑ Maizlish, Aaron (10 October 2003). "Orometry: Introduction to Prominence". Peaklist. Prominence and Orometrics: A Study of the Measurement of Mountains. Retrieved 14 November 2019.

"World Peaks with 4000 meters of Prominence". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
Metzler, David; Jurgalski, Eberhard (eds.). "50 Most Prominent Peaks on Earth". Peaklist. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
Jurgalski, Eberhard; Metzler, David; Lisiecki, Parys; Maizlish, Aaron; de Ferranti, Jonathan. "The World's Greatest 100 Summits Ranked by Re-Ascent". viewfinderpanoramas.org. Retrieved 14 November 2019.

Other websites

Map of the top 50 by Ken Jones
Lists and maps for all peaks in the world with 1,500 metres (4,900 ft) or more of prominence. Compiled by Aaron Maizlish.

[1] Maizlish, Aaron (10 October 2003). "Orometry: Introduction to Prominence". Peaklist. Prominence and Orometrics: A Study of the Measurement of Mountains. Retrieved 14 November 2019.

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