List of mountain peaks by prominence

see also: List of highest mountains


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".

 List 
+No.PeakRangeLocationProminence (m)Height (m)Col (m)Parent1.Mount EverestHimalayas 8,8488,8480None2.AconcaguaAndes6,9626,9620None3.DenaliAlaska Range6,1446,19147Aconcagua4.Mount KilimanjaroEastern Rift mountains5,8855,89510Everest5.Pico Cristóbal ColónSierra Nevada de Santa Marta5,5095,700191Aconcagua6.Mount LoganSaint Elias Mountains5,2505,959709Denali7.Pico de OrizabaTrans-Mexican Volcanic Belt4,9225,636714Mount Logan8.Vinson MassifSentinel Range4,8924,8920None9.Puncak JayaSudirman Range4,8844,8840None10.Mount ElbrusCaucasus Mountains4,7415,642901Everest11.Mont BlancAlps 4,6954,808113Everest 12.Mount DamavandAlborz4,6675,610943Mount Elbrus13.Klyuchevskaya SopkaKamchatka4,6494,750101Everest14.Nanga ParbatHimalayas4,6088,1253,517Everest15.Mauna KeaHawaiian Islands4,2054,2050None16.Jengish ChokusuKakshaal Too 4,1487,4393,291Everest17.Bogda PeakBogda Shan4,1225,4451,323Everest18.ChimborazoCordillera Occidental4,1186,2632,145Aconcagua19.Namcha BarwaHimalayas4,1067,7823,676Everest20.Mount KinabaluCrocker Range4,0954,0950None21.Mount RainierCascade Range4,0234,393370Denali
Orizaba22.K2Karakoram 4,0178,6114,594Everest23.Ras DashenSemien Mountains3,9974,550553Kilimanjaro24.Volcán TajumulcoSierra Madre de Chiapas3,9804,220240Denali
Orizaba25.Pico BolívarSierra Nevada de Mérida3,9574,9811,024Aconcagua
Chimborazo26.Mount FairweatherSaint Elias Mountains 3,9554,671722Mount Logan27.YushanYushan Range3,9523,9520None28.Mount StanleyRwenzori Mountains 3,9515,1091,158Kilimanjaro29.KanchenjungaHimalayas3,9228,5864,664Everest30.Tirich MirHindu Kush3,9087,7083,800Everest
K231.Mount CameroonCameroon line3,9014,040139Kilimanjaro
Stanley32.Mount KenyaEastern Rift mountains3,8255,1991,374Kilimanjaro33.Mount KerinciBarisan Mountains3,8053,8050None34.Mount ErebusRoss Island3,7943,7940None35.Mount FujiHonshu3,7763,7760None36.ToubkalAtlas Mountains3,7574,167410Kilimanjaro
Stanley37.Cerro ChirripóCordillera de Talamanca3,7273,82093Aconcagua
Chimborazo38.Mount RinjaniLesser Sunda Islands3,7263,7260None39.Aoraki/Mount CookSouthern Alps3,7243,7240None40.TeideTenerife3,7183,7180None41.Mount BoisingFinisterre Range3,7094,150441Puncak Jaya42.Monte San ValentinAndes3,6964,058362Aconcagua43.Gunnbjørn FjeldWatkins Range3,6943,6940None44.Ojos del SaladoAndes 3,6886,8933,205Aconcagua45.SemeruJava3,6763,6760None46.Ritacuba BlancoCordillera Oriental3,6455,4101,765Aconcagua
Chimborazo47.Mount GonggaDaxue Mountains3,6427,5563,914Everest
K248. Mount Ararat Armenian Highlands 3,6115,1371,526 Damavand49.Kongur TaghKongur Shan3,5857,6494,064Everest
K250.Mount BlackburnWrangell Mountains3,5354,9961,461Mount Logan51.Mount HayesAlaska Range3,5014,216715Denali52.Mount LatimojongSulawesi3,4783,4780None53.Mount Saint EliasSaint Elias Mountains 3,4485,4892,041Mount Logan54.Ismoil Somoni PeakPamir Mountains3,4027,4954,093Everest
K255.DhaulagiriHimalayas3,3578,1674,810K256.MercedarioCordillera de la Ramada3,3536,7203,367Aconcagua57.LautaroAndes3,3453,623278Aconcagua58.Belukha MountainAltai Mountains 3,3434,5061,163Everest
K259.Mount EtnaSicily3,3293,3290None60.Monte San LorenzoAndes 3,3193,706387Aconcagua61.Mount KarisimbiVirunga Mountains 3,3124,5071,195Mount Stanley62.Jabal an Nabi Shu'aybSarawat Mountains3,3113,666355Ararat
Everest63.Mount WaddingtonCoast Mountains3,2894,019730Mount Fairweather64.MulhacénSierra Nevada3,2853,479194Mont Blanc65.Mount SlametJava3,2843,428144Semeru66.SabalanAlborz3,2834,8111,528Mount Ararat67.Mount Marcus BakerChugach Mountains3,2694,016747Mount Hayes68.Sauyr ZhotasySaur Mountains 3,2523,840588Belukha
Everest69.Cerro del BolsónAndes3,2525,5522,300Aconcagua
Salado70.TomortTian Shan3,2434,8861,643Bogda Feng71.Jade Dragon Snow MountainYun Range3,2025,5962,394Everest
K272.Mount MeruEastern Rift mountains3,1704,5651,395Mount Kenya73.ShiveluchKamchatka3,1683,307139Klyuchevskaya74.Nanda DeviHimalayas3,1397,8164,677Dhaulagiri
K275.IchinskySredinny Range3,1253,607482Klyuchevskaya76.Mount LawuJava3,1183,265147Semeru77.Batura SarKarakoram3,1187,7954,677K278.Mount SipleSiple Island3,1103,1100None79.Pico DuarteCordillera Central3,0983,0980None80.ManasluHimalayas3,0928,1635,071Everest81.Mount WhitneySierra Nevada3,0734,4181,345Orizaba82.Piton des NeigesRéunion3,0693,0690None83.RaungJava3,0693,332263Semeru84.Xuelian FengTian Shan3,0686,6273,559Jengish Chokusu85.HaleakalāHawaiian Islands3,0553,0550None86.Mount LucaniaSaint Elias Mountains3,0465,2262,180Mount Logan87.Mount AgungBali3,0313,0310None88.Mount BinaiyaSeram3,0273,0270None89.PopocatepetlTrans-Mexican Volcanic Belt3,0205,4002,380Orizaba90.Pico BasiléBioko3,0113,0110None91.KoryakskySredinny Range2,9993,456457Klyuchevskaya92.Gangkhar PuensumHimalayas 2,9957,5704,575Kangchenjunga93.Mount StephensonDouglas Range2,9872,9870None94.AnnapurnaHimalayas2,9848,0915,107Everest95.Pik TalgarTrans-Ili Alatau2,9824,9791,997Everest
Jengish Chokusu96.Mount ShastaCascade Range2,9774,3171,340Orizaba
Whitney97.Mount WilhelmBismarck Range2,9694,5091,540Puncak Jaya98.Pico do RamelauTimor2,9632,9630None99.Mount ApoApo–Talomo2,9542,9540None100.Gyala PeriNyenchen Tanglha Mountains2,9427,2944,352Dhaulagiri
K2101.Mount LeuserSumatra2,9413,466525Mount Kerinci102.Mount PagetAllardyce Range2,9342,9340None103.ChakragilKunlun Mountains2,9346,7603,826Everest
Gongga104.Emi KoussiTibesti Mountains2,9343,445511Karisimbi
Kilimanjaro105.Monarch MountainCoast Mountains2,9303,555625Denali
Waddington106.Mount SucklingOwen Stanley Range2,9253,676751Puncak Jaya107.Mount PulagCordillera Central2,9222,9220None108.El MelaAndes2,9074,1501,243Aconcagua
Salado109.TaftanBaluchestan Mountains2,9013,9411,040Sabalan110.Jabal ShamsAl Hajar Mountains2,8993,019120Everest
Jabal an Nabi Shu'ayb111.ShishapangmaHimalayas2,8978,0275,130Annapurna112.Pico da NeblinaCerro de la Neblina2,8862,994108Aconcagua
Ritacuba Blanco113.SaramatiPatkai 2,8853,826941Dhaulagiri
Everest114.MaromokotroMadagascar2,8762,8760None115.Mount ShishaldinAleutian Range2,8692,8690None116.Moncong LompotabangSulawesi2,8572,87417Latimojong117.Buni ZomHindu Raj2,8456,5423,697Everest
K2118.Kuh-e BandakaHindu Kush2,8346,8123,978Tirich Mir119.Mount RobsonRainbow Range2,8293,9591,130Orizaba
Whitney120.Mount FogoFogo2,8292,8290None121.KametHimalayas2,8257,7564,931Nanda Devi122.RakaposhiKarakoram2,8187,7884,970K2123.AnetoPyrenees2,8123,404592Mulhacén124.Arjuno-WelirangJava2,8123,339527Semeru125.Jiuding ShanDaxue Mountains2,8084,9692161Everest
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 Related pages 
List of highest mountains
List of Ultras of Canada
List of Ultras of Mexico
List of Ultras of the United States
Summit
Elevation
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Ultra-prominent peak

 References 

 Other websites 
Map of the top 50 by Ken Jones
Lists and maps for all peaks in the world with  or more of prominence. Compiled by Aaron Maizlish.

Mountain peaks by prominence
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