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".^[1]

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No.	Peak	Range	Location	Prominence (m)	Height (m)	Col (m)	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	Indonesia	4,884	4,884	0	None
10.	Mount Elbrus	Caucasus Mountains	Russia	4,741	5,642	901	Everest
11.	Mont Blanc	Alps	France Italy	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	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	Malaysia	4,095	4,095	0	None
21.	Mount Rainier	Cascade Range	United States	4,023	4,393	370	Denali Orizaba
22.	K2	Karakoram	China 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	Everest K2
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	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	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	3,718	3,718	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	4,016	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	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	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	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	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	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	Template:Country data 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	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	Rainbow Range	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

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↑ 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.

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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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