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, briefly: 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 (number 110 in the list).

Note that either sort of parent of a typical very high-prominence peak, e.g. Mount McKinley, will lie far away from the peak itself, reflecting the independence of the peak.

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".

In the Parent column, HP stands for 'highest point on'.

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.

Nr.	Peak	Location	Height (m)	Prominence (m)	Col (m)	Parent
1.	Mount Everest	/ (Tibet)	8,848	8,848	0	none — HP Afro-Eurasia
2.	Aconcagua		6,962	6,962	0	none — HP the Americas
3.	Mount McKinley (Denali)	(Alaska)	6,194	6,138	56	Aconcagua
4.	Mount Kilimanjaro		5,892	5,882	10	Mount Everest
5.	Pico Cristóbal Colón		5,700	5,509	191	Aconcagua
6.	Mount Logan	(Yukon)	5,959	5,250	709	Mount McKinley
7.	Pico de Orizaba		5,636	4,922	714	Mount Logan
8.	Vinson Massif		4,892	4,892	0	none — HP Antarctica
9.	Puncak Jaya	(New Guinea)	4,884	4,884	0	none — HP New Guinea
10.	Mount Elbrus		5,642	4,741	901	Everest
11.	Mont Blanc	/	4,808	4,695	113	Everest
12.	Mount Damavand		5,610	4,667	943	Elbrus
13.	Klyuchevskaya Sopka	(Kamchatka)	4,750	4,649	101	Everest
14.	Nanga Parbat		8,125	4,608	3517	Everest
15.	Mauna Kea	(Hawaii)	4,205	4,205	0	none — HP Hawaii
16.	Jengish Chokusu	/	7,439	4,148	3291	Everest
17.	Chimborazo		6,268	4,123	2145	Aconcagua
18.	Bogda Feng		5,445	4,122	1323	Everest
19.	Namcha Barwa	(Tibet)	7,782	4,106	3676	Everest
20.	Mount Kinabalu		4,095	4,095	0	none — HP Borneo
21.	Mount Rainier	(Washington)	4,393	4,023	370	Mount McKinley
22.	K2	/	8,611	4,017	4594	Everest
23.	Ras Dashen		4,550	3,997	553	Kilimanjaro
24.	Volcán Tajumulco		4,220	3,980	240	Mount McKinley
25.	Pico Bolívar		4,981	3,957	1024	Aconcagua
26.	Mount Fairweather	(Alaska) /	4,671	3,955	722	Pico de Orizaba
27.	Yushan (Jade Mountain)		3,952	3,952	0	none — HP Taiwan
28.	Mount Stanley	/	5,109	3,951	1158	Kilimanjaro
29.	Kangchenjunga	/	8,586	3,922	4664	Everest
30.	Tirich Mir		7,708	3,908	3800	Everest
31.	Mount Cameroon		4,040	3,901	139	Kilimanjaro
32.	Mount Kenya		5,199	3,825	1374	Kilimanjaro
33.	Mount Kerinci		3,805	3,805	0	none — HP Sumatra
34.	Mount Erebus		3,794	3,794	0	none — HP Ross Island
35.	Mount Fuji		3,776	3,776	0	none — HP Honshū
36.	Jbel Toubkal		4,167	3,757	410	Kilimanjaro
37.	Aoraki/Mount Cook		3,755	3,755	0	none — HP South Island
38.	Cerro Chirripó		3,820	3,727	93	Aconcagua
39.	Mount Rinjani		3,726	3,726	0	none — HP Lombok
40.	Teide		3,718	3,718	0	none — HP Tenerife
41.	Monte San Valentin		4,058	3,696	362	Aconcagua
42.	Gunnbjørn Fjeld		3,694	3,694	0	none — HP Greenland
43.	Ojos del Salado	/	6,893	3,688	3205	Aconcagua
44.	Semeru		3,676	3,676	0	none — HP Java
45.	Finisterre Range HP		4,125	3,675	441	Puncak Jaya
46.	Ritacuba Blanco		5,410	3,645	1765	Chimborazo1 / Aconcagua ²
47.	Gongga Shan		7,556	3,642	3914	K21 / Everest²
48.	Mount Ararat		5,137	3,611	1526	Damavand
49.	Kongur Tagh		7,649	3,585	4064	K21 / Everest²
50.	Mount Blackburn	(Alaska)	4,996	3,535	1461	Mount McKinley
51.	Mount Hayes	(Alaska)	4,216	3,501	715	Mount McKinley
52.	Mount Rantemario		3,478	3,478	0	none — HP Sulawesi
53.	Mount Saint Elias	(Alaska) /	5,489	3,448	2041	Mount Logan
54.	Ismoil Somoni Peak		7,495	3,402	4093	K2
55.	Dhaulagiri		8,167	3,357	4810	K2
56.	Mercedario		6,720	3,353	3367	Aconcagua
57.	Lautaro		3,623	3,345	278	Aconcagua
58.	Belukha Mountain		4,506	3,343	1163	K21 / Everest²
59.	Mount Etna		3,323	3,323	0	none — HP Sicily
60.	Monte San Lorenzo	/	3,706	3,319	387	Aconcagua
61.	Mount Karisimbi	/	4,507	3,312	1195	Mount Stanley
62.	Jabal an Nabi Shu'ayb		3,666	3,311	355	Mount Ararat1 / Everest²
63.	Mount Waddington		4,019	3,289	730	Mount Logan
64.	Mulhacén		3,479	3,285	194	Mont Blanc
65.	Mount Slamet		3,428	3,284	144	Semeru
66.	Sabalan		4,811	3,283	1528	Mount Ararat
67.	Mount Marcus Baker	(Alaska)	4,016	3,269	747	Mount Logan
68.	Sauyr Zhotasy	/	3,840	3,252	588	Everest
69.	Cerro del Bolsón		5,552	3,252	2300	Ojos del Salado1 / Aconcagua²
70.	Tomort		4,886	3,243	1643	Bogda Feng
71.	Jade Dragon Snow Mountain		5,596	3,202	2394	K21 / Everest²
72.	Mount Meru		4,565	3,170	1395	Kilimanjaro
73.	Shiveluch	(Kamchatka)	3,307	3,168	139	Klyuchevskaya
74.	Nanda Devi		7,816	3,139	4677	Dhaulagiri
75.	Ichinsky	(Kamchatka)	3,607	3,125	482	Klyuchevskaya
76.	Mount Lawu		3,265	3,118	147	Semeru
77.	Batura Sar		7,795	3,118	4677	K2
78.	Mount Siple		3,110	3,110	0	none — HP Siple Island
79.	Pico Duarte		3,098	3,098	0	none — HP Hispaniola
80.	Manaslu		8,163	3,092	5071	Everest
81.	Mount Whitney	(California)	4,418	3,073	1345	Orizaba
82.	Piton des Neiges	(Réunion)	3,069	3,069	0	none — HP Réunion
83.	Raung		3,332	3,069	263	Semeru
84.	Xuelian Feng		6,627	3,068	3559	Peak Jengish Chokusu
85.	Haleakalā	(Hawaii)	3,055	3,055	0	none — HP Maui
86.	Mount Lucania		5,226	3,046	2180	Mount Logan
87.	Mount Agung		3,031	3,031	0	none — HP Bali
88.	Mount Binaiya		3,027	3,027	0	none — HP Ceram
89.	Popocatepetl		5,400	3,020	2380	Orizaba
90.	Pico Basilé		3,011	3,011	0	none — HP Bioco
91.	Koryaksky	(Kamchatka)	3,456	2,999	457	Klyuchevskaya
92.	Gangkhar Puensum	/	7,570	2,995	4575	Kangchenjunga
93.	Mount Stephenson		2,987	2,987	0	none — HP Alexander Island
94.	Annapurna		8,091	2,984	5107	Everest
95.	Pik Talgar		4,978	2,981	1997	Peak Jengish Chokusu1 / Everest²
96.	Mount Shasta	(California)	4,317	2,977	1340	Whitney
97.	Pico do Ramelau or Mount Ramelau		2,963	2,963	0	none — HP Timor
98.	Mount Apo		2,954	2,954	0	none — HP Mindanao
99.	Gyala Peri	(Tibet)	7,294	2,942	4352	Dhaulagiri
100.	Mount Leuser		3,466	2,941	525	Mount Kerinci
101.	Mount Paget	(South Georgia)	2,934	2,934	0	none — HP South Georgia
102.	Chakragil		6,760	2,934	3826	Gongga Shan1 / Everest²
103.	Emi Koussi		3,445	2,934	511	Mt. Stanley1 / Kilimanjaro²
104.	Monarch Mountain		3,555	2,930	625	Waddington1 / McKinley²
105.	Mount Suckling		3,676	2,925	751	Puncak Jaya
106.	Mount Pulag		2,922	2,922	0	none — HP Luzon
107.	Mount Wilhelm		4,509	2,922	1587	Puncak Jaya
108.	El Mela		4,150	2,907	1243	Salado1 / Aconcagua²
109.	Kuh-e Taftan		3,941	2,901	1040	Damavand
110.	Jabal Shams		3,019	2,899	120	Jabal an Nabi Shu'ayb1 / Everest²
111.	Shishapangma		8,027	2,897	5130	Everest
112.	Pico da Neblina		2,994	2,886	108	Ritacuba Blanco1 / Aconcagua²
113.	Saramati	/	3,826	2,885	941	Manaslu1 / Everest²
114.	Maromokotro		2,876	2,876	0	none — HP Madagascar
115.	Mount Shishaldin	(Alaska)	2,869	2,869	0	none — HP Unimak
116.	Moncong Lompotabang		2,874	2,857	17	Mount Rantemario
117.	Buni Zom		6,542	2,845	3697	Tirich Mir1 / Everest²
118.	Kuh-e Bandaka		6,812	2,834	3978	Tirich Mir
119.	Mount Robson	(British Columbia)	3,959	2,829	1130
120.	Mount Fogo		2,829	2,829	0	none — HP Fogo
121.	Kamet		7,756	2,825	4931
122.	Rakaposhi		7,788	2,818	4970
123.	Aneto		3,404	2,812	608	Mulhacén
124.	Arjuno-Welirang		3,339	2,812	527
125.	Jiuding Shan		4,969	2,808	2161

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. For an alternative measure to prominence, which focuses on local impressiveness instead, see spire measure.

All peaks with a prominence of more than 1,500 metres rank as an Ultra. For a complete listing of all 1,519 peaks with prominence greater than this level, see the lists of Ultras.

Peak	Location	Height (m)	Prominence (m)	Col (m)	Parent
Mount Ruapehu	(North Island)	2,797	2,797	0	none — HP North Island, New Zealand
Mount Elbert	(Colorado)	4,401	2,772	1,629	Mount Whitney
Mawson Peak		2,745	2,745	0	none — HP Heard Island, Australia
San Jacinto Peak	(California)	3,302	2,533	982	Mount Whitney
Mount Sidley		4,285	2,517	1,768	Mount Vinson
Corno Grande		2,912	2,476	436	Mont Blanc
Musala		2,925	2,473	452	Mont Blanc
Großglockner		3,798	2,423	1375	Mont Blanc
Galdhøpiggen		2,469	2,372	97	Sauyr Zhotasy¹ / Everest²
Mount Olympos (Mytikas)		2,919	2,355	564	Mont Blanc
Mount Hood	(Oregon)	3,426	2,349	1,077	Mount Shasta
Finsteraarhorn		4,274	2,280	1,994	Mont Blanc
Piz Bernina		4,049	2,234	1815	Finsteraarhorn
Mount Kosciuszko		2,228	2,228	0	none — HP mainland Australia
Monte Rosa		4,634	2,165	2,469	Mont Blanc
Hvannadalshnúkur		2,110	2,110	0	none — HP Iceland
Triglav		2,864	2,052	812	Marmolada¹ / Mont Blanc²
Mount Washington	(New Hampshire)	1,917	1,874	43	Mount Mitchell¹ / Aconcagua²
Hermon	/	2,814	1,804	1010	Qurnat as Sawda', HP Lebanon
Mount Ellen	(Utah)	3,512	1,790	1,722
Zugspitze	/	2,962	1,746	1,216	Piz Bernina1 / Mont Blanc²
Ben Nevis	( )	1,344	1,344	0	none — HP Great Britain
Kailash	(Tibet)	6,638	1,319	5319	Lunpo Gangri
Machhapuchhare		6,993	1,233	5760	Annapurna I
Carrauntoohil		1,038	1,038	0	none — HP Ireland
Matterhorn	/	4,478	1,031	3447	Weisshorn (4,507 m)
Eiger		3,970	356	3614	Mönch (4,099 m)

See also

• List of countries by highest point
• Peak bagging
• List of mountains of the British Isles by relative height
• List of Alpine peaks by prominence
• List of highest mountains
• List of islands by highest point
• Ultra prominent peak

External links

• Map of the top 50 by Ken Jones
• Lists and maps covering all peaks in Europe with 1500 m+ prominence by Eberhard Jurgalski and others
• 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.

References

• 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.