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]
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