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. In the Parent column, HP stands for 'highest point on' (an isolated landmass).
| Nr. | Peak | Location | Height (m) | Prominence (m) | Col (m) | Parent |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Mount Everest‡ | Nepal / People's Republic of China (Tibet) |
8,848 | 8,848 | 0 | none — HP Africa-Eurasia |
| 2. | Aconcagua | Argentina (Mendoza) | 6,962 | 6,962 | 0 | none — HP the Americas |
| 3. | Mount McKinley (Denali)* | United States (Alaska) | 6,194 | 6,138 | 56 | Aconcagua |
| 4. | Mount Kilimanjaro* | Tanzania | 5,895 | 5,882 | 10 | Everest |
| 5. | Pico Cristóbal Colón | Colombia (Magdalena) | 5,700 | 5,509 | 191 | Aconcagua |
| 6. | Mount Logan | Canada (Yukon) | 5,959 | 5,250 | 709 | Mount McKinley |
| 7. | Pico de Orizaba | Mexico (Veracruz-Puebla) | 5,636 | 4,922 | 714 | Mount Logan |
| 8. | Vinson Massif | Antarctica | 4,892 | 4,892 | 0 | none — HP Antarctica |
| 9. | Puncak Jaya | Indonesia (New Guinea) | 4,884 | 4,884 | 0 | none — HP New Guinea |
| 10. | Mount Elbrus | Russia | 5,642 | 4,741 | 901 | Everest |
| 11. | Mont Blanc | France / Italy | 4,808 | 4,695 | 113 | Everest |
| 12. | Mount Damavand | Iran | 5,610 | 4,667 | 943 | Elbrus |
| 13. | Klyuchevskaya Sopka | Russia (Kamchatka) | 4,750 | 4,649 | 101 | Everest |
| 14. | Nanga Parbat | Pakistan | 8,125 | 4,608 | 3517 | Everest |
| 15. | Mauna Kea | United States (Hawaii) | 4,205 | 4,205 | 0 | none — HP Hawaii |
| 16. | Jengish Chokusu | Kyrgyzstan / People's Republic of China |
7,439 | 4,148 | 3291 | Everest |
| 17. | Chimborazo | Ecuador | 6,268 | 4,123 | 2145 | Aconcagua |
| 18. | Bogda Peak | People's Republic of China | 5,445 | 4,122 | 1323 | Everest |
| 19. | Namjagbarwa | People's Republic of China (Tibet) | 7,782 | 4,106 | 3676 | Everest |
| 20. | Mount Kinabalu | Malaysia | 4,095 | 4,095 | 0 | none — HP Borneo |
| 21. | Mount Rainier | United States (Washington) | 4,393 | 4,023 | 370 | Orizaba1 / McKinley ² |
| 22. | K2 | Pakistan / People's Republic of China |
8,611 | 4,017 | 4594 | Everest |
| 23. | Ras Dashen | Ethiopia | 4,550 | 3,997 | 553 | Kilimanjaro |
| 24. | Volcán Tajumulco | Guatemala | 4,220 | 3,980 | 240 | Orizaba1 / McKinley ² |
| 25. | Pico Bolívar (La Columna) | Venezuela | 4,981 | 3,957 | 1024 | Chimborazo1 / Aconcagua ² |
| 26. | Mount Fairweather | United States (Alaska) / Canada |
4,671 | 3,955 | 722 | Orizaba |
| 27. | Yushan (Jade Mountain) | Republic of China (Taiwan) | 3,952 | 3,952 | 0 | none — HP Taiwan |
| 28. | Mount Stanley | Democratic Republic of the Congo / Uganda |
5,109 | 3,951 | 1158 | Kilimanjaro |
| 29. | Kangchenjunga | Nepal / India |
8,586 | 3,922 | 4664 | Everest |
| 30. | Tirich Mir | Pakistan | 7,708 | 3,908 | 3800 | K21 / Everest² |
| 31. | Mount Cameroon | Cameroon | 4,040 | 3,901 | 139 | Stanley1 / Kilimanjaro ² |
| 32. | Mount Kenya | Kenya | 5,199 | 3,825 | 1374 | Kilimanjaro |
| 33. | Mount Kerinci | Indonesia | 3,805 | 3,805 | 0 | none — HP Sumatra |
| 34. | Mount Erebus | Antarctica | 3,794 | 3,794 | 0 | none — HP Ross Island |
| 35. | Mount Fuji | Japan | 3,776 | 3,776 | 0 | none — HP Honshū |
| 36. | Toubkal | Morocco | 4,167 | 3,757 | 410 | Stanley1 / Kilimanjaro ² |
| 37. | Aoraki/Mount Cook | New Zealand | 3,755 | 3,755 | 0 | none — HP South Island |
| 38. | Cerro Chirripó | Costa Rica | 3,820 | 3,727 | 93 | Chimborazo1 / Aconcagua ² |
| 39. | Mount Rinjani | Indonesia | 3,726 | 3,726 | 0 | none — HP Lombok |
| 40. | Teide | Spain | 3,718 | 3,718 | 0 | none — HP Tenerife |
| 41. | Monte San Valentin | Chile | 4,058 | 3,696 | 362 | Aconcagua |
| 42. | Gunnbjørn Fjeld | Greenland | 3,694 | 3,694 | 0 | none — HP Greenland |
| 43. | Ojos del Salado | Argentina / Chile |
6,893 | 3,688 | 3205 | Aconcagua |
| 44. | Semeru | Indonesia | 3,676 | 3,676 | 0 | none — HP Java |
| 45. | Finisterre Range HP | Papua New Guinea | 4,125 | 3,675 | 441 | Puncak Jaya |
| 46. | Ritacuba Blanco | Colombia | 5,410 | 3,645 | 1765 | Chimborazo1 / Aconcagua ² |
| 47. | Mount Gongga | People's Republic of China | 7,556 | 3,642 | 3914 | K21 / Everest² |
| 48. | Mount Ararat | Turkey | 5,137 | 3,611 | 1526 | Damavand |
| 49. | Kongur Tagh | People's Republic of China | 7,649 | 3,585 | 4064 | K21 / Everest² |
| 50. | Mount Blackburn | United States (Alaska) | 4,996 | 3,535 | 1461 | Mount Logan |
| 51. | Mount Hayes | United States (Alaska) | 4,216 | 3,501 | 715 | Mount McKinley |
| 52. | Mount Rantemario | Indonesia | 3,478 | 3,478 | 0 | none — HP Sulawesi |
| 53. | Mount Saint Elias | United States (Alaska) / Canada |
5,489 | 3,448 | 2041 | Mount Logan |
| 54. | Ismoil Somoni Peak | Tajikistan | 7,495 | 3,402 | 4093 | K21 / Everest² |
| 55. | Dhaulagiri | Nepal | 8,167 | 3,357 | 4810 | K2 |
| 56. | Mercedario | Argentina | 6,720 | 3,353 | 3367 | Aconcagua |
| 57. | Lautaro | Chile | 3,623 | 3,345 | 278 | Aconcagua |
| 58. | Belukha Mountain | Kazakhstan / Russia |
4,506 | 3,343 | 1163 | K21 / Everest² |
| 59. | Mount Etna | Italy | 3,323 | 3,323 | 0 | none — HP Sicily |
| 60. | Monte San Lorenzo | Argentina / Chile |
3,706 | 3,319 | 387 | Aconcagua |
| 61. | Mount Karisimbi | Rwanda / Democratic Republic of the Congo |
4,507 | 3,312 | 1195 | Mount Stanley |
| 62. | Jabal an Nabi Shu'ayb | Yemen | 3,666 | 3,311 | 355 | Mount Ararat1 / Everest² |
| 63. | Mount Waddington | Canada | 4,019 | 3,289 | 730 | Mount Fairweather |
| 64. | Mulhacén | Spain | 3,479 | 3,285 | 194 | Mont Blanc |
| 65. | Mount Slamet | Indonesia | 3,428 | 3,284 | 144 | Semeru |
| 66. | Sabalan | Iran | 4,811 | 3,283 | 1528 | Mount Ararat |
| 67. | Mount Marcus Baker | United States (Alaska) | 4,016 | 3,269 | 747 | Mount Hayes |
| 68. | Sauyr Zhotasy | Kazakhstan / People's Republic of China |
3,840 | 3,252 | 588 | Belukha Mountain1 / Everest² |
| 69. | Cerro del Bolsón | Argentina | 5,552 | 3,252 | 2300 | Salado1 / Aconcagua² |
| 70. | Tomort | People's Republic of China | 4,886 | 3,243 | 1643 | Bogda Feng |
| 71. | Jade Dragon Snow Mountain | People's Republic of China | 5,596 | 3,202 | 2394 | K21 / Everest² |
| 72. | Mount Meru | Tanzania | 4,565 | 3,170 | 1395 | Mount Kenya |
| 73. | Shiveluch | Russia (Kamchatka) | 3,307 | 3,168 | 139 | Klyuchevskaya |
| 74. | Nanda Devi | India | 7,816 | 3,139 | 4677 | Dhaulagiri1 / K2² |
| 75. | Ichinsky | Russia (Kamchatka) | 3,607 | 3,125 | 482 | Klyuchevskaya |
| 76. | Mount Lawu | Indonesia | 3,265 | 3,118 | 147 | Semeru |
| 77. | Batura Sar | Pakistan | 7,795 | 3,118 | 4677 | K2 |
| 78. | Mount Siple | Antarctica | 3,110 | 3,110 | 0 | none — HP Siple Island |
| 79. | Pico Duarte | Dominican Republic | 3,098 | 3,098 | 0 | none — HP Hispaniola |
| 80. | Manaslu | Nepal | 8,163 | 3,092 | 5071 | Everest |
| 81. | Mount Whitney | United States (California) | 4,418 | 3,073 | 1345 | Orizaba |
| 82. | Piton des Neiges | France (Réunion) | 3,069 | 3,069 | 0 | none — HP Réunion |
| 83. | Raung | Indonesia | 3,332 | 3,069 | 263 | Semeru |
| 84. | Xuelian Feng | People's Republic of China | 6,627 | 3,068 | 3559 | Peak Jengish Chokusu |
| 85. | Haleakalā | United States (Hawaii) | 3,055 | 3,055 | 0 | none — HP Maui |
| 86. | Mount Lucania | Canada | 5,226 | 3,046 | 2180 | Mount Logan |
| 87. | Mount Agung | Indonesia | 3,031 | 3,031 | 0 | none — HP Bali |
| 88. | Mount Binaiya | Indonesia | 3,027 | 3,027 | 0 | none — HP Ceram |
| 89. | Popocatepetl | Mexico | 5,400 | 3,020 | 2380 | Orizaba |
| 90. | Pico Basilé | Equatorial Guinea | 3,011 | 3,011 | 0 | none — HP Bioco |
| 91. | Koryaksky | Russia (Kamchatka) | 3,456 | 2,999 | 457 | Klyuchevskaya |
| 92. | Gangkhar Puensum | Bhutan / People's Republic of China |
7,570 | 2,995 | 4575 | Kangchenjunga |
| 93. | Mount Stephenson | Antarctica | 2,987 | 2,987 | 0 | none — HP Alexander Island |
| 94. | Annapurna | Nepal | 8,091 | 2,984 | 5107 | Everest |
| 95. | Pik Talgar | Kazakhstan | 4,979 | 2,982 | 1997 | Peak Jengish Chokusu1 / Everest² |
| 96. | Mount Shasta | United States (California) | 4,317 | 2,977 | 1340 | Whitney1 / McKinley ² |
| 97. | Pico do Ramelau or Mount Ramelau | Timor-Leste | 2,963 | 2,963 | 0 | none — HP Timor |
| 98. | Mount Apo | Philippines | 2,954 | 2,954 | 0 | none — HP Mindanao |
| 99. | Gyala Peri | People's Republic of China (Tibet) | 7,294 | 2,942 | 4352 | Dhaulagiri1 / K2² |
| 100. | Mount Leuser | Indonesia | 3,466 | 2,941 | 525 | Mount Kerinci |
| 101. | Mount Paget | United Kingdom (South Georgia) | 2,934 | 2,934 | 0 | none — HP South Georgia |
| 102. | Chakragil | People's Republic of China | 6,760 | 2,934 | 3826 | Gongga Shan1 / Everest² |
| 103. | Emi Koussi | Chad | 3,445 | 2,934 | 511 | Karisimbi1 / Kilimanjaro² |
| 104. | Monarch Mountain | Canada | 3,555 | 2,930 | 625 | Waddington1 / McKinley² |
| 105. | Mount Suckling | Papua New Guinea | 3,676 | 2,925 | 751 | Puncak Jaya |
| 106. | Mount Pulag | Philippines | 2,922 | 2,922 | 0 | none — HP Luzon |
| 107. | Mount Wilhelm | Papua New Guinea | 4,509 | 2,922 | 1587 | Puncak Jaya |
| 108. | El Mela | Argentina | 4,150 | 2,907 | 1243 | Salado1 / Aconcagua² |
| 109. | Kuh-e Taftan | Iran | 3,941 | 2,901 | 1040 | Sabalan |
| 110. | Jabal Shams | Oman | 3,019 | 2,899 | 120 | Jabal an Nabi Shu'ayb1 / Everest² |
| 111. | Shishapangma | People's Republic of China | 8,027 | 2,897 | 5130 | Everest |
| 112. | Pico da Neblina | Brazil | 2,994 | 2,886 | 108 | Ritacuba Blanco1 / Aconcagua² |
| 113. | Saramati | India / Myanmar |
3,826 | 2,885 | 941 | Dhaulagiri1 / Everest² |
| 114. | Maromokotro | Madagascar | 2,876 | 2,876 | 0 | none — HP Madagascar |
| 115. | Mount Shishaldin | United States (Alaska) | 2,869 | 2,869 | 0 | none — HP Unimak |
| 116. | Moncong Lompotabang | Indonesia | 2,874 | 2,857 | 17 | Mount Rantemario |
| 117. | Buni Zom | Pakistan | 6,542 | 2,845 | 3697 | K21 / Everest² |
| 118. | Kuh-e Bandaka | Afghanistan | 6,812 | 2,834 | 3978 | Tirich Mir |
| 119. | Mount Robson | Canada (British Columbia) | 3,959 | 2,829 | 1130 | Whitney1 /Orizaba² |
| 120. | Mount Fogo | Cape Verde | 2,829 | 2,829 | 0 | none — HP Fogo |
| 121. | Kamet | India | 7,756 | 2,825 | 4931 | Nanda Devi |
| 122. | Rakaposhi | Pakistan | 7,788 | 2,818 | 4970 | K2 |
| 123. | Aneto | Spain | 3,404 | 2,812 | 608 | Mulhacén |
| 124. | Arjuno-Welirang | Indonesia | 3,339 | 2,812 | 527 | Semeru |
| 125. | Jiuding Shan | People's Republic of China | 4,969 | 2,808 | 2161 | K21 / Everest² |
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