This is a list of all the mountains in Europe with ultra-prominent peaks with topographic prominence greater than .
European peaks by prominence
The column "Col" in the chart below denotes the highest elevation to which one must descend from a peak in order to reach peaks with higher elevations; note that the elevation of any peak is the sum of its prominence and col. NoPeakCountryElevation (m)Prominence (m)Col (m)1Mount Elbrus5,6424,7419012Monte Bianco/ Mont Blanc/ 4,8104,6971133Mount Etna (Sicily)3,3573,35704Mulhacén3,4793,2851945Aneto3,4042,8125926Monte Cinto (Corsica)2,7062,70607Corno Grande2,9122,4764368Musala2,9252,4734329Mount Ida (Crete)2,4562,456010Grossglockner3,7982,4231375
The above European Top 10 list excludes peaks on lands and islands that are part of European countries but are outside or on the limits of the European continent and its tectonic and geographic boundaries, like Teide (with prominence of ), Tenerife Island, Spain; Belukha peak of the Altai Mountains in Russia (with prominence of ); and Piton des Neiges (with prominence of ), Réunion, France.
For ease of reference, the complete list below is divided into sections. Islands in the Atlantic, like Azores and Iceland, the Arctic archipelagos of Jan Mayen, Svalbard, and Novaya Zemlya, Mediterranean Sicily and the other Mediterranean islands, territories of European countries, have also been included as sections (with the exception of Greenland), and are taken into account for the Top 10 List, although being somehow on the European boundaries. Mount Etna active volcano is somehow on, or just outside the boundaries of the Eurasian Plate, resting on the subduction boundary where the African tectonic plate is being pushed under the Eurasian plate, but geographically is part of Europe, and is also included in the Top 10 list.
The sections include peaks on the African Plate, the Canary Islands and Madeira, and some peaks on or just outside the European boundaries located in the Caucasus Mountains (European Russia and the Caucasus states) and the Ural Mountains, both forming the geographic boundaries between the Europe and Asia, but those last mentioned aren't included in the Top 10 List. Mount Narodnaya, the highest peak in the Ural Mountains, is on the main watershed ridge, so on the limits of Europe, and cannot be considered a strictly European mountain and peak. Mount Elbrus is a dormant stratovolcano, forming part of the Caucasus Mountains, and geographically it is laying entirely in Europe and Russia, north of the main ridge and watershed of the Greater Caucasus, considered as the one that is forming the limits of Europe, that also forms great part of the length of the border between Russia and Georgia. Mount Bazardüzü, also in the Caucasus, has a prominence of , but is located on the boundary between Europe and Asia, on the border between Russia and Azerbaijan, so it cannot be considered a strictly European mountain and peak.
Alps
NoPeakCountryElevation (m)Prominence (m)Col height (m)1Mont Blanc / 4,8104,6971132Großglockner3,7982,42313753Finsteraarhorn4,2742,27919954Wildspitze3,7682,26115075Piz Bernina4,0482,23618126Hochkönig2,9412,1817607Dufourspitze(Monte Rosa) / 4,6342,16524698Hoher Dachstein2,9952,1368599Marmolada3,3432,131121210Monte Viso3,8412,062177911Triglav2,8642,05281212Barre des Écrins4,1022,045205713Säntis2,5032,02148214Ortler3,9051,953195215Monte Baldo/Cima Valdritta2,2181,95026816Gran Paradiso4,0611,891217017Pizzo di Coca3,0501,878117218Cima Dodici2,3361,87446219Dents du Midi3,2571,796146120Chamechaude2,0821,77131121Zugspitze / 2,9621,746121622Monte Antelao3,2641,735152923Arcalod2,2171,71350424Grintovec2,5581,70685225Großer Priel2,5151,70081026Grigna Settentrionale2,4091,68672327Monte Bondone2,1801,67950128Presanella3,5581,676188229Birnhorn2,6341,66596930Col Nudo2,4711,64482731Pointe Percée2,7501,643110732Jôf di Montasio2,7531,597115633Mölltaler Polinik2,7841,579120534Tödi3,6141,570204435Birkkarspitze2,7491,564118536Ellmauer Halt2,3441,55179337Grande Tête de l'Obiou2,7901,542124838Hochtor2,3691,52084939Grimming2,3511,51883340Grand Combin4,3091,512279741La Tournette2,3511,51483742Zirbitzkogel2,3961,50289443Piz Kesch3,4181,502191644Cima Brenta3,1511,5011650
Apennines, Italian peninsula and neighbouring islands
NoPeakCountryElevation (m)Prominence (m)Col (m)1Mount Etna (Sicily)3,3573,35702Monte Cinto (Corsica)2,7062,70603Corno Grande2,9122,4764364Punta La Marmora (Sardinia)1,8341,83405Monte Amaro2,7951,8129836Monte Dolcedorme2,2671,7155527Montalto1,9551,7092468Monte Cimone2,1651,577588
Arctic islands
NoPeakCountryElevation (m)Prominence (m)Col (m)1Beerenberg (Jan Mayen)2,2772,27702Newtontoppen (Svalbard)1,7171,71703Mount Kruzenshtern (Novaya Zemlya)1,5491,5490
Atlantic islands
NoPeakCountryElevation (m)Prominence (m)Col (m)1Teide (Canaries)3,7153,71502Roque de los Muchachos (Canaries)2,4232,42303Mount Pico (Azores)2,3512,35104Hvannadalshnúkur2,1102,11005Pico de las Nieves (Canaries)1,9491,94906Pico Ruivo (Madeira)1,8611,86107Pico de Malpaso (Canaries)1,5011,5010
Southeast Europe
NoPeakCountryElevation (m)Prominence (m)Col (m)1Musala2,9252,4734522Mount Olympus (Mytikas)2,9172,353 5643Korab / 2,7642,1695955Jezercë2,6942,0366586Mount Athos2,0302,012187Mount Ossa1,9781,8541248Papingu2,4821,7926909Vihren2,9141,783 113110Pangaion Hills1,9561,77318311Kajmakchalan / 2,5281,75877012Smolikas2,6371,73690113Mount Giona2,5101,70280814Jakupica2,5401,66687415Këndrevica2,1211,66645516Radomir / 2,0311,59543617Mount Parnassus2,4571,59086718Botev Peak2,3761,56780919Çikë2,0441,56348120Valamara2,3731,52684721Pelister2,6011,516108522Psili Koryfi1,5891,51475
Carpathian Mountains
NoPeakCountryElevation (m)Prominence (m)Col (m)1Gerlachovský štít2,6552,3563002Parângu Mare2,5192,1034163Moldoveanu Peak2,5442,0464984Peleaga2,5091,7597505Pietrosul Rodnei2,3031,565738
Caucasus Mountains
NoPeakCountryElevation (m)Prominence (m)Col (m)1Mount Elbrus5,6424,7419012Mount Bazarduzu / 4,4662,45420123Mount Kazbek / 5,0342,35326814Tebulosmta / 4,4932,14523485Dykh-Tau5,2052,00232036Dyultydag4,1271,83422937Gora Addala Shukgelmezr4,1521,79223608Gora Shan / 4,4511,7752676 The boundary between Asia and Europe is following the main ridge of the Caucasus Mountains, also forming most of the border between Georgia and Russia. From the above listed 8 peaks, four (Mount Elbrus, Dykh-Tau, Dyultydag, Gora Addala Shukgelmezr) are entirely in Europe, and four are on the border itself and so are both in Asia and Europe.
Crimea
NoPeakCountryElevation (m)Prominence (m)Col (m)1Roman-KoshTerritory of Ukraine, occupied by RussiaThis place is located on the Crimean peninsula, which is internationally recognized as part of Ukraine, but since 2014 under Russian occupation. According to the administrative-territorial division of Ukraine, there are the Ukrainian divisions (the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city with special status of Sevastopol) located on the peninsula. Russia claims these as federal subjects of the Russian Federation (the Republic of Crimea and the federal city of Sevastopol).1,5451,5414
Greek islands and Peloponnese
NoPeakCountryElevation (m)Prominence (m)Col (m)1Mount Ida (Crete)2,4562,45602Taygetus2,4042,344603Lefka Ori (Crete)2,4532,0384154Mount Kyllini2,3761,8705065Dikti (Crete)2,1481,7983506Dirfi (Euboea)1,7431,74307Mount Ainos (Kefalonia)1,6281,62808Fengari (Samothrace)1,6111,6110
Pyrenees & Iberian Peninsula
NoPeakCountryElevation (m)Prominence (m)Col (m)1Mulhacén3,4793,2851942Aneto3,4042,8125923Torre de Cerredo2,6481,9317174Pico Almanzor2,5921,690902
Massif Central
NoPeakCountryElevation (m)Prominence (m)Col (m)1Puy de Sancy1,8851,578307
Scandinavia
NoPeakCountryElevation (m)Prominence (m)Col (m)1Galdhøpiggen2,4692,372972Kebnekaise2,0991,7403593Jiehkkevárri1,8341,741934Snøhetta2,2861,6756115Store Lenangstind1,6241,576486Sarektjåhkkå2,0891,519570
Ural Mountains
NoPeakCountryElevation (m)Prominence (m)Col (m)1Mount Narodnaya1,8941,772123
Peaks over 1500 m elevation that miss the 1500-m cutoff
NoPeakCountryElevation (m)Prominence (m)Col (m)1Taillefer2,8571,49013672Monte Amiata1,7381,4902483Midžor/2,169 1,4796904Curcubăta Mare1,8491,4783715Bobotov Kuk2,5221,47710456Monte Togano2,3011,4748277Pourianos Stavros (Pelion) (Thessaly)1,6101,4731378Torrecilla (Andalucia)1,9191,4724479Dammastock (Urner)3,6301,4652,16510Monte Vettore (Apennines)2,4761,463101311Raucheck2,4301,46396712Haldensteiner Calanda2,8061,4611,34513Gjegnen1,6701,46021014Monte CristalloPeakvisor.com - Monte Cristallo3,2211,4201,80115Ruen / 2,2511,41683516Schneeberg2,0761,34872817Mount Yamantau1,640 1,33031018Cherni Vrah 2,2901,259103119Torre1,9931,204789
Highest European ultra-prominent peaks List of the highest European ultra-prominent peaks (elevation above 2,900 m and prominence above 1,500 m): NoPeakCountryElevation (m)Prominence (m)Col (m)1Mount Elbrus5,6424,7419012Dykh-Tau5,2052,00232033Mont Blanc/4,8104,6971134Dufourspitze(Monte Rosa)4,6342,16524695Grand Combin4,3141,51727976Finsteraarhorn4,2742,28019947Gora Addala Shukgelmezr4,1521,79223608Dyultydag4,1271,83422939Barre des Écrins4,1022,045205710Gran Paradiso4,0611,891217011Piz Bernina4,0492,234181512Ortler3,9051,953195213Monte Viso3,8412,062177914Grossglockner3,7982,423137515Wildspitze3,7682,261150716Tödi3,6141,570204417Presanella3,5581,676188218Mulhacén3,4793,28519419Piz Kesch3,4181,502191620Aneto3,4042,81259221Marmolada3,3432,131121222Mount Etna (Sicily)3,3573,357023Monte Antelao3,2641,735152924Dents du Midi3,2571,796146125Cima Tosa3,1731,521165226Pizzo di Coca3,0501,878117227Hoher Dachstein2,9952,13685928Zugspitze/2,9621,746121629Hochkönig2,9412,18176030Musala 2,9252,47343231Mount Olympus (Mytikas)2,9172,353 56432Vihren2,9151,784 113133Corno Grande2,9122,476436
See also Most isolated major summits of Europe Southernmost glacial mass in Europe
References
External links
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