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List of peaks by prominence
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This is a list of mountains ordered by their topographic prominence.
There are different definitions of the parent of a peak. Where a single parent is listed, the different definitions agree; where two are given, the prominence parent is marked "1", and the island parent "²". For definitions of the terms prominence parent and island parent, see topographic prominence.
Note: artificial saddle points, such as the Panama and Suez canals, are not taken into account. The prominences and parents of Denali and Kilimanjaro remain as they were before these canals were constructed, although not all researchers agree with this practice.
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Of the 109 peaks listed in this section, China has the most, 14. Close behind it are Indonesia with 12, and the United States with 11.
The list of peaks that follow is not complete, but the peaks are all notable. The addition of more notable peaks is welcome. 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.
- List of tallest mountains by country
- 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
- 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.
- 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.