List of European ultra-prominent peaks a list of all the mountains in Europe with ultra-prominent peaks with topographic prominence greater than . The column "Col" 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.European peaks by prominence No Peak Country Elevation Prominence Col 1 Mount Elbrus 5,642 4,741 901 2 Mont Blanc / 4,810 4,697 113 3 Mount Etna 3,329 3,329 0 4 Mulhacén 3,479 3,285 194 5 Aneto 3,404 2,812 592 6 Monte Cinto 2,706 2,706 0 7 Corno Grande 2,912 2,476 436 8 Musala 2,925 2,473 432 9 Mount Ida 2,456 2,456 0 10 Grossglockner 3,798 2,423 1375
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 subcontinent and its tectonic and geographic boundaries , like Teide , Tenerife Island , Spain; Belukha peak of the Altai Mountains in Russia ; and Piton des Neiges , Reunión, France.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, 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.African Plate , the Canary Islands and Madeira , and some peaks on or just outside the European boundaries located in the Caucasus Mountains 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 Mountans, 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 2454 meters, but is located on the limit between Europe and Asia, on the border between Russia and Azerbaijan, so it cannot be considered a strictly European Mountain and peak.Alps No Peak Country Elevation Prominence Col 1 Mount Etna 3,329 3,329 0 2 Monte Cinto 2,706 2,706 0 3 Corno Grande 2,912 2,476 436 4 Punta La Marmora 1,834 1,834 0 5 Monte Amaro 2,795 1,812 983 6 Monte Dolcedorme 2,267 1,715 552 7 Montalto 1,955 1,709 246 8 Monte Cimone 2,165 1,577 588
No Peak Country Elevation Prominence Col 1 Beerenberg 2,277 2,277 0 2 Newtontoppen 1,717 1,717 0 3 Novaya Zemlya HP 1,549 1,549 0
No Peak Country Elevation Prominence Col 1 Teide 3,718 3,718 0 2 Roque de los Muchachos 2,423 2,423 0 3 Mount Pico 2,351 2,351 0 4 Hvannadalshnúkur 2,110 2,110 0 5 Pico de las Nieves 1,949 1,949 0 6 Pico Ruivo 1,861 1,861 0 7 Pico de Malpaso 1,501 1,501 0
Balkan Peninsula No Peak Country Elevation Prominence Col 1 Musala 2,925 2,473 452 2 Mount Olympus 2,917 2,353 564 3 Mount Korab / 2,764 2,169 595 5 Maja Jezercë 2,694 2,036 658 6 Mount Athos 2,030 2,012 18 7 Mount Ossa 1,978 1,854 124 8 Nemërçkë 2,482 1,792 690 9 Vihren 2,914 1,783 1131 10 Pangaion Hills 1,956 1,773 183 11 Kajmakchalan / 2,528 1,758 770 12 Smolikas 2,637 1,736 901 13 Mount Giona 2,510 1,702 808 14 Jakupica 2,540 1,666 874 15 Maja e Këndrevicës 2,121 1,666 455 16 Radomir / 2,031 1,595 436 17 Mount Parnassus 2,457 1,590 867 18 Botev Peak 2,376 1,567 809 19 Mali i Çikës 2,044 1,563 481 20 Maja e Valamarës 2,373 1,526 847 21 Pelister 2,601 1,516 1085 22 Psili Koryfi 1,589 1,514 75
Carpathian Mountains No Peak Country Elevation Prominence Col 1 Gerlachovský štít 2,655 2,356 300 2 Parângu Mare 2,519 2,103 416 3 Moldoveanu Peak 2,544 2,046 498 4 Peleaga 2,509 1,759 750 5 Pietrosul Rodnei 2,303 1,565 738
Caucasus Mountains No Peak Country Elevation Prominence Col 1 Mount Elbrus 5,642 4,741 901 2 Mount Bazarduzu / 4,466 2,454 2012 3 Mount Kazbek / 5,034 2,353 2681 4 Tebulosmta / 4,493 2,145 2348 5 Dykh-Tau 5,205 2,002 3203 6 Dyultydag 4,127 1,834 2293 7 Gora Addala Shukgelmezr 4,152 1,792 2360 8 Gora Shan / 4,451 1,775 2676
boundary between Europe and Asia is following the main ridge of the Caucasus Mountains, also forming most of the border between Russia and Georgia. From the above listed 8 peaks, four are entirely in Europe, and four are on the border itself and so are both in Europe and Asia.Crimea No Peak Country Elevation Prominence Col 1 Roman-Kosh controlled by 1,545 1,541 4
No Peak Country Elevation Prominence Col 1 Mount Ida 2,456 2,456 0 2 Taygetus 2,404 2,344 60 3 Lefka Ori 2,453 2,038 415 4 Mount Kyllini 2,376 1,870 506 5 Dikti 2,148 1,798 350 6 Dirfi 1,743 1,743 0 7 Mount Ainos 1,628 1,628 0 8 Fengari 1,611 1,611 0
Iberian Peninsula No Peak Country Elevation Prominence Col 1 Mulhacén 3,479 3,285 194 2 Aneto 3,404 2,812 592 3 Torre de Cerredo 2,648 1,931 717 4 Pico Almanzor 2,592 1,690 902
Massif Central No Peak Country Elevation Prominence Col 1 Puy de Sancy 1,885 1,578 307
Scandinavia No Peak Country Elevation Prominence Col 1 Galdhøpiggen 2,469 2,372 97 2 Kebnekaise 2,099 1,740 359 3 Jiehkkevárri 1,834 1,741 93 4 Snøhetta 2,286 1,675 611 5 Store Lenangstind 1,624 1,576 48 6 Sarektjåhkkå 2,089 1,519 570
Ural Mountains No Peak Country Elevation Prominence Col 1 Mount Narodnaya 1,894 1,772 123 2 Mount Yamantau 1,640 1,330 310
Peaks over 1500 m elevation that miss the 1500-m cutoff No Peak Country Elevation Prominence Col 1 Taillefer 2,857 1,490 1367 2 Monte Amiata 1,738 1,490 248 3 Midžor / 2,169 1,479 690 4 Curcubăta Mare 1,849 1,478 371 5 Bobotov Kuk 2,522 1,477 1045 6 Monte Togano 2,301 1,474 827 7 Pourianos Stavros 1,610 1,473 137 8 Torrecilla 1,919 1,472 447 9 Dammastock 3,630 1,465 2,165 10 Monte Vettore 2,476 1,463 1013 11 Raucheck 2,430 1,463 967 12 Haldensteiner Calanda 2,806 1,461 1,345 13 Gjegnen 1,670 1,460 210 14 Ruen / 2,251 1,416 835 15 Cherni Vrah 2,290 1,259 1031
Highest European ultra-prominent peaks List of the highest European ultra-prominent peaks :No Peak Country Elevation Prominence Col 1 Mount Elbrus 5,642 4,741 901 2 Dykh-Tau 5,205 2,002 3203 3 Mont Blanc / 4,810 4,697 113 4 Dufourspitze 4,634 2,165 2469 5 Grand Combin 4,314 1,517 2797 6 Finsteraarhorn 4,274 2,280 1994 7 Gora Addala Shukgelmezr 4,152 1,792 2360 8 Dyultydag 4,127 1,834 2293 9 Barre des Écrins 4,102 2,045 2057 10 Gran Paradiso 4,061 1,891 2170 11 Piz Bernina 4,049 2,234 1815 12 Ortler 3,905 1,953 1952 13 Monte Viso 3,841 2,062 1779 14 Grossglockner 3,798 2,423 1375 15 Wildspitze 3,768 2,261 1507 16 Tödi 3,614 1,570 2044 17 Presanella 3,558 1,676 1882 18 Mulhacén 3,479 3,285 194 19 Piz Kesch 3,418 1,502 1916 20 Aneto 3,404 2,812 592 21 Marmolada 3,343 2,131 1212 22 Mount Etna 3,329 3,329 0 23 Monte Antelao 3,264 1,735 1529 24 Dents du Midi 3,257 1,796 1461 25 Cima Tosa 3,173 1,521 1652 26 Pizzo di Coca 3,050 1,878 1172 27 Hoher Dachstein 2,995 2,136 859 28 Zugspitze / 2,962 1,746 1216 29 Hochkönig 2,941 2,181 760 30 Musala 2,925 2,473 432 31 Mount Olympus 2,917 2,353 564 32 Vihren 2,915 1,784 1131 33 Corno Grande 2,912 2,476 436
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