Most isolated major summits of Europe


The most isolated major summits of Europe are located in the European subcontinent and its tectonic and geographic boundaries. This includes major mountain peaks of fold and fault-block mountains, and also volcanoes, located not only in the European Mainland, but also those located on lands and islands on the limits of Europe, like the North Atlantic Ocean islands of the Azores and Iceland, the Arctic Ocean islands of Jan Mayen, Svalbard archipelago and Novaya Zemlya archipelago, the Mediterranean island of Sicily, the Ural Mountains, and Mount Elbrus. The last mentioned is HP of the transboundary Caucasus Mountains and Greater Caucasus region, but as a geologically separate stratovolcano, it is entirely laying in Europe, north of the main ridge of the Greater Caucasus, considered as the one that is forming the limits of Europe. The definition excludes island clearly lying on the African Plate and outside the geographic limits of Europe, like the Canaries and Madeira. The active volcano of Mount Etna 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 lists.

List by topographic isolation of major peaks with elevation of more than 2,500m

  1. Mont Blanc, Graian Alps - ; elevation
  2. Elbrus volcano, Western Caucasus - ; elevation
  3. Mount Etna volcano, Island of Sicily - ; elevation
  4. Musala, Rila-Rhodope massif - ; elevation
  5. Mulhacén, Penibaetic System - ; elevation
  6. Gerlachovský štít, Tatra Mountains - ; elevation
  7. Aneto, Pyrenees Mountains - ; elevation
  8. Corno Grande, Apennine Mountains - ; elevation
  9. Moldoveanu Peak, Southern Carpathians - ; elevation
  10. Torre Cerredo, Cantabrian Mountains - ; elevation

    List by [topographic isolation] of major peaks with elevation of more than 2,000m

  11. Mont Blanc, Western Alps - ; elevation
  12. Elbrus volcano, Caucasus Mountains - ; elevation
  13. Galdhøpiggen, Scandinavian Peninsula - ; elevation
  14. Montanha do Pico volcano, Azores islands - ; elevation
  15. Mount Etna volcano, Island of Sicily - ; elevation
  16. Musala, Balkan Peninsula - ; elevation
  17. Kebnekaise, Scandinavian Peninsula - ; elevation
  18. Hvannadalshnúkur, Öræfajökull volcano Iceland - ; elevation
  19. Beerenberg volcano, Jan Mayen island - ; elevation
  20. Mulhacén, Iberian Peninsula - ; elevation

    List by topographic isolation of major peaks with elevation of more than 1,500m

  21. Mont Blanc, Alps - ; elevation
  22. Elbrus volcano, Greater Caucasus - ; elevation
  23. Mount Narodnaya, Prepolar Ural Mountains - ; elevation
  24. Galdhøpiggen, Scandinavian Peninsula - ; elevation
  25. Montanha do Pico volcano, Azores islands - ; elevation
  26. Mount Yamantau, Southern Ural Mountains - ; elevation
  27. Severny Island HP, Novaya Zemlya archipelago - ; elevation
  28. Mount Etna volcano, Island of Sicily - ; elevation
  29. Musala, Southeast Europe - ; elevation
  30. Kebnekaise, Scandinavian Peninsula - ; elevation