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List of European ultra-prominent peaks

List of European ultra-prominent peaks

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This is a list of all the mountains in Europe with ultra-prominent peaks with topographic prominence greater than 1,500 metres or 4,900 feet.

European peaks by prominence

Mont Blanc from the TMB

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.

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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 3,715 m, 12,188 ft), Tenerife Island, Spain; Belukha peak of the Altai Mountains in Russia (with prominence of 3,343 m, 10,968 ft); and Piton des Neiges (with prominence of 3,069 m, 10,069 ft), 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, 20 km (12 mi) 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.[1] Mount Bazardüzü, also in the Caucasus, has a prominence of 2,454 metres (8,051 ft), 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

Apennines, Italian peninsula and neighbouring islands

Monte Cinto, Corsica
Corno Grande, Italy
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Arctic islands

Beerenberg, Norway
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Atlantic islands

Teide, Canary Islands (Spain)
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Southeast Europe

Musala, Bulgaria
Maja e Jezercës, Albania
Vihren, Pirin Mountain, Bulgaria
Radomir/Kalabak/Kerkini, Belasitsa, Bulgaria and Greece
View of Botev Peak from I-6 road (Bulgaria)
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Carpathian Mountains

Gerlachovský štít, Slovakia
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Caucasus Mountains

Mount Elbrus, Russia, Europe
Dykh-Tau, Russia, Europe
Mount Addala-Shukhgelmeer, Russia, Europe
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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

Roman-Kosh, Crimea
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Greek islands and Peloponnese

Mount Ida, Greece
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Pyrenees & Iberian Peninsula

Torre de Cerredo, Spain
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Massif Central

Puy de Sancy, France
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Scandinavia

Galdhøpiggen, Oppland
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Ural Mountains

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Peaks over 1500 m elevation that miss the 1500-m cutoff

Midžor, Bulgaria and Serbia
Dammastock, Switzerland
Ruen peak, Osogovo, Bulgaria and North Macedonia
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Highest European ultra-prominent peaks

List of the highest European ultra-prominent peaks (elevation above 2,900 m and prominence above 1,500 m):

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See also


References

  1. "CIA World Factbook – Russia, Geography". US CIA. US Central Intelligence Agency. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
  2. This 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).

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