The Antartica 39 Finest Mountains ranked by primary factor.

The list below identifies and ranks the 39 Antartica mountains with the largest prominence or primary factor. A vertical ascent on foot of at least 600 meter should be honored in order to qualify as a legitimate climb, many peaks will require more.

The primary factor of a mountain is the minimal vertical drop from its summit before one can ascend a higher peak. In terms of map contours, this vertical drop is defined by the first contour that encircles a higher peak and the preceeding (higher) contour line which has the peak in question as the highest point inside its closed curve. Between these two contour lines lies the (usually unique) defining saddle of the mountain.

This list is based on data compiled by Aaron Maizlish and Jonathan de Ferranti, more information can be found here.

There are 39 Antartic Ultra Prominent mountains, 15 are on nearby islands, leaving 24 peaks on the main Antartic landmass.

Confirmed or suspected corrections are most welcome by email to: petter@ii.uib.no

Two stars behind the rank means that I have climbed it (0/39).

Rank	Height	Name	Primary factor	Coordinates	Saddle	Location
1	4897	Mount Vinson	4897	S78:31'32", W85:37'02"	Ocean	Antarctica HP
2	3794	Mount Erebus	3794	S77:32', E167:10'	Ocean	Ross Island HP
3	3110	Mount Siple	3110	S73:15', W126:06'	Ocean	Siple island HP
4	2987	Mount Stephenson	2987	S69:49', W69:43'	Ocean	Alexander island HP
5	2760	Mount Francais	2760	S64:38', W63:27'	Ocean	Anvers island HP
6	4165	Mount Minto	2616	tbd	TBD	Antarctica
7	4528	Mount Kirkpatrick	2601	tbd	TBD	Antarctica
8	2520	Mount Parry	2520	tbd	Ocean	Brabant island HP
9	4285	Mount Sidley	2517	tbd	tbd	Executive committee range
10	4160	Mount Miller	2354	tbd	tbd	Holland Range
11	4025	Mount Lister	2325	tbd	tbd	Royal Societe Range
12	2315	Mount Gaudry	2315	tbd	Ocean	Adeleide island HP
13	2300	Mount Irving	2300	tbd	Ocean	Clarence island HP
14	3184	Mount Jackson	2187	tbd	tbd	Antarctica
15	3460	Mount Takahe	2144	tbd	tbd	Marie Byrd Land
16	2105	Mount Foster	2105	tbd	Ocean	Smith island HP
17	4350	Mount Markham	2103	tbd	tbd	Queen Elizabeth Range
18	2896	Gora Georgia Pobedonosca	2058	tbd	tbd	TBW
19	2705	Mount Murphy	2055	tbd	tbd	Marie Byrd Land
20	2000	Hawkes Heights	2000	tbd	tbd	Coulman island HP
21	3595	Richmond Peak	1946	tbd	tbd	Antarctica
22	2486	Point 2486	1939	tbd	tbd	On Alexander island
23	3501	Mount Murchison	1927	tbd	tbd	Mountaineer Range
24	3655	Mount Supemal	1804	tbd	tbd	TBW
25	4230	Mount Kaplan	1783	tbd	tbd	Hughes Range
26	3675	Mount Frakes	1780	tbd	tbd	Crary Mountains
27	1700	Mount Friesland	1700	tbd	Ocean	Livingston island HP
28	2730	Mount Melbourne	1699	tbd	tbd	Victoria Land
29	3230	Mount Terror	1696	tbd	tbd	Ross island
30	4480	Mount Elizabeth	1657	tbd	tbd	Antartica
31	1640	Lars Christiansen Peak	1640	tbd	Ocean	Peter I island HP
32	4091	Dome Argus	1639	tbd	tbd	TBW
33	2680	Mount Discovery	1637	tbd	tbd	Antartica
34	1632	Mount Verne	1632	tbd	Ocean	Pourquoi Pas island HP
35	1630	Mount Hadddington	1630	tbd	Ocean	James Ross island HP
36	3490	Mount McClintock	1621	tbd	tbd	Britannia Range
37	2025	Mount Brewster	1598	tbd	tbd	TBW
38	2725	Mount Morning	1515	tbd	tbd	Antarctica
39	3938	Point 3938	1500	tbd	tbd	Antarctica
****	****	Antartica ULTRA prominent peaks.	****	**

This list will be completed and verified soon, pleae com ba

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