This was first compiled by David Metzler and Eberhard Jurgalski, later updates by Jonathan de Ferranti and
others.
Also see the list at peaklist.org and the list by
Eberhard and Jonathan for
more information.
The primary factor (or prominence) of a mountain is the minimal vertical drop from
its summit before one can ascend a higher peak.
First ascent information collected from many different sources by Petter Bjørstad.
"No Info Yet", in this column, means no info about the first ascent, but the mountain has been climbed.
Here, you may see a world map where the top 50 peaks are plotted (Credit: Ken Jones).
PF = primary factor (prominence).
HP = high point.
Two stars behind the rank means that I have climbed it (32/50, 52/100).
Rank | Height | Name | PF | Location | Saddle | Comment | First Ascent |
1 | 8848 | Mount Everest | 8848 | Nepal/Tibet | Ocean | World HP | Tenzing Norgay, Edmund Hillary, 29/5-1953 |
2** | 6962 | Cerro Aconcagua | 6962 | Argentina | Ocean | South America HP | Matthias Zurbriggen, 14/1-1897 |
3** | 6194 | Denali | 6149 | USA | Nicaragua | North America HP | Hudson Stuck, Harry Karstens, Walter Harper, Robert Tatum, 7/6-1913 |
4** | 5895 | Kilimanjaro | 5885 | Tanzania | Near Suez Canal | Africa HP | Hans Meyer, 6/10-1889 |
5** | 5735 | Cristobal Colon | 5509 | Colombia | Local | Only 30 miles from sea | Enrico Praolini, A. Bakewell, W. Wood, 16/3-1939 |
6** | 5959 | Mount Logan | 5250 | Canada | Mentasta Pass | Canada HP | Albert H.MacCarthy, H.F. Lambart, Allen Carpe, W.W. Foster, N. Read, Andy Taylor, 23/6-1925 |
7** | 5636 | Citlaltepetl | 4922 | Mexico | Champagne, Yukon | Mexico HP | F.Maynard, William F. Raynolds, 10/5-1848 |
8 | 4892 | Mount Vinson | 4892 | Antarctica | Ocean | Antarctica HP | Pete Schoening, John Evans, Barry Corbet, Bill Long, 18/12-1966 |
9 | 4884 | Puncak Jaya | 4884 | Indonesia | Ocean | Oceania HP | Heinrich Harrer, Philip Temple, Russell Kippax, Albertus Huizenga, 13/2-1962 |
10** | 5642 | Gora Elbrus | 4741 | Russia | W. Pakistan | The "7th" summit | Horace Walker, Ahiya Sottalev, Florence Crauford Grove, Khillar Khachirov, 22/7-1829 |
11** | 4809 | Mount Blanc | 4696 | France | Volga-Baltic Canal, Russia | Europe HP | Jacques Balmat, Michel Paccard, 8/8-1786 |
12** | 5610 | Damavand | 4667 | Iran | In Georgia | Volcano, Iran HP | Abu Dolaf Kazraji, ??/??-905 |
13 | 4750 | Klyuchevskaya | 4649 | Russia | tbd. | Volcano in Asia | Daniel Gauss +2, x/y-1788 |
14 | 8125 | Nanga Parbat | 4608 | Pakistan | Zoji La | 31 died before first ascent | Hermann Buhl, 3/7-1953 |
15** | 4205 | Mauna Kea | 4205 | USA | Ocean | Greatest rise from base for any peak | Joseph F. Goodrich, 26/8-1823 (first recorded), Possibly native climb earlier? |
16 | 7439 | Jengish Chokusu (Pik Pobeda) | 4148 | China | local | Most northerly 7000 m peak | Vitaly Abalakow, Ural Usenov. +9, summer-1956 |
17** | 6267 | Chimborazo | 4122 | Ecuador | Near Olmos, Peru | Furthest point from earth's center | Edward Whymper, Louis Carrel, Jean-Antoine Carrel, x/y-1880 |
18 | 5445 | Bogda Shan | 4122 | China | Near Urumqi | 160 km from -150 m depression | Japanese team, x/y-1981 |
19 | 7782 | Namcha Barwa | 4106 | China | Lo La | None yet | Kazuo Yamamoto, Hiroshi Aota, Atsushi Yamamoto, Jiabu, Chirenduoji, Biamba Zax, 30/10-1992 |
20** | 4095 | Kinabalu | 4095 | Malaysia | Ocean | HP of South-East Asia | John Whitehead, x/y-1888 |
21** | 4393 | Mount Rainier | 4023 | USA | Armstrong, BC | Washington HP, near Seattle | Hazard Stevens, P.B. Van Trump, 17/8-1870 |
22 | 8611 | K2 | 4017 | Pakistan/China | Lo Mustang, Tibet | "World's hardest" | Lino Lacedelli, Achille Compagnoni, 31/7-1954 |
23** | 4549 | Ras Dashen | 3996 | Ethiopia | Near Lake Turkana | None yet | Galinier, Ferret, x/y-1841 |
24** | 4220 | Tajumulco | 3980 | Guatemala | Isthmus of Tehuantepec | Central America HP | No Info Yet, but early |
25** | 4988 | Pico Bolivar | 3964 | Venezuela | local | Cable car almost to the top | Enrique Bourgoin, H. Marquez Molina, Domingo Pena, x/y-1935 |
26 | 4671 | Mount Fairweather | 3961 | USA/Canada | S. Summit Lake | 22 km from the Pacific | Colby L. Smith, Terris Moore, 8/6-1931 |
27** | 3952 | Yü Shan | 3952 | Taiwan | Ocean | Taiwan HP | K. Stopel, Mori Ushinosuke, Toril Ryuzo, x/y-1898 |
28** | 5109 | Margherita | 3951 | Uganda/Congo DR | tbd. | HP of Mountains of the Moon | Luigi Amedeo (Duke of Abruzzi), J.Petigax, C.Ollier, J.Brocherel, x/y-1906 |
29 | 8586 | Kangchenjunga | 3922 | India/Nepal | tbd | 3rd. highest in the world | George Band, Joe Brown, 25/5-1955 |
30 | 7708 | Tirich Mir | 3910 | Pakistan | Baroghil Pass | Hindu Kush HP | Arne Næss, P. Kvernberg, Tony Streather, H. Berg, x/7-1950 |
31** | 4040 | Mount Cameroon | 3901 | Cameroon | local | Famous 17 mile race | Joseph Merrick, 1844-1849 |
32 | 5199 | Mount Kenya | 3825 | Kenya | Near Kilimanjaro | Hard near the summit | Joseph Brocherei, Halford Mackinder, Cesar Ollier, 13/9-1899 |
33** | 3805 | Gunung Kerinci | 3805 | Indonesia | Ocean | Sumatra HP | Ludolf van Hasselt, Daniel David Veth, x/12-1877 |
34 | 3794 | Mount Erebus | 3794 | Antarctica | Ocean | Ross Island HP | David Edgeworth, Douglas Mawson, Alister Mackay, Jameson Adams, Eric Marshall, x/y-1908 |
35** | 3776 | Mount Fuji | 3776 | Japan | Ocean | Climbed by crowds in summer | Monk in 663, Crowds of Japanese, Rutherford Alcock, x/9-1860 |
36** | 4167 | Jebel Toubkal | 3755 | Morocco | Grand Erg Oriental | North Africa HP | Marquis de Segonzac, Hubert Dolbeau, Vincent Berger, 12/6-1923 |
37 | 3755 | Mount Cook | 3755 | New Zealand | Ocean | New Zealand HP | George Graham, Jack Clarke, Tom Fyfe, 25/12-1894 |
38** | 3820 | Cerro Chirripo | 3727 | Costa Rica | Near Panama Canal | 2 day hike | No Info Yet, but likely long time ago |
39** | 3726 | Gunung Rinjani | 3726 | Indonesia | Ocean | Lombok Island HP | No Info Yet, but must be a while ago. |
40** | 3718 | Pico Teide | 3718 | Spain | Ocean | Canary Island HP | R.E. Scory, x/y-1582 |
41** | 4150 | Mount Boising | 3709 | Papua New Guinea | Ramu/Markham divide | Finisterre Range HP | Petter Erling Bjørstad, Pål Jørgen Bjørstad, Wionare Mitimu, Nathan Hone, Roinu Roipo, 25/6-2014 |
42 | 4058 | Monte San Valentin | 3696 | Chile | Near Lake Tranquilo | Patagonia HP | Dinko Bertoncelj, Birger Lantschner, Tonchek Pangerc, Gregorio Ezquerra, Carlos Sonntag, Otto Meiling, John J. Neumayer, 18/12-1952 |
43** | 3694 | Gunnbjørn Fjeld | 3694 | Greenland | Ocean | Arctic HP | Augustine Courtauld +5, 16/8-1935 |
44** | 6893 | Ojos del Salado | 3688 | Argentina/Chile | Paso de las Cuevas | None yet | Jan Alfred Szczepanski, Justyn Wojsznis, 26/2-1937 |
45** | 3676 | Gunung Semeru | 3676 | Indonesia | Ocean | Java HP | No Info Yet, but likely long time ago |
46** | 5410 | Ritacuba Blanca | 3645 | Columbia | Paso de Las Cruces | Northern Andes HP | Erwin Kraus??, 1942?? |
47 | 7556 | Minya Konka | 3642 | China | North of peak | No comment yet | Terris Moore, Richard Burdsall, 28/10-1932 |
48** | 5137 | Mount Ararat | 3611 | Turkey | Near Gardaneh-ye-Kuhin | First ascent by Noah? | Friedrich Parrot, Khachatur Abovian, 9/10-1829 |
49 | 7649 | Kongur Shan | 3585 | China | Near Muztagata | Discovered in 1900 | Joe Tasker, Alan Rouse, Peter Boardman, Chris Bonington, x/y-1981 |
50** | 4996 | Mount Blackburn | 3548 | USA | Skolai Pass | Highest in the Wrangell, Alaska | Bruce Gilbert, Dick Wahlstrom, Hans Gmoser, Adolf Bitterlich, Leon Blumer, 30/5-1958 |
*** | ** | ** Top 50 ** | **** | ******** | *** | *********** | |
51 | 4216 | Mount Hayes | 3501 | Alaska, USA | Broad Pass | Remote in Alaska | Bradford Washburn, Barbara Washburn, Benjamin Ferris, Sterling Hendricks, Henry Hall, William Shand, x/y-1941 |
52** | 3478 | Rantemario | 3478 | Indonesia | Ocean | Sulawesi island HP | Often climbed, has summit-trail. |
53 | 5489 | Mount Saint Elias | 3448 | Alaska/Yukon, USA/Canada | Columbus glacier | TBW | Luigi Amedeo (Duke of Abruzzi), Vittorio Sella, + party, 31/7-1897 |
54 | 7495 | Pik Imeni Ismail Samani (Pik Kommunizma) | 3402 | Tajikistan | NW of Uybulok Pass | TBW | Yevgeniy Abalakov, 9/9-1933 |
55 | 8167 | Dhaulagiri I | 3357 | Nepal | NW of Za'ngoza'ngoin | TBW | Kurt Diemberger, A. Schelbert, E. Forrer, Nawang Dorje, Nyima Dorje, 13/5-1960 |
56 | 6720 | Mercedario | 3353 | Argentina | Paso de las Lloretas | TBW | Adam Karpinski, Wiktor Ostrowski, 18/1-1934 |
57 | 3623 | Volcan Lautaro | 3345 | Chile | TBD | TBW | Peter Skvarca, Luciano Pera, 29/1-1964 |
58 | 4506 | Gora Belukta | 3343 | Russia | 42:59:05, 99:39:48 | TBW | Boris V. Tronov, Michael V. Tronov, 25/7-1914 |
59** | 3326 | Etna | 3326 | Sicily, Italy | Ocean | TBW | Empedocles, 430BC, Emperor Hadrian, 126AD |
60 | 3706 | San Lorenzo | 3319 | Chile/Argentina | 46:35:51, 70:55:16 | TBW | Alberto Maria de Agostini, x/y-1943 |
61** | 4507 | Karisimbi | 3312 | Rwanda/Congo | SW of Kyegegwa | TBW | R.P. Barthelem, x/y-1903 |
62 | 3666 | Jebel an Nabi Shu'ayb | 3311 | Yemen | 35:47:24, 38:02:09 | TBW | No Info Yet, but easy to climb. |
63 | 4019 | Mount Waddington | 3289 | BC, Canada | Ross Lake Pass | TBW | Fritz Wiessner, Bill House, 21/7-1936 |
64** | 3479 | Mulhacen | 3285 | Spain | Col de Naurouze | TBW | Unknown, but before 1500, easy ascent. |
65** | 3428 | Gunung Slamet | 3284 | Java, Indonesia | TBD | TBW | No Info Yet, but climbed frequently, trail to summit. |
66 | 4811 | Kuh-e-Sabalaan | 3283 | Iran | tbd | TBW | No Info Yet, but easy trail to summit |
67 | 4016 | Mount Marcus Baker | 3269 | Alaska, USA | Judd Lake Pass | TBW | Bradford Washburn, Norman Bright, Peter Gabriel, Norman Dyhrenfurth,19/6-1938 |
68 | 3840 | Sauyr Zhotasy | 3252 | China | tbd | TBW | Possibly Unclimbed! |
69** | 5552 | Cerro del Bolson | 3252 | Argentina/check | TBD | TBW | |
70 | 4886 | Tomort | 3243 | China | tbd | TBW | Katsuki Takahashi, Koichiro Takahashi, 15/8-2005 |
71 | 5596 | Yulong Xueshan | 3202 | China | tbd | TBW | Phil Peralta-Ramos, Eric Perlman, 8/5-1987 |
72** | 4565 | Meru | 3170 | Tanzania | tbd | TBW | Carl Uhlig, 1901, OR Fritz Jaeger, 1904 (disputed) |
73 | 3307 | Shiveluch | 3168 | Russia | tbd | TBW | No Info Yet, but climbed more than 40 years ago. |
74 | 7816 | Nanda Devi | 3139 | India | Near Bhawiti Camp | TBW | Bill Tilman, Noel Odell, 29/8-1936 |
75 | 3607 | Ichinsky | 3125 | Russia | tbd | TBW | No Info Yet, but climbed by several parties. |
76 | 7795 | Batura Sar | 3118 | Pakistan | Mintaka Pass | TBW | Hubert Bleicher, Herbert Oberhofer, 30/6-1976 |
77** | 3265 | Gunung Lawu | 3118 | Java, Indonesia | tbd | TBW | No Info Yet, but easy trails to summit |
78 | 3110 | Mount Siple | 3110 | Antarctica | Ocean | Siple island HP | Possibly Unclimbed! |
79** | 3098 | Pico Duarte | 3098 | Dominican Republic | Ocean | Island HP | Robert Hermann Schomburgk, x/y-1851 |
80 | 8163 | Manaslu | 3092 | Nepal | tbd | TBW | Gyalzen Norbu, Artur Hajzer, Toshio Imanishi, 9/5-1956 |
81** | 4418 | Mount Whitney | 3073 | USA | Playas-Pride Pass | Lower 48 HP | John Lucas, Charles Begole, Albert Johnson, 18/8-1873 |
82** | 3332 | Gunung Raung | 3069 | Java, Indonesia | tbd | TBW | No Info YEt, This peak is somewaht difficult to climb, but there are several reports. |
83** | 3069 | Piton de Neiges | 3069 | Reunion (France) | Ocean | Indian Ocean, Island HP | No Info Yet, but trail to summit, climbed by thousands |
84 | 6627 | Xuelian Feng | 3068 | China | tbd | TBW | Motochiro Fujita, Hideki Sakai, Mikio Suzuki, Etuo Nishikawa, Hiroshi Kojiri, Takuo Kato, Reiji Takahashi, Kazuo Tukushima, 19/8-1990 |
85** | 3055 | Haleakala | 3055 | Hawaii | Ocean | Maui island HP | Richards, Andrews, Green, 21/8-1828 |
86** | 5400 | Popocatepetl | 3050 | Mexico | TBD | TBW | Diego de Ordaz, x/y-1519 |
87 | 5226 | Mount Lucania | 3046 | Yukon, Canada | Hubbard-Logan Glacier Pass | TBW | Bradford Washburn, Robert Bates, x/6-1937 |
88** | 3031 | Gunung Agung | 3031 | Indonesia | Ocean | Bali island HP | No Info Yet, but easy trail to the summit. |
89** | 3027 | Gunung Binaiya | 3027 | Indonesia | Ocean | Seram island HP | No Info Yet, but there are establshed routes, many reported ascents. |
90 | 3011 | Pico Basile | 3011 | Equatorial Guinea | Ocean | TBW | No Info Yet, road to the summit. |
91 | 3456 | Koryaksky | 2999 | Russia | tbd | TBW | No Info Yet, but climbed by several parties |
92 | 7570 | Kangkar Punzum | 2995 | Buhtan/Tibet | tbd | TBW | Possibly Unclimbed! |
93 | 2987 | Mount Stephenson | 2987 | Antarctica | Ocean | Alexander island HP | Possibly Unclimbed! |
94 | 8091 | Annapurna | 2984 | Nepal | tbd | TBW | Maurice Herzog, Louis Lachenal, 3/6-1950 |
95 | 4979 | Pik Talghar | 2982 | Kazakhstan | TBD | TBW | No Info Yet, but climbed by many. |
96** | 4317 | Mount Shasta | 2976 | California, USA | Scarface Pass | TBW | E.D. Pearce, 14/8-1854 |
97** | 4509 | Mount Wilhelm | 2971 | Papua New Guinea | TBD | TBW | Leigh Vial, 15/8-1938 |
98** | 2963 | Ramelau | 2963 | Timor | Ocean | TBW | No Info Yet, but climbed by many. |
99** | 2954 | Mount Apo | 2954 | Philippines | Ocean | Mindanao HP | Joseph Montano, Joaquin Rajal, Mateo Gisbert, 10/10-1880 |
100 | 7294 | Gyalha Peri | 2942 | Tibet | TBD | TBW | Y. Hashimoto, Yoshio Ogata, H. Imamura, 31/10-1986 |
*** | ** | *** Top 100 *** | **** | ******** | *** | *********** | |
101 | 3466 | Gunung Leuser (Tanpa Nama) | 2940 | Sumatra, Indonesia | tbd | TBW | No Info Yet, but easy to climb |
102 | 3447 | Emi Koussi | 2936 | Chad | tbd | TBW | Wilfred Thesiger, x/y-1938 |
103 | 2934 | Mount Paget | 2934 | Atlantic Ocean | tbd | TBW | Malcolm Burley, +team, 30/12-1964 |
104 | 3555 | Mount Monarch | 2920 | Canada | tbd | TBW | Henry S. Hall Jr., Hans Fuhrer, x/y-1936 |
105 | 3676 | Mount Suckling | 2932 | Papua New Guinea | TBD | TBW | P.F. Stevens, J.F. Veldkamp, x/y-1972 |
106** | 2926 | Mount Pulag | 2926 | Philippines | Ocean | Luzon island HP | Prehistoric time?, many trails to the summit |
107 | 4150 | El Mela | 2907 | Argentina | TBD | TBW | Little info avail. Most likely climbed. |
108 | 3947 | Kuh-e-Taftan | 2907 | Iran | tbd | TBW | No Info Yet, but easy to climb |
109 | 2993 | Pica da Neblina | 2885 | Brazil/Venezuela | tbd | TBW | José Ambrósio de Miranda Pombo? (Brazilian army expedition), x/y-1965 |
110 | 2876 | Maromokotro | 2876 | Madagascar | Ocean | Island HP | By a Frenchman?, x/y-1936 |
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