100 World Mountains ranked by primary factor.

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.

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 (27/50, 33/100).

Rank	Height	Name	PF	Location	Saddle	Comment
1	8848	Mount Everest	8848	Nepal/Tibet	Ocean	World HP
2**	6962	Cerro Aconcagua	6962	Argentina	Ocean	South America HP
3**	6194	Denali	6149	USA	Nicaragua	North America HP
4**	5895	Kilimanjaro	5885	Tanzania	Near Suez Canal	Africa HP
5	5700	Cristobal Colon	5509	Colombia	Local	Only 30 miles from sea
6**	5959	Mount Logan	5250	Canada	Mentasta Pass	Canada HP
7**	5636	Citlaltepetl	4922	Mexico	Champagne, Yukon	Mexico HP
8	4892	Mount Vinson	4892	Antarctica	Ocean	Antarctica HP
9	4884	Puncak Jaya	4884	Indonesia	Ocean	Oceania HP
10**	5642	Gora Elbrus	4741	Russia	W. Pakistan	The "7th" summit
11**	4809	Mount Blanc	4696	France	Volga-Baltic Canal, Russia	Europe HP
12**	5610	Damavand	4667	Iran	In Georgia	Volcano, Iran HP
13	4750	Klyuchevskaya	4649	Russia	tbd.	Volcano in Asia
14	8125	Nanga Parbat	4608	Pakistan	Zoji La	31 died before first ascent
15**	4205	Mauna Kea	4205	USA	Ocean	Greatest rise from base for any peak
16	7439	Jengish Chokusu (Pik Pobeda)	4148	China	local	Most northerly 7000 m peak
17**	6267	Chimborazo	4122	Ecuador	Near Olmos, Peru	Furthest point from earth's center
18	5445	Bogda Shan	4122	China	Near Urumqi	160 km from -150 m depression
19	7782	Namcha Barwa	4106	China	Lo La	First ascent in 1992
20**	4095	Kinabalu	4095	Malaysia	Ocean	HP of South-East Asia
21**	4393	Mount Rainier	4023	USA	Armstrong, BC	Washington HP, near Seattle
22	8611	K2	4017	Pakistan/China	Lo Mustang, Tibet	"World's hardest"
23	4549	Ras Dashen	3996	Ethiopia	Near Lake Turkana	First ascent in 1935
24**	4220	Tajumulco	3980	Guatemala	Isthmus of Tehuantepec	Central America HP
25**	4988	Pico Bolivar	3964	Venezuela	local	Cable car almost to the top
26	4671	Mount Fairweather	3961	USA/Canada	S. Summit Lake	22 km from the Pacific
27**	3952	Yü Shan	3952	Taiwan	Ocean	Taiwan HP
28**	5109	Margherita	3951	Uganda/Congo DR	tbd.	HP of Mountains of the Moon
29	8586	Kangchenjunga	3922	India/Nepal	tbd	3rd. highest in the world
30	7708	Tirich Mir	3910	Pakistan	Baroghil Pass	Hindu Kush HP, first ascent by Arne Næss
31	4040	Mount Cameroon	3901	Cameroon	local	Famous 17 mile race
32	5199	Mount Kenya	3825	Kenya	Near Kilimanjaro	Hard near the summit
33**	3805	Gunung Kerinci	3805	Indonesia	Ocean	Sumatra HP
34	3794	Mount Erebus	3794	Antarctica	Ocean	Ross Island HP
35**	3776	Mount Fuji	3776	Japan	Ocean	Climbed by crowds in summer
36**	4167	Jebel Toubkal	3755	Morocco	Grand Erg Oriental	North Africa HP
37	3755	Mount Cook	3755	New Zealand	Ocean	New Zealand HP
38**	3820	Cerro Chirripo	3727	Costa Rica	Near Panama Canal	2 day hike
39**	3726	Gunung Rinjani	3726	Indonesia	Ocean	Lombok Island HP
40**	3718	Pico Teide	3718	Spain	Ocean	Canary Island HP
41	4058	Monte San Valentin	3696	Chile	Near Lake Tranquilo	Patagonia HP
42**	3694	Gunnbjørn Fjeld	3694	Greenland	Ocean	Arctic HP
43**	6893	Ojos del Salado	3688	Argentina/Chile	Paso de las Cuevas	Pissis is no longer a candidate
44	3676	Gunung Semeru	3676	Indonesia	Ocean	Java HP
45	4125	Finisterre	3675	Papua New Guinea	Ramu/Markham divide	Coral limestone
46**	5410	Ritacuba Blanca	3645	Columbia	Paso de Las Cruces	Northern Andes HP
47	7556	Minya Konka	3642	China	North of peak	No comment yet
48**	5137	Mount Ararat	3611	Turkey	Near Gardaneh-ye-Kuhin	First ascent by Noah!
49	7649	Kongur Shan	3585	China	Near Muztagata	Discovered in 1900
50**	4996	Mount Blackburn	3548	USA	Skolai Pass	Remote in Alaska
***	**	** Top 50 **	****	********	***	***********
51	4216	Mount Hayes	3501	Alaska, USA	Broad Pass	Remote in Alaska
52	3478	Bulu Rantemario	3478	Indonesia	Ocean	Sulawesi island HP
53	5489	Mount Saint Elias	3448	Alaska/Yukon, USA/Canada	Columbus glacier	TBW
54	7495	Pik Imeni Ismail Samani (Pik Kommunizma)	3402	Tajikistan	NW of Uybulok Pass	TBW
55	8167	Dhaulagiri I	3357	Nepal	NW of Za'ngoza'ngoin	TBW
56	6720	Mercedario	3353	Argentina	Paso de las Lloretas	TBW
57	3623	Volcan Lautaro	3345	Chile	TBD	TBW
58	4506	Gora Belukta	3343	Russia	42:59:05, 99:39:48	TBW
59**	3326	Etna	3326	Sicily, Italy	Ocean	TBW
60	3706	San Lorenzo	3319	Chile/Argentina	46:35:51, 70:55:16	TBW
61	4507	Karisimbi	3312	Rwanda/Congo	SW of Kyegegwa	TBW
62	3666	Jebel an Nabi Shu'ayb	3311	Yemen	35:47:24, 38:02:09	TBW
63	4019	Mount Waddington	3289	BC, Canada	Ross Lake Pass	TBW
64**	3479	Mulhacen	3285	Spain	Col de Naurouze	TBW
65	3428	Gunung Slamet	3284	Java, Indonesia	TBD	TBW
66	4811	Kuh-e-Sabalaan	3283	Iran	tbd	TBW
67	4016	Mount Marcus Baker	3269	Alaska, USA	Judd Lake Pass	TBW
68	3840	Sauyr Zhotasy	3252	China	tbd	TBW
69	5552	Cerro del Bolson	3252	Argentina/check	TBD	TBW
70	4886	Tomort	3243	China	tbd	TBW
71	5596	Yulong Xueshan	3202	China	tbd	TBW
72	4565	Meru	3170	Tanzania	tbd	TBW
73	3307	Shiveluch	3168	Russia	tbd	TBW
74	7816	Nanda Devi	3139	India	Near Bhawiti Camp	TBW
75	3607	Ichinsky	3125	Russia	tbd	TBW
76	7795	Batura Sar	3118	Pakistan	Mintaka Pass	TBW
77	3265	Gunung Lawu	3118	Java, Indonesia	tbd	TBW
78	3110	Mount Siple	3110	Antarctica	Ocean	Siple island HP
79**	3098	Pico Duarte	3098	Dominican Republic	Ocean	Island HP
80	8163	Manaslu	3092	Nepal	tbd	TBW
81**	4418	Mount Whitney	3073	USA	Playas-Pride Pass	Lower 48 HP
82	3332	Gunung Raung	3069	Java, Indonesia	tbd	TBW
83	3069	Piton de Neiges	3069	Reunion (France)	Ocean	Indian Ocean, Island HP
84	6627	Xuelian Feng	3068	China	tbd	TBW
85	3055	Haleakala	3055	Hawaii	Ocean	Maui island HP
86**	5400	Popocatepetl	3050	Mexico	TBD	TBW
87	5226	Mount Lucania	3046	Yukon, Canada	Hubbard-Logan Glacier Pass	TBW
88	3031	Gunung Agung	3031	Indonesia	Ocean	Bali island HP
89	3027	Gunung Binaiya	3027	Indonesia	Ocean	Seram island HP
90	3011	Pico Basile	3011	Equatorial Guinea	Ocean	TBW
91	3456	Koryaksky	2999	Russia	tbd	TBW
92	7570	Kangkar Punzum	2995	Buhtan/Tibet	tbd	TBW
93	2987	Mount Stephenson	2987	Antarctica	Ocean	Alexander island HP
94	8091	Annapurna	2984	Nepal	tbd	TBW
95	4978	Pik Talgar	2981	Kazakhstan	TBD	TBW
96**	4317	Mount Shasta	2977	California, USA	Scarface Pass	TBW
97	2963	Tata Mailau	2963	Timor	Ocean	TBW
98	2954	Mount Apo	2954	Philippines	Ocean	Mindanao HP
99	7294	Gyalha Peri	2942	Tibet	TBD	TBW
100	3466	Gunung Leuser	2941	Sumatra, Indonesia	tbd	TBW
***	**	*** Top 100 ***	****	********	***	***********
101	3445	Emi Koussi	2934	Chad	tbd	TBW
102	2934	Mount Paget	2934	Atlantic Ocean	tbd	TBW
103	3555	Mount Monarch	2930	Canada	tbd	TBW
104	3676	Mount Suckling	2925	Papua New Guinea	TBD	TBW
105	4509	Mount Wilhelm	2922	Papua New Guinea	TBD	TBW
106	2922	Mount Pulog	2922	Philippines	Ocean	Luzon island HP
107	4150	El Mela	2907	Argentina	TBD	TBW
108	3941	Kuh-e-Taftan	2901	Iran	tbd	TBW
109	2994	Pica da Neblina	2886	Brazil/Venezuela	tbd	TBW
110	2876	Maromokotro	2876	Madagascar	Ocean	Island HP

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