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For a list by height, see the list of mountains of the Alps. By descending to 1,500 m of prominence, this list includes all the Ultras of the Alps. Some famous peaks, such as the Matterhorn and Eiger, are not Ultras because they are connected to higher mountains by high cols and therefore do not achieve enough topographic prominence.
World top 100 most prominent peaks, from the same authors as the top 50. Map of the top 50 by Ken Jones; Lists and/or maps covering all peaks in the world with 1500 m+ prominence. Compiled by Aaron Maizlish. The latest estimate is that there are 1,516.
Relief of the Alps. This page tabulates only the most prominent mountains of the Alps, selected for having a topographic prominence of at least 300 metres (980 ft), all exceeding 3,000 metres (9,800 ft) in height. Although the list contains 537 summits, some significant alpine mountains are necessarily excluded for failing to meet the stringent ...
List of mountains of the Alps. List of mountains of the Alps above 3000 m; List of mountains of the Alps (2500–2999 m) List of mountains of the Alps (2000–2499 m) List of Alpine peaks by prominence; List of Alpine four-thousanders; List of mountains of the Balkans; List of mountains of the Elbe Sandstone Mountains; List of mountains of the Harz
This page contains a table listing by elevation all 514 mountains of the Alps that are between 2500 and 3000m m high and which also have a topographic prominence of at least 300 metres (984 ft). The list is a continuation of the List of prominent mountains of the Alps above 3000 m , which contains an introduction with statistics and an ...
There are 14 mountains over 8,000 metres (26,247 ft), which are often referred to as the Eight-thousanders. (Some people have claimed there are six more 8,000m peaks in Nepal, making for a total of 20. [1])
The Alps extend in an arc from France in the south and west to Slovenia in the east, and from Monaco in the south to Germany in the north. The Alps are a crescent shaped geographic feature of central Europe that ranges in an 800 km (500 mi) arc (curved line) from east to west and is 200 km (120 mi) in width.
Pennine Alps Lenzspitze Großer Gendarm Switzerland 4091 m Pennine Alps Wengen Jungfrau: Switzerland 4089 m Bernese Alps Combin de la Tsessette gendarme (south-east) Switzerland 4088 m Pennine Alps Pic Lory: France 4086 m Dauphiné Alps Dent d'Hérens Gendarme Crochu Switzerland 4075 m Pennine Alps Pilier du Diable: France 4067 m Mont Blanc Massif