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Chart showing the relationship between the 100 peaks with highest prominence in the world. (In the SVG version , hover over a peak to highlight its parent(s) and click it to view its article.) This is a list of mountain peaks ordered by their topographic prominence .
Mount Everest, the highest point on Earth, has an undefined isolation, since there are no higher points to reference. [ 1 ] Because topographic isolation can be difficult to determine, a common approximation is the distance to a peak called the nearest higher neighbour (NHN).
The parent peak may be either close or far from the subject peak. The summit of Mount Everest is the parent peak of Aconcagua in Argentina at a distance of 17,755 km (11,032 miles), as well as the parent of the South Summit of Mount Everest at a distance of 360 m (1200 feet). The key col may also be close to the subject peak or far from it.
Mount Apo is the highest mountain peak in the Philippines, with an elevation of 2,954 meters (9,692 ft) above sea level. A large solfataric , dormant stratovolcano , it is part of the Apo-Talomo Mountain Range of Mindanao island.
Mount Apo, Mindanao, Philippines: 2954 m 9,692 ft Philippine Sea and South China Sea: sea level 2954 m 9,692 ft ⦁ Sri Lanka: Pidurutalagala, Sri Lanka: 2524 m 8,281 ft Indian Ocean: sea level 2524 m 8,281 ft ⦁ Europe Mount Elbrus, Russia 5642 m 18,510 ft Caspian Sea, Russia, et al. −28 m −92 ft: 5670 m 18,602 ft
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Accordingly K2 is only in the table below for reference and not shown on the map on this page. The interactive map on this page ranks Himalayan peaks above 7,500 m (24,600 ft) and is more inclusive. A peak has a different definition to a mountain and different authorities may use different definitions of either.
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