List of Alpine peaks by prominence

This is a list of the mountains of the Alps, ordered by their topographic prominence. 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.

Where the prominence parent and the island parent differ, the prominence parent is marked with "¹" and the island parent with "²" (with Mont Blanc abbreviated to MB). The column "Col height" denotes the lowest elevation to which one must descend from a peak in order to reach peaks with higher elevations; note that the elevation of any peak is the sum of its prominence and col. The column "Col location" denotes the pass where the col height is located.

No	Peak	Country	Elevation (m)	Prominence (m)	Col height (m)	Col location	Parent
1	Mont Blanc	France/Italy	4,810	4,697	113	somewhere along the Volga–Baltic Waterway	Mount Everest
2	Großglockner	Austria	3,798	2,423	1375	Brenner Pass	Mont Blanc
3	Finsteraarhorn	Switzerland	4,274	2,279	1995	near Simplon Pass	Mont Blanc
4	Wildspitze	Austria	3,768	2,261	1507	Reschen Pass	Finsteraarhorn1 / MB2
5	Piz Bernina	Switzerland	4,048	2,236	1812	Maloja Pass	Finsteraarhorn1 / MB2
6	Hochkönig	Austria	2,941	2,181	760	near Maishofen	Großglockner1 / MB2
7	Dufourspitze (Monte Rosa)	Switzerland/Italy	4,634	2,165	2469	Great St Bernard Pass	Mont Blanc
8	Hoher Dachstein	Austria	2,995	2,136	859	near Eben im Pongau	Großglockner1 / MB2
9	Marmolada	Italy	3,343	2,131	1212	near Toblach	Großglockner1 / MB2
10	Monte Viso	Italy	3,841	2,062	1779	Col de l'Échelle	Mont Blanc
11	Triglav	Slovenia	2,864	2,052	812	Camporosso Pass	Marmolada1 / MB2
12	Barre des Écrins	France	4,102	2,045	2057	Col du Lautaret	Mont Blanc
13	Säntis	Switzerland	2,503	2,021	482	near Heiligkreuz bei Mels	Finsteraarhorn1 / MB2
14	Ortler	Italy	3,905	1,953	1952	Fraele Pass	Piz Bernina
15	Monte Baldo/Cima Valdritta	Italy	2,218	1,950	268	near San Giovanni Pass in Nago–Torbole	Ortler1 / MB2
16	Gran Paradiso	Italy	4,061	1,891	2170	near Little St Bernard Pass	Mont Blanc
17	Pizzo di Coca	Italy	3,050	1,878	1172	near Aprica	Ortler1 / MB2
18	Cima Dodici	Italy	2,336	1,874	462	near Pergine Valsugana	Marmolada1 / MB2
19	Dents du Midi	Switzerland	3,257	1,796	1461	Col des Montets	Mont Blanc
20	Chamechaude	France	2,082	1,771	311	near Chambéry	Mont Blanc
21	Zugspitze	Germany/Austria	2,962	1,746	1216	near Fern Pass	Finsteraarhorn1 / MB2
22	Monte Antelao	Italy	3,264	1,735	1529	Passo Cimabanche	Marmolada
23	Arcalod	France	2,217	1,713	504	near Viuz in Faverges	Mont Blanc
24	Grintovec	Slovenia	2,558	1,706	852	near Rateče	Triglav
25	Großer Priel	Austria	2,515	1,700	810	near Pichl-Kainisch	Hoher Dachstein1 / MB2
26	Grigna Settentrionale	Italy	2,409	1,686	723	near Balisio in Ballabio	Pizzo di Coca1 / MB2
27	Monte Bondone	Italy	2,180	1,679	501	near Cadine in Trento	Ortler1 / MB2
28	Presanella	Italy	3,558	1,676	1882	Tonale Pass	Ortler
29	Birnhorn	Austria	2,634	1,665	969	near Hochfilzen	Großglockner1 / MB2
30	Col Nudo	Italy	2,471	1,644	827	Passo di Sant'Osvaldo	Antelao1 / MB2
31	Pointe Percée	France	2,750	1,643	1107	near Pont d'Arbon near Megève	Mont Blanc
32	Jôf di Montasio	Italy	2,753	1,597	1156	Predil Pass	Triglav
33	Mölltaler Polinik	Austria	2,784	1,579	1205	Iselsberg Pass	Großglockner1 / MB2
34	Tödi	Switzerland	3,614	1,570	2044	Oberalp Pass	Finsteraarhorn
35	Birkkarspitze	Austria	2,749	1,564	1185	Seefelder Sattel	Zugspitze1 / MB2
36	Ellmauer Halt	Austria	2,344	1,551	793	near Ellmau	Großglockner1 / MB2
37	Grande Tête de l'Obiou	France	2,790	1,542	1248	Col Bayard	Barre des Écrins1 / MB2
38	Hochtor	Austria	2,369	1,520	849	Schober Pass	Großglockner1 / MB2
39	Grimming	Austria	2,351	1,518	833	near Schrödis and Tauplitz	Großer Priel
40	Grand Combin	Switzerland	4,309	1,512	2797	Fenêtre de Durand	Monte Rosa
41	La Tournette	France	2,351	1,514	837	Col du Marais	Pointe Percée1 / MB2
42	Zirbitzkogel	Austria	2,396	1,502	894	Neumarkter Sattel	Großglockner1 / MB2
43	Piz Kesch	Switzerland	3,418	1,502	1916	Lukmanier Pass	Finsteraarhorn1 / MB2
44	Cima Brenta	Italy	3,151	1,501	1650	near Campo Carlo Magno	Presanella1 / MB2

See also

• Worldwide list of peaks ranked by prominence
• List of mountains of Switzerland (with height and prominence ranking)
• List of peaks in the British Isles ranked by prominence
• List of European ultra-prominent peaks
• List of the highest European ultra-prominent peaks

References

• Petter Bjørstad, Jonathan de Ferranti, Eberhard Jurgalski, Vasja Kavcic and Aaron Maizlish, Lists and maps covering all peaks in Europe with 1500m+ prominence (2004), The Ultras Project (peaklist.org).
• Ultras of the Alps in the Peakbagger database
• Eberhard Jurgalski, the complete table of summits in the Alps separated by 590 metres of re-ascent (2004-2005, 2008).
• Richard Goedeke: Giganten der Alpen: Die 20 prominentesten Berge der Alpen. Bruckmann Verlag, 2006, ISBN 978-3-7654-4381-7.