List of European ultra-prominent peaks

Mont Blanc from the TMB

The column "Col" in the chart below denotes the highest 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.

No	Peak	Country	Elevation (m)	Prominence (m)	Col (m)
1	Mount Elbrus	Russia	5,642	4,741	901
2	Mont Blanc	France/ Italy	4,810	4,697	113
3	Mount Etna	Italy (Sicily)	3,357	3,357	0
4	Mulhacén	Spain	3,479	3,285	194
5	Aneto	Spain	3,404	2,812	592
6	Monte Cinto	France (Corsica)	2,706	2,706	0
7	Corno Grande	Italy	2,912	2,476	436
8	Musala	Bulgaria	2,925	2,473	432
9	Mount Ida	Greece (Crete)	2,456	2,456	0
10	Grossglockner	Austria	3,798	2,423	1375

The above European Top 10 list excludes peaks on lands and islands that are part of European countries but are outside or on the limits of the European continent and its tectonic and geographic boundaries, like Teide (with prominence of 3,715 m, 12,188 ft), Tenerife Island, Spain; Belukha peak of the Altai Mountains in Russia (with prominence of 3,343 m, 10,968 ft); and Piton des Neiges (with prominence of 3,069 m, 10,069 ft), Réunion, France.

For ease of reference, the complete list below is divided into sections. Islands in the Atlantic, like Azores and Iceland, the Arctic archipelagos of Jan Mayen, Svalbard, and Novaya Zemlya, Mediterranean Sicily and the other Mediterranean islands, territories of European countries, have also been included as sections (with the exception of Greenland), and are taken into account for the Top 10 List, although being somehow on the European boundaries. Mount Etna active volcano is somehow on, or just outside the boundaries of the Eurasian Plate, resting on the subduction boundary where the African tectonic plate is being pushed under the Eurasian plate, but geographically is part of Europe, and is also included in the Top 10 list.

The sections include peaks on the African Plate, the Canary Islands and Madeira, and some peaks on or just outside the European boundaries located in the Caucasus Mountains (European Russia and the Caucasus states) and the Ural Mountains, both forming the geographic boundaries between the Europe and Asia, but those last mentioned aren't included in the Top 10 List. Mount Narodnaya, the highest peak in the Ural Mountains, is on the main watershed ridge, so on the limits of Europe, and cannot be considered a strictly European mountain and peak. Mount Elbrus is a dormant stratovolcano, forming part of the Caucasus Mountains, and geographically it is laying entirely in Europe and Russia, 20 km (12 mi) north of the main ridge and watershed of the Greater Caucasus, considered as the one that is forming the limits of Europe, that also forms great part of the length of the border between Russia and Georgia.[1] Mount Bazardüzü, also in the Caucasus, has a prominence of 2,454 metres (8,051 ft), but is located on the boundary between Europe and Asia, on the border between Russia and Azerbaijan, so it cannot be considered a strictly European mountain and peak.

Mount Elbrus, Russia, Europe

Dykh-Tau, Russia, Europe

Mount Addala-Shukhgelmeer, Russia, Europe

No	Peak	Country	Elevation (m)	Prominence (m)	Col (m)
1	Mount Elbrus	Russia	5,642	4,741	901
2	Mount Bazarduzu	Russia /  Azerbaijan	4,466	2,454	2012
3	Mount Kazbek	Russia /  Georgia	5,034	2,353	2681
4	Tebulosmta	Russia /  Georgia	4,493	2,145	2348
5	Dykh-Tau	Russia	5,205	2,002	3203
6	Dyultydag	Russia	4,127	1,834	2293
7	Gora Addala Shukgelmezr	Russia	4,152	1,792	2360
8	Gora Shan	Russia /  Georgia	4,451	1,775	2676

The boundary between Asia and Europe is following the main ridge of the Caucasus Mountains, also forming most of the border between Georgia and Russia. From the above listed 8 peaks, four (Mount Elbrus, Dykh-Tau, Dyultydag, Gora Addala Shukgelmezr) are entirely in Europe, and four are on the border itself and so are both in Asia and Europe.

List of the highest European ultra-prominent peaks (elevation above 2,900 m and prominence above 1,500 m):

No	Peak	Country	Elevation (m)	Prominence (m)	Col (m)
1	Mount Elbrus	Russia	5,642	4,741	901
2	Dykh-Tau	Russia	5,205	2,002	3203
3	Mont Blanc	France/ Italy	4,810	4,697	113
4	Dufourspitze (Monte Rosa)	Switzerland	4,634	2,165	2469
5	Grand Combin	Switzerland	4,314	1,517	2797
6	Finsteraarhorn	Switzerland	4,274	2,280	1994
7	Gora Addala Shukgelmezr	Russia	4,152	1,792	2360
8	Dyultydag	Russia	4,127	1,834	2293
9	Barre des Écrins	France	4,102	2,045	2057
10	Gran Paradiso	Italy	4,061	1,891	2170
11	Piz Bernina	Switzerland	4,049	2,234	1815
12	Ortler	Italy	3,905	1,953	1952
13	Monte Viso	Italy	3,841	2,062	1779
14	Grossglockner	Austria	3,798	2,423	1375
15	Wildspitze	Austria	3,768	2,261	1507
16	Tödi	Switzerland	3,614	1,570	2044
17	Presanella	Italy	3,558	1,676	1882
18	Mulhacén	Spain	3,479	3,285	194
19	Piz Kesch	Switzerland	3,418	1,502	1916
20	Aneto	Spain	3,404	2,812	592
21	Marmolada	Italy	3,343	2,131	1212
22	Mount Etna	Italy (Sicily)	3,357	3,357	0
23	Monte Antelao	Italy	3,264	1,735	1529
24	Dents du Midi	Switzerland	3,257	1,796	1461
25	Cima Tosa	Italy	3,173	1,521	1652
26	Pizzo di Coca	Italy	3,050	1,878	1172
27	Hoher Dachstein	Austria	2,995	2,136	859
28	Zugspitze	Austria/ Germany	2,962	1,746	1216
29	Hochkönig	Austria	2,941	2,181	760
30	Musala[12]	Bulgaria	2,925	2,473	432
31	Mount Olympus (Mytikas)	Greece	2,917[13][14]	2,353[15]	564
32	Vihren	Bulgaria	2,915	1,784[16]	1131
33	Corno Grande	Italy	2,912	2,476	436

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