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 1500m 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	Location	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 canal	Mount Everest
2	Großglockner	Austria	3,798	2,423	1375	Brenner Pass	Mont Blanc
3	Finsteraarhorn	Switzerland	4,274	2,280	1994	near Simplon Pass	Mont Blanc
4	Wildspitze	Austria	3,768	2,261	1507	Reschen Pass	Finsteraarhorn^1 / MB^2
5	Piz Bernina	Switzerland	4,049	2,234	1815	Maloja Pass	Finsteraarhorn^1 / MB^2
6	Hochkönig	Austria	2,941	2,181	760	near Maishofen	Großglockner^1 / MB^2
7	Dufourspitze (Monte Rosa)	Switzerland	4,634	2,165	2469	Great St Bernard Pass	Mont Blanc
8	Hoher Dachstein	Austria	2,995	2,136	859	Eben im Pongau	Großglockner^1 / MB^2
9	Marmolada	Italy	3,343	2,131	1212	Toblach	Großglockner^1 / MB^2
10	Monte Viso	Italy	3,841	2,062	1779	Le Mauvais Pass	Mont Blanc
11	Triglav	Slovenia	2,864	2,052	812	Camporosso Pass	Marmolada^1 / MB^2
12	Barre des Écrins	France	4,102	2,045	2057	Col du Lautaret	Mont Blanc
13	Säntis	Switzerland	2,503	2,021	482	Heiligkreuz bei Mels	Finsteraarhorn^1 / MB^2
14	Ortler	Italy	3,905	1,953	1952	Fraele Pass in the Livigno Alps	Piz Bernina
15	Monte Baldo/Cima Valdritta	Italy	2,218	1,950	268	near San Giovanni Pass in Nago–Torbole	Ortler^1 / MB^2
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	Aprica	Ortler^1 / MB^2
18	Cima Dodici	Italy	2,336	1,874	462	Pergine Valsugana	Marmolada^1 / MB^2
19	Dents du Midi	Switzerland	3,257	1,796	1461	Col des Montets	Mont Blanc
20	Chamechaude	France	2,082	1,771	311	Chambéry	Mont Blanc
21	Zugspitze	Germany/ Austria	2,962	1,746	1216	near Fern Pass	Finsteraarhorn^1 / MB^2
22	Monte Antelao	Italy	3,264	1,735	1529	Passo Cimabanche	Marmolada
23	Arcalod	France	2,217	1,713	504	Viuz in Faverges	Mont Blanc
24	Grintovec	Slovenia	2,558	1,706	852	Rateče	Triglav
25	Großer Priel	Austria	2,515	1,700	810	near Pichl-Kainisch	Hoher Dachstein^1 / MB^2
26	Grigna Settentrionale	Italy	2,409	1,686	723	Balisio in Ballabio	Pizzo di Coca^1 / MB^2
27	Monte Bondone	Italy	2,180	1,679	501	near Cadine in Trento	Ortler^1 / MB^2
28	Presanella	Italy	3,558	1,676	1882	Tonale Pass	Ortler
29	Birnhorn	Austria	2,634	1,665	969	Hochfilzen	Großglockner^1 / MB^2
30	Col Nudo	Italy	2,471	1,644	827	Passo di Sant'Osvaldo	Antelao^1 / MB^2
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	Großglockner^1 / MB^2
34	Tödi	Switzerland	3,614	1,570	2044	Oberalp Pass	Finsteraarhorn
35	Birkkarspitze	Austria	2,749	1,564	1185	Seefelder Sattel	Zugspitze^1 / MB^2
36	Ellmauer Halt	Austria	2,344	1,551	793	near Ellmau	Großglockner^1 / MB^2
37	Grande Tête de l'Obiou	France	2,790	1,542	1248	Col Bayard	Barre des Écrins^1 / MB^2
38	Cima Tosa	Italy	3,173	1,521	1652	near Campo Carlo Magno	Presanella^1 / MB^2
39	Hochtor	Austria	2,369	1,520	849	Schober Pass	Großglockner^1 / MB^2
40	Grimming	Austria	2,351	1,518	833	near Schrödis near Tauplitz	Großer Priel
41	Grand Combin	Switzerland	4,314	1,517	2797	Fenêtre de Durand	Monte Rosa
42	La Tournette	France	2,351	1,514	837	Col du Marais	Pointe Percée^1 / MB^2
43	Zirbitzkogel	Austria	2,396	1,502	894	Neumarkter Sattel	Großglockner^1 / MB^2
44	Piz Kesch	Switzerland	3,418	1,502	1916	Lukmanier Pass	Finsteraarhorn^1 / MB^2

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

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).
• Eberhard Jurgalski, the complete table of summits in the Alps separated by 590 metres of re-ascent (2004-2005, 2008).