World's most prominent mountains

Connected Sites: 18

WHS containing one of the world's 40 most "Prominent" mountains.
"In topography, prominence, also known as autonomous height, relative height, shoulder drop (in North America), or prime factor (in Europe), categorizes the height of the mountain's.. summit by the elevation between it and the lowest contour line encircling it and no higher summit. It is a measure of the independence of a summit" and "The prominence of a peak is the minimum height of climb to the summit on any route from a higher peak...The lowest point on that route is the col." (Wiki). Showing a. the "Prominence height" above the "col". Prominence Height = height above the relevant contour or Mean Sea Level (MSL) if the nearest higher peak is not on same land mass. b. The "Col" height used c. The "Parent Peak" used For a discussion on meanings and alternative definitions of "Prominence", "Parent Peak" etc see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topographic_prominence. Prominence Map - link

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Connected Sites

Sagarmatha National Park
Inscribed: 1979
3.78
58
3
Mt Everest World's Most Prominent (8848m/0/Msl)
Kilimanjaro National Park
Inscribed: 1987
3.92
103
7
Mt Kilimanjaro 4th Most Prominent (5882m/10m/Mt Everest)
Lorentz National Park
Inscribed: 1999
3.34
5
1
Puncak Jaya 9th Most Prominent (5884m/0/Msl)
Hawaii Volcanoes
Hawaii Volcanoes
United States of America
Inscribed: 1987
4.05
203
12
Mauna Kea 15th Most Prominent (4205m/0/Msl)
Kinabalu Park
Inscribed: 2000
3.26
128
6
Mt Kinabalu 20th Most Prominent (4095m/0/Msl)
Simien National Park
Inscribed: 1978
3.46
62
11
Ras Dashan 23rd Most Prominent (3997m/553m/Kilimanjaro)
Mount Kenya
Inscribed: 1997
2.86
48
2
32nd Most Prominent (3825m/1374m/Kilimanjaro)
Te Wahipounamu
Te Wahipounamu
New Zealand
Inscribed: 1986
4.19
158
11
Mt Cook 37th Most Prominent (3775m/0/Msl)
Teide National Park
Inscribed: 2007
3.81
231
7
Mt Teide 40th Most Prominant (3718m/0/Msl)
Fujisan
Fujisan
Japan
Inscribed: 2013
3.57
256
8
35th
Xinjiang Tianshan
Inscribed: 2013
3.13
49
3
Bogda Peak, Jengish Chokusu (16th And 17th Most Prominent Respectively (4148 And 4122 M))
Glacier parks
Glacier parks
Canada, United States of America
Inscribed: 1979
4.08
150
5
Mt Logan 6th Most Prominent (5250 M), Mt Faitersthrt 26th Most Prominent (3955 M)
Volcanoes of Kamchatka
Inscribed: 1996
4.31
17
2
Klyuchevskaya Sopka 13th Most Prominent (4649 M)
Rwenzori Mountains
Inscribed: 1994
3.22
32
3
Mt Stanley 28th Most Prominent (3951 M)
Khangchendzonga National Park
Inscribed: 2016
3.42
18
3
Kangchenjunga 29th Most Prominent (3922 M)
Talamanca Range-La Amistad Reserves
Inscribed: 1983
2.90
62
5
Cerro Chirripo 37th Most Prominent (3727 M)
Tropical Rainforest Sumatra
Inscribed: 2004
3.56
58
7
Mt Kerinci 33th Most Prominent (3805 M)
Virunga National Park
Virunga National Park
Congo (Democratic Republic)
Inscribed: 1979
3.99
16
2
Mount Stanley (Margherita Peak) - Prominence 3951m