This list of the most dominant mountains in Europe includes the mountains of Europe with a dominance of over 300 km. In geography, dominance is understood to be the radius of the area over which a summit, mountain or other geomorphological landform dominates. It is effectively the distance from a summit to the next higher point on land.
For dominances smaller than 300 km, the completeness of the list could no longer be guaranteed, since relatively small elevations in the flat and extensive European part of Russia can achieve large dominance and the data on topography is sometimes very scarce there. There may be ambiguities a. at the highest point of the Central Russian Plate and the highest point of the Volga Plate and its reference partner Schigulewskij Sapowednik near Samara . These could reach dominances of approximately 300 km.
Since there are different definitions for the borders of Europe, mountains can fall out of the list or new ones can be added depending on the definition. Disputed in their affiliation are z. B. the Caucasus with the Elbrus and the island (group) n Jan Mayen and Spitzbergen with Beerenberg and Newtontoppen because of their remote location in the Arctic Ocean. If the Azores were included in Europe, the Ponta do Pico on Pico would appear in fifth place with a dominance of 1451 km.
The last column shows the dominance within Europe (D. i. E.). For all peaks whose reference point (NHN, next higher mountain) is also in Europe, it is the same as the dominance in the third column. If the next higher mountain is on another continent, the distance to the next higher point in Europe is given here. Put clearly, the D. i. E. The dominance as it would be if only the continent of Europe existed.
The mountains for which only coordinates are given do not have an official name. NHN stands for nearest higher neighbor , i.e. the next highest mountain.
Map with all coordinates: