List of the most prominent mountains in the Alps

The list of the most prominent mountains in the Alps is headed by all mountains in the Alps with a notch height of more than 1500 meters. Mountains in this category are sometimes referred to as ultra prominent peaks .

The notch height or prominence of a summit is the difference between its height and that of the highest notch ( reference notch ), up to which you have to descend at least to reach a higher peak. In addition to dominance, it is an objective measure of the independence of a summit.

In addition to the relevant notch, two reference mountains are given:

• The Prominence Master is the more prominent and higher summit closest to the reference gap along the course of the ridge, which can be reached via this gap without having to descend any deeper.
• The Island Parent is the highest peak that can be reached from the respective reference chart via a path that is entirely higher than this reference chart. It is the highest mountain beyond the reference chart, whose own reference chart is lower than that of the peak under consideration.

No.	summit	location	Height (m)	Notch height (m)	Reference chart	Prominence Master	Iceland Parent
01	Mont Blanc	France / Italy	4810	4697	At the Kubenasee (113 m)	Mount Everest	Mount Everest
02	Grossglockner	Austria	3798	2428	Brenner Pass (1370 m)	Mont Blanc	Mont Blanc
03	Finsteraarhorn	Switzerland	4274	2279	Western from the Simplon (1995 m)	Mont Blanc	Mont Blanc
04th	Wildspitze	Austria	3768	2261	Reschenpass (1507 m)	Finsteraarhorn	Mont Blanc
05	Piz Bernina	Switzerland	4049	2234	Malojapass (1815 m)	Finsteraarhorn	Mont Blanc
06th	Hochkönig	Austria	2941	2181	Near Zell am See (760 m)	Grossglockner	Mont Blanc
07th	Dufourspitze	Switzerland	4634	2165	Size St. Bernhard (2469 m)	Mont Blanc	Mont Blanc
08th	High Dachstein	Austria	2995	2136	Eben im Pongau (859 m)	Grossglockner	Mont Blanc
09	Marmolada	Italy	3343	2134	New Toblach (1209 m)	Grossglockner	Mont Blanc
10	Monte Viso	Italy	3841	2062	Le Mauvais Pas (1779 m)	Mont Blanc	Mont Blanc
11	Triglav	Slovenia	2864	2048	Saifnitz Saddle (816 m)	Marmolada	Mont Blanc
12	Barre des Écrins	France	4102	2045	Col du Lautaret (2057 m)	Mont Blanc	Mont Blanc
13	Säntis	Switzerland	2502	2015	Heiligkreuz (487 m)	Finsteraarhorn	Mont Blanc
14th	Ortler	Italy	3905	1953	Passo di Fraele (1952 m)	Piz Bernina	Piz Bernina
15th	Monte Baldo	Italy	2218	1950	Passo San Giovanni (268 m)	Ortler	Mont Blanc
16	Gran Paradiso	Italy	4061	1888	At Kl. St. Bernhard (2173 m)	Mont Blanc	Mont Blanc
17th	Pizzo di Coca	Italy	3050	1878	Passo dell'Aprica (1172 m)	Ortler	Mont Blanc
18th	Cima Dodici	Italy	2336	1874	South. Pergine Valsugana (462 m)	Marmolada	Mont Blanc
19th	Dents du Midi	Switzerland	3257	1796	Col des Montets (1461 m)	Mont Blanc	Mont Blanc
20th	Chamechaude	France	2082	1771	northeast Léché (311 m)	Mont Blanc	Mont Blanc
21st	Zugspitze	Germany / Austria	2962	1750	Western from the Fernpass (1212 m)	Finsteraarhorn	Mont Blanc
22nd	Antelao	Italy	3264	1735	In the Gemärk (1529 m)	Marmolada	Marmolada
23	Arcalod	France	2217	1713	Viuz-la-Chiésaz (504 m)	Mont Blanc	Mont Blanc
24	Grintovec	Slovenia	2558	1706	Rateče (852 m)	Triglav	Triglav
25th	Great creek	Austria	2515	1705	at the Knoppenmoos (810 m)	High Dachstein	Mont Blanc
26th	Grigna Settentrionale	Italy	2409	1686	Colle di Balisio (723 m)	Pizzo di Coca	Mont Blanc
27	Monte Bondone	Italy	2180	1679	Càdine (501 m)	Ortler	Mont Blanc
28	Presanella	Italy	3558	1676	Passo Tonale (1882 m)	Ortler	Ortler
29	Pear horn	Austria	2634	1665	Hochfilzen (969 m)	Grossglockner	Mont Blanc
30th	Col Nudo	Italy	2471	1644	Passo di San Osvaldo (827 m)	Antelao	Mont Blanc
31	Pointe Percée	France	2750	1643	South. Pont d'Arbon (1107 m)	Mont Blanc	Mont Blanc
32	Montasch	Italy	2753	1597	Predilpass (1156 m)	Triglav	Triglav
33	Mölltaler Polinik	Austria	2784	1579	Iselsberg (1205 m)	Grossglockner	Mont Blanc
34	Tödi	Switzerland	3614	1570	Oberalp Pass (2044 m)	Finsteraarhorn	Finsteraarhorn
35	Birkkarspitze	Austria	2749	1564	Seefeld saddle (1185 m)	Zugspitze	Mont Blanc
36	Ellmauer stop	Austria	2344	1551	East from Ellmau (793 m)	Grossglockner	Mont Blanc
37	Grande Tete de l'Obiou	France	2790	1542	Col Bayard (1248 m)	Barre des Écrins	Mont Blanc
38	Cima Tosa	Italy	3173	1521	South. P. Campo Carlo Magno (1652 m)	Presanella	Mont Blanc
39	Hochtor	Austria	2369	1520	Schober Pass (849 m)	Grossglockner	Mont Blanc
40	Grimming	Austria	2351	1518	near Schrödis (833 m)	Great creek	Great creek
41	Grand Combin	Switzerland	4314	1517	Fenêtre de Durand (2797 m)	Dufourspitze	Dufourspitze
42	La Tournette	France	2351	1514	Col du Marais (837 m)	Pointe Percée	Mont Blanc
43	Zirbitzkogel	Austria	2396	1502	Neumarkter Saddle (894 m)	Grossglockner	Mont Blanc
44	Piz Kesch	Switzerland	3418	1502	Lukmanier Pass (1916 m)	Finsteraarhorn	Mont Blanc

See also

• List of the most prominent mountains on earth
• List of the most prominent mountains in Europe

literature

• Richard Goedeke : Giants of the Alps: The 20 most prominent mountains in the Alps. Bruckmann Verlag , 2006, ISBN 978-3-7654-4381-7 .

Web links

• Eberhard Jurgalski et al .: The most prominent peaks in the Alps. (xls; 613 kB) peaklist.org , December 8, 2008, archived from the original on July 17, 2012 ; accessed on October 12, 2011 . 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Eberhard Jurgalski: The expanded concept of prominence: A mathematical classification system for all mountains and mountains, applicable worldwide from high mountains to home hills. In: Mitteilungen der Fränkische Geographische Gesellschaft Volume 61/62 (2015/16), pp. 105–110 (PDF)