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The world's highest mountains

There is quite a lot of lists of the "world's highest mountains". Below 7500 m, most of them are not complete. I want to try to list the 7000 m summits as comprehensive as possible. My source is the very detailed "High Asia" by Jill Neate [1], which unfortunately is no more available.
Below 7000 m there are hardly reliable sources. The Andes' high 6000 m peaks can be given more or less comprehensively, but there are no sources for the 6000 m peaks of Asia.
For the mountains above 7000 m, during the summer of 2002 I cross-checked the data from "High Asia" with maps and other sources whereever possible; in particular I computed the gap height of most mountains.
The high mountains of the other ranges were added do these data. Now, the list contains all 7000 m peaks, all "Fourteeners" of U.S.A. and Canada, all 4000 m peaks of the Alps and practically all 6000 m peaks in the world (see explanations) and many "important" mountains that don't meet these criteria.
An overview map sketch is in progress; currently I check gap heights and try improve the data selection.
In this list, for Himalayas and Karakoram I use a simplified division into mountain groups. The groups used here are depicted in the 4 different map sketches which are linked to the table entries. For each summit, there is a link to Openstreetmap / Google Map: The longitude map shows all maps around the correspoding latitude, the region map shows all summits in the corresponding region of the world. Unfortunately, not all summits can be shown in one single map. Caution: Selecting "all mountains" and "any height" results in a list of more than 14000 entries! Loading the page can take while in this case.
This table can be re-sorted!
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and list the following mountains:
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No.NameHeightRemarkCountryRangeMapGap heightCategoryopen?MapRef
Europe Caucasus
1Mont Blanc4810 45.832482 , 6.864232 Frankreich, Italien Mont Blanc group Série Bleue IGN 1:25 000 4697 21 Längengrad RegionW
2Mulhacén3482 37.053333 , -3.311389 Spanien Sierra Nevada Granada Openstreetmap/Cycle Map 3285 21 Längengrad RegionWOP
3Pico de Aneto3404 42.631322 , 0.656554 Spanien Pyrenees Central Ouest Orell Füssli carte routière 1:300000 Costa Brava 2812 21 Längengrad RegionGP
4Etna3323 37.751111 , 14.995833 Italien Sicilia Diercke Weltatlas 3323 20 Längengrad Region
5Musala2925 42.179283 , 23.585762 Bulgaria Rila Planina OpenTopoMap 2473 20 Längengrad RegionWPM
6Mytikas (Olymp)2919 40.086216 , 22.358551 Griechenland Olympos (GR) Openstreetmap/Cycle Map 2355 21 Längengrad RegionMEP
7Vihren2914 41.767608 , 23.398552 Bulgaria Pirin Planina Openstreetmap/Cycle Map 1783 20 Längengrad RegionM
8Corno Grande - Vetta Occidentale (Gran Sasso)2912 42.469367 , 13.564641 Italien Abruzzen Openstreetmap/Cycle Map 2432 21 Längengrad RegionM
9Gerlachovský štít2654 49.163889 , 20.133056 Slovakia High Tatra OpenTopoMap 2344 22 Längengrad RegionWM
10Moldoveanu2543 45.59955 , 24.735917 Romania Fogarascher Gebirge OpenTopoMap 2046 20 Längengrad RegionPMW
11Galdhøpiggen2469 61.636389 , 8.3125 Norway Jotunheimen Road Map Norway 1:1450000 2372 21 Längengrad Region
12Psiloritis2456 35.226567 , 24.771026 Griechenland Kreta Idi OpenStreetmap - AndroMap 2456 20 Längengrad RegionM
13Botev2376 42.7175 , 24.917222 Bulgaria Troyanska Planina (Balkan) OpenTopoMap 1506 20 Längengrad RegionMPO
14Hvannadalshnúkur2119 64.014084 , -16.677054 Iceland Vatnajökull OpenTopoMap 2119 20 Längengrad Region
15Narodnaâ1895 65.03521 , 60.114632 Russia Prepolar Ural Openstreetmap/Cycle Map 1772 20 Längengrad RegionW
16Puy de Sancy1885 45.52839 , 2.813956 Frankreich Massif Central - Monts d´Auvergne OpenTopoMap 1578 21 Längengrad RegionWMP
17Feldberg1493 47.8737 , 8.00397 Deutschland Schwarzwald Topographische Karte 1:50 000 930 21 Längengrad RegionMW
18Ben Nevis1343 56.797778 , -5.002778 Fort William - Loch Ericht Group --- 1343 21 Längengrad Region
19Carrantuohill1041 51.998611 , -9.7425 Ireland Ireland South Diercke Weltatlas 1041 20 Längengrad Region
Europe Caucasus Asia
1Elbrus5642 43.352523 , 42.437825 Russia Central Caucasus/Elbrus Elbrus and environs 1:50000 (1992) 4741 11 Längengrad Region
Caucasus Asia Africa
1Mount Everest8850 27.988386 , 86.925499older surveys 8846, 8837, 8848
Chomolungma, Sagarmatha 		Nepal, China/Tibet Khumbu Himalaya Mount Everest 1:50000 Boston Museum of Science/SSAF 8850 15 Längengrad RegionM
2K28611 35.88185 , 76.51379Chogori Pakistan, China Baltoro Muztagh, Greater Karakoram Karakoram Maps 1:200000 Sheet 3, Leomann Maps 4017 25 Längengrad RegionMW
3Kongur7719 38.596895 , 75.320728 China Kongur Shan, Pamirs Kongur Tagh - Muztag Ata 1:100000, The Map of Snow Mountains in China No. 4 3600 20 Längengrad RegionMW
4Tirich Mir7706 36.25538 , 71.841662 Pakistan Hindukush Koh-e-Keshnikan, Alpenvereinskarte 0/5 3910 20 Längengrad Region
5Minya Konka7556 29.5955 , 101.879528Gongga Shan China Daxue Shan, Sichuan Map of Glaciers of Mount Gongga 1:25 000, Zhonghua Printing House Shanghai 3642 25 Längengrad RegionMW
6Jengish Chokusu (Pik Pobeda)7439 42.03423 , 80.130909Tomur Feng Kyrgyzstan, China Kokshal Tau East, Tien Shan Alpenvereinskarte 0/15 Tien Shan 1:100 000 4148 25 Längengrad RegionW
7Damavand5610 35.954633 , 52.110196 Iran Reshteh-ye-Alborz (Center) Central Asia 1:1 750 000, Nelles Maps 4660 20 Längengrad RegionP
8Ararat5165 39.702125 , 44.298409 Turkey Ararat Kümmerly+Frey Türkei 1:1000000 3611 24 Längengrad Region
9Klûčevskaâ Sopka4750 56.057911 , 160.640943 Russia Kamchatka Russland Ost 1:4000000 Bertelsmann 4649 20 Längengrad RegionW
10Beluha4506 49.806944 , 86.59 Russia, Kazakhstan * Altaj West Hildebrand´s Urlaubskarte GUS 1:3500000 3500 20 Längengrad Region
11Uludoruk4135 37.485982 , 44.003776 Turkey Reska Tepesi Openstreetmap/Cycle Map 2135 20 Längengrad RegionG
12Kinabalu4095 6.074767 , 116.558146 Malaysia Crocker Range (North), Borneo OpenTopoMap 4095 20 Längengrad RegionM
13Yu Shan3952 23.469602 , 120.957508 Taiwan Yushan Range, Taiwan Diercke Weltatlas 3952 20 Längengrad RegionMO
14Kaçkar Dagi3932 40.835583 , 41.160706 Turkey Tatos Daglari Kümmerly+Frey Türkei 1:1000000 2271 20 Längengrad Region
15Fujisan3776 35.360638 , 138.727347 Japan Fuji San (Honshu) Diercke Weltatlas 3776 21 Längengrad Region
16gora Pobeda3003 65.183333 , 146.033333 Russia Khrebet Cherskogo Russland Ost 1:4000000 Bertelsmann 2443 20 Längengrad Region
17Apo2965 6.9875 , 125.270833 Philippines Davao Range, Philippines Diercke Weltatlas 2965 20 Längengrad Region
18Mus-Haâ2959 62.605336 , 140.941691Mus-Chaja Russia Verkhojanskij Khrebet Russland Ost 1:4000000 Bertelsmann 1959 20 Längengrad RegionO
19Paektusan2744 41.992778 , 128.077222 North Korea, China * Changbai Shan - Paektusan (Korea) Diercke Weltatlas 2593 20 Längengrad RegionP
20Anamudi2695 10.169367 , 77.061181 India Cardamom Hills Diercke Weltatlas 2500 20 Längengrad Region
21Pidurutalagala2524 7.001389 , 80.774167 Sri Lanka Ceylon Diercke Weltatlas 2524 20 Längengrad Region
22Sinai2285 28.539167 , 33.974722 Egypt Sinai Google Maps 325 20 Längengrad RegionG
Asia Africa NorthAmerica
1Toubkal4167 31.060144 , -7.91506 Maroq High Atlas (W) OpenTopoMap 3755 21 Längengrad RegionMP
2Mount Cameroon4095 4.217989 , 9.173333 Cameroun Mount Cameroon OpenTopoMap 3956 20 Längengrad RegionW
3Pico del Teide3718 28.272736 , -16.642385 Spanien Teide (Tenerife) Openstreetmap/Cycle Map 3718 22 Längengrad RegionM
4Emi Koussi3445 19.793591 , 18.551021 Chad Tibesti OpenTopoMap 2394 20 Längengrad RegionMP
5Tahat3003 23.289167 , 5.533056 Algeria Ahaggar Diercke Weltatlas 2400 20 Längengrad Region
Africa NorthAmerica
1Uhuru Peak (Kilimanjaro)5896 -3.077508 , 37.354525 Tanzania Kilimanjaro OpenTopoMap 5886 14 Längengrad RegionMP
2Batian5199 -0.152567 , 37.3095 Kenia Mount Kenya Alpenvereinskarte 0/16 Mount Kenya 3825 20 Längengrad RegionMP
3Margherita5109 0.385587 , 29.87268 Uganda, Zaire * Ruwenzori (keine Karte) Berge-Heft Nr. 64 3924 20 Längengrad RegionWP
4Ras Dashen4553 13.236389 , 38.368333 Ethiopia Ras Dashen Terara Openstreetmap/Cycle Map 4000 20 Längengrad RegionPM
5Volcano Karisimbi4507 -1.506111 , 29.450278 Rwanda, Zaire Virunga OpenTopoMap 3312 20 Längengrad RegionWOP
6Thabana Ntlenyana3482 -29.468214 , 29.268963 Lesotho Drakensberge (Durban Region) OpenTopoMap 2390 20 Längengrad RegionMP
7Maromokotro2876 -14.0222 , 48.967961 Madagaskar Massif de Tsaratanana (Madagascar) --- 2876 20 Längengrad Region
NorthAmerica SouthAmerica
1Denali6193 63.069704 , -151.004378Mount McKinley USA(Alaska) Westcentral Alaska Range Mount McKinley 1:50 000, Boston Museum of Science/SSAF 6193 15 Längengrad Region
2Mount Logan5959 60.567113 , -140.405484 Canada Southern Icefield Ranges USGS Maps 1:250 000 5250 25 Längengrad Region
3Pico de Orizaba5636 19.030498 , -97.269848Citlatepetl Mexico Cordillera Neovolcánica East Openstreetmap/Cycle Map 4922 20 Längengrad RegionPM
4Mount Whitney4418 36.57837 , -118.293511 USA Sequoia Sierra Nevada USGS Maps 1:24 000 3071 20 Längengrad RegionMP
5Mount Elbert4399 39.117838 , -106.445318 USA Sawatch Range, Rocky Mountains USGS Maps 1:250 000 2500 21 Längengrad RegionM
6Mount Rainier4392 46.852947 , -121.760424 USA South Washington Cascades USGS Maps 1:250 000 4026 20 Längengrad RegionMOP
7Mount Waddington4016 51.373678 , -125.263557 Canada Waddington Range British Columbia road map 1:2 500 000 3279 20 Längengrad RegionPM
8Mount Robson3954 53.1104 , -119.156577 Canada Greater Mount Robson Area BC Basemap (digital) 2819 20 Längengrad RegionMP
9Gunnbjørn Fjeld3694 68.919314 , -29.89905 Greenland Watkins Bjerge (Greenland) --- 3694 20 Längengrad Region
10Pico Duarte3098 19.02307 , -70.99769 Dominican Republic Hispaniola OpenStreetmap - AndroMap 3098 20 Längengrad RegionM
11Picacho del Diablo / Cerro de la Encanta3095 30.992525 , -115.3753 Mexico Baja California OpenStreetmap - AndroMap 2115 20 Längengrad RegionM
12Keele Peak2952 63.431382 , -130.32433 Canada Hess Mountains Canada 1:50000 2152 20 Längengrad RegionMP
13Mount Isto2758 69.20249 , -143.8019 USA(Alaska) Romanzof Mountains, Brooks Range USGS Maps 1:250 000 2400 20 Längengrad RegionMP
14Barbeau Peak2616 81.914183 , -75.009011Ellesmere Island Nunavut (Canada) Conger Range --- 2616 20 Längengrad Region
15Mount Mitchell2037 35.764722 , -82.265278 USA Blue Ridge Mountains Center USGS Maps 1:250 000 1856 21 Längengrad RegionPM
NorthAmerica SouthAmerica Oceania
1Cerro Aconcagua6960 -32.653326 , -70.012664 Argentina Anden Aconcagua Aconcagua 1:50 000, American Alpine Club 6960 10 Längengrad Region
2Pico Cristobal Colón5775 10.839008 , -73.686242 Colombia Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta OpenStreetmap - AndroMap 5584 20 Längengrad RegionWPO
SouthAmerica Oceania Antarctica
1Carstensz Pyramid (Puncak Jaya)4884 -4.078889 , 137.159235 Indonesia Pegunungan Nassau, New Guinea Diercke Weltatlas 4884 15 Längengrad Region
2Mauna Kea4205 19.82067 , -155.46802 USA Mauna Kea, Hawaii USGS Maps 1:250 000 4205 20 Längengrad Region
3Aoraki (Mount Cook)3764 -43.595 , 170.141667 New Zealand Central Southern Alps (New Zealand) New Zealand Topo50 3764 20 Längengrad RegionM
4Mount Ruapehu2797 -39.289485 , 175.562564 New Zealand Ruapehu/Rangitoto, Northern Alps (New Zealand) New Zealand Map Guide 1:1750000 2797 20 Längengrad Region
5Mount Kosciuszko2228 -36.455833 , 148.263333 Australia Snowy Mountains/Great Dividing Range Diercke Weltatlas 2228 21 Längengrad Region
Oceania Antarctica
1Mount Vinson4892 -78.525483 , -85.617147 Antarctica Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains USGS Maps 1:250 000 4892 15 Längengrad RegionW
2Mount Kirkpatrick4528 -84.32768 , 166.42459 Antarctica Queen Alexandra Range, Transantarctic Mountains USGS Maps 1:250 000 2601 20 Längengrad Region
3Ice Shield High Point4270 -82.48283 , 64.98885 Antarctica Queen Maud Land Antarctica Overview (GNC 26) Edition 7, 1:5 000 000 N/A 20 Längengrad Region
4Mount Sidley4181 -77.04014 , -126.07329 Antarctica Executive Committee Range USGS Maps 1:250 000 2517 20 Längengrad RegionM
5Jökulkyrkja3090 -71.88768 , 6.566025 Antarctica Filchner Mountains Dronning Maud Land 1:250 000 690 20 Längengrad RegionM

Compiled by Hartmut Bielefeldt 2002-2016.
Principal sources:
[1] Jill Neate: "High Asia, an illustrated history of the 7,000 metre peaks", The Mountaineers, Seattle, 1989
[2] Ekkehard Radehose: "Traumberge Amerikas", Bergverlag Rother 1996, ISBN 3-7633-3006-2
[3] Hermann Kiendler: "Die Anden: Vom Chimborazo zum Marmolejo - alle 6000er auf einen Blick", Panico Alpinverlag 2007, ISBN 978-3-936740-36-3
[4] www.peaklist.org
[5] www.peakbagger.com
and the maps mentioned above.
Sources (Column "Source") for altitudes and gap heights:
[A] American Alpine Journal
[D] Annual books of Alpenverein
[E] own measurement
[G] Google Maps
[H] High Asia
[J] Himalayan Journal
[M] given map
[N] Tamotsu Nakamura: "East of the Himalaya. Alps of Tibet and Beyond Mountain Peak Maps", The Japanese Alpine Club 110th Anniversary Publication, 2016, ISBN 978-4-7795-0994-0
[O] Openstreetmap
[P] www.peakbagger.com
[S] SAC-Jahrbücher / Die Alpen
[V] Guide Vallot
[W] Wikipedia.org (DE or EN)
[1] Openandromaps
[2] Wikimapia.org
[*] altitude of gap can only be read with 100 m accuracy. The gap height therefore could be almost 100 m bigger. [?] gap height only estimated, no reliable sources available.

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