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 many 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 most 6000 m peaks in the world (see explanations) and many "important" mountains that don't meet these criteria.
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.

No.	Name	Height	Remark	Country	Range	Map	Gap height	Category	offen?
Europe Caucasus
1	Mont Blanc	4810		Frankreich, Italien	Mont Blanc group	Série Bleue IGN 1:25 000	4800	2	0
2	Mulhacén	3478		Spanien	Sierra Nevada (Spain)	ADAC Straßenkarte Mittelmeer 1:1650000	N/A	2	0
3	Pico de Aneto	3404		Spanien	Pyrenées	Orell Füssli carte routière 1:300000 Costa Brava	N/A	2	0
4	Etna	3323		Italien	Sicilia	Diercke Weltatlas	3323	2	0
5	Musala	2925		Bulgaria	Rila	Diercke Weltatlas	N/A	2	0
6	Olymp	2917		Griechenland	Olymp	Diercke Weltatlas	N/A	2	0
7	Vihren	2915		Bulgaria	Pirin	Diercke Weltatlas	N/A	2	0
8	Gran Sasso	2914		Italien	Apennin	Diercke Weltatlas	N/A	2	0
9	Monte Cinto	2710		Frankreich	Corse	Michelin France 1:1000000	2710	2	0
10	Gerlachovsky stit	2655		Slovakia	High Tatra	Diercke Weltatlas	N/A	2	0
11	Moldoveanu	2543		Romania	South Carpatians	Diercke Weltatlas	N/A	2	0
12	Durmitor	2522		Serbien/Montenegro	Bosnisches Erzgebirge	Diercke Weltatlas	N/A	2	0
13	Galdhøppigen	2469		Norway	Jotunheimen	Road Map Norway 1:1450000	N/A	2	0
14	Ida	2456		Griechenland	Creta	Diercke Weltatlas	2456	2	0
15	Botev	2376		Bulgaria	Balkan	Diercke Weltatlas	N/A	2	0
16	Hvannadalshnúkur	2119		Iceland	Iceland	Island 1:425000 Reise-Know-How Verlag	2119	2	0
17	Narodnaja Gora	1895		Russia	Ural	Diercke Weltatlas	1795	2	0
18	Puy de Sancy	1885		Frankreich	Massif Central (France)	Michelin France 1:1000000	N/A	2	0
19	Crêt de la Neige	1718		Frankreich	Jura	Straßenkarte Schweiz 1:301000	1200	2	0
20	Herðubreið	1682		Iceland	Iceland	Island 1:425000 Reise-Know-How Verlag	982	2	0
21	Feldberg	1493		Deutschland	Schwarzwald	Topographische Karte 1:50 000	N/A	2	1
22	Ben Nevis	1343		Great Britain	Scottish Highlands	Diercke Weltatlas	1343	2	0
23	Carrantuohill	1041		Ireland	Kerry	Diercke Weltatlas	1041	2	0
24	Botrange	694		Belgien	Hoher Venn	Diercke Weltatlas	N/A	2	0
Europe Caucasus Asia
1	Elbrus	5633		Russia	Central Caucasus/Elbrus	Elbrus and environs 1:50000 (1992)	5000	1	0
Caucasus Asia Africa
1	Mount Everest	8850	older surveys 8846, 8837, 8848 Chomolungma, Sagarmatha	Nepal, China/Tibet	Khumbu Himalaya	Mount Everest 1:50000 Boston Museum of Science/SSAF	8850	1	1
2	K2	8611	Chogori	Pakistan, China	Baltoro Muztagh, Greater Karakoram	Karakoram Maps 1:200000 Sheet 3, Leomann Maps	4000	2	1
3	Minya Konka	7556	Gongga Shan	China	Daxue Shan, Sichuan	Map of Glaciers of Mount Gongga 1:25 000, Zhonghua Printing House Shanghai	N/A	2	1
4	Demavand	5671		Iran	Elburs	Central Asia 1:1 750 000, Nelles Maps	N/A	2	0
5	Ararat	5165		Turkey	Anatolan Highland	Kümmerly+Frey Türkei 1:1000000	N/A	2	0
6	Kljuchevskaja Sopka	4750		Russia	Kamchatka	Russland Ost 1:4000000 Bertelsmann	4500	2	0
7	Belucha	4506		Russia, Kazakhstan *	Altaj	Hildebrand´s Urlaubskarte GUS 1:3500000	3500	2	0
8	Gelyasim T.	4135		Turkey	Eastern Taurus	Kümmerly+Frey Türkei 1:1000000	N/A	2	0
9	Kinabalu	4101		Malaysia	South East Asia	Diercke Weltatlas	4101	2	0
10	Yu Shan	3951		Taiwan	Taiwan	Diercke Weltatlas	3951	2	0
11	Kaçkar Dagi	3932		Turkey	Pontisches Gebirge	Kümmerly+Frey Türkei 1:1000000	N/A	2	0
12	Fujisan	3776		Japan	Japan	Diercke Weltatlas	3776	2	0
13	gora Pobeda	3147		Russia	Khrebet Cherskogo	Russland Ost 1:4000000 Bertelsmann	N/A	2	0
14	Mus-Haja	2979		Russia	Verhojanskij Khrebet	Russland Ost 1:4000000 Bertelsmann	N/A	2	0
15	Apo	2965		Philippines	Philippines	Diercke Weltatlas	2965	2	0
16	Saektu	2744		North Korea, China *	Manchuria/Korea	Diercke Weltatlas	N/A	2	0
17	Anaimudi	2698		India	West Ghats	Diercke Weltatlas	2500	2	0
18	Sinai	2637		Egypt	Sinai	Diercke Weltatlas	N/A	2	0
19	Pidurutalagala	2524		Sri Lanka	Ceylon	Diercke Weltatlas	2524	2	0
Asia Africa NorthAmerica
1	Uhuru Peak (Kilimanjaro)	5895		Tanzania	Tanzania	Diercke Weltatlas	5895	1	0
2	Batian	5199		Kenia	Kenia	(keine Karte) Berge-Heft Nr. 64	N/A	2	0
3	Margherita	5119		Uganda	Ruwenzori	(keine Karte) Berge-Heft Nr. 64	N/A	2	0
4	Ras Dashan	4620		Ethiopia	Ethiopian Highland	Diercke Weltatlas	N/A	2	0
5	Volcano Karisimbi	4510		Rwanda *	Virunga	Tanzania Rwanda Burundi 1:1500000 Nelles Maps	N/A	2	0
6	Toubkal	4165		Maroq	High Atlas	Diercke Weltatlas	3600	2	0
7	Cameroun Mountain	4070		Cameroun	Bambouto mountains	Diercke Weltatlas	N/A	2	0
8	Pico de Teide	3716		Spanien	Canary Islands	Diercke Weltatlas	3716	2	0
9	Tahat	3003		Algeria	Ahaggar	Diercke Weltatlas	2400	2	0
10	Andringitra	2656		Madagaskar	Madagaskar	Diercke Weltatlas	2656	2	0
Africa NorthAmerica SouthAmerica
1	Denali	6193	Mount McKinley	USA(Alaska)	Alaska Range	Mount McKinley 1:50 000, Boston Museum of Science/SSAF	6193	1	0
2	Mount Logan	5950		Canada	Saint Elias Mountains	USGS Maps 1:250 000	5250	2	0
3	Pico de Orizaba	5611	Citlatepetl	Mexico	Sierra Madre Occidental	Mexico 1:5000000 Guide Bleu	N/A	2	0
4	Mount Blackburn	4996		USA(Alaska)	Wrangell Mountains	USGS Maps 1:250 000	3600	2	0
5	Mount Whitney	4418		USA	Sierra Nevada	USGS Maps 1:24 000	3400	2	0
6	Mount Elbert	4399		USA	Sawatch Range, Rocky Mountains	USGS Maps 1:250 000	2500	2	0
7	Mount Rainier	4392		USA	Cascade Range	USGS Maps 1:250 000	2091	2	0
8	Mount Marcus Baker	4016		USA(Alaska)	Chugach Mountains	USGS Maps 1:250 000	3112	2	0
9	Mount Waddington	4016		Canada	Coast Mountains (Canada)	British Columbia road map 1:2 500 000	N/A	2	0
10	Mount Robson	3954		Canada	Rocky Mountains (Canada)	British Columbia road map 1:2 500 000	N/A	2	0
11	Mont Forel	3360		Greenland	Greenland	Greenland 1:1000000	3360	2	0
12	Redoubt Volcano	3108		USA(Alaska)	Aleutian Range	USGS Maps 1:250 000	2773	2	0
13	Cerro de la Encantada	3080		Mexico	Baja California	Mexico 1:5000000 Guide Bleu	N/A	2	0
14	Keele Peak	2975		Canada	Mackenzie Mountains	Yukon 1:2500000	N/A	2	0
15	Mount Isto	2758		USA(Alaska)	Brooks Range	USGS Maps 1:250 000	2100	2	0
16	Sovereign Mountain	2696		USA(Alaska)	Talkeetna Mountains	USGS Maps 1:250 000	1796	2	0
17	Barbeau Peak	2616	Ellesmere Island	Nunavut (Canada)	Canadian Arctic	---	2616	2	0
18	Mount Mitchell	2037		USA	Appalachian Mountains	Diercke Weltatlas	1900	2	0
NorthAmerica SouthAmerica Oceania
1	Aconcagua	6960		Argentina	Andes, Mendoza	Aconcagua 1:50 000, American Alpine Club	6930	1	0
2	Pico Cristobal Colón	5776		Colombia	Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta	Peru, Colombia, Venezuela 1:5000000 Bartholomew	5400	2	0
3	Nevado del Huila	5750		Colombia	Cordillera Central, Colombia	Peru, Colombia, Venezuela 1:5000000 Bartholomew	N/A	2	0
4	Sierra Nevada del Cocuy	5493		Colombia	Cordillera Oriental, Colombia	Peru, Colombia, Venezuela 1:5000000 Bartholomew	N/A	2	0
5	Pico Bolívar	5007		Venezuela	Cordillera de Mérida	Diercke Weltatlas	4800	2	0
6	Tajumulco	4210		Guatemala	Central America	Diercke Weltatlas	N/A	2	0
7	Pico Duarte	3175		Dominican Republic	Caribbean Islands	Diercke Weltatlas	3175	2	0
8	Pico de Neblina	3014		Brasil, Venezuela	Neblina	Peru, Colombia, Venezuela 1:5000000 Bartholomew	2500	2	0
9	Auyan-Tepui	2953		Venezuela	Pakaraima	Peru, Colombia, Venezuela 1:5000000 Bartholomew	N/A	2	0
SouthAmerica Oceania Antarctica
1	Carstensz Pyramid	4884		Indonesia	New Guinea	Diercke Weltatlas	4884	1	0
2	Mount Cook	3764		New Zealand	Southern Alps (New Zealand)	New Zealand Map Guide 1:1750000	3764	2	0
3	Mount Ruapehu	2797		New Zealand	Northern Alps (New Zealand)	New Zealand Map Guide 1:1750000	2797	2	0
4	Mount Kosciusko	2228		Australia	Snowy Mountains/Great Dividing Range	Diercke Weltatlas	2228	2	0
Oceania Antarctica
1	Mount Vinson	4897		Antarctica	Ellsworth Mountains	Diercke Weltatlas	4897	1	0
2	Mount Jackson	4190		Antarctica	Palmerland	Diercke Weltatlas	N/A	2	0

Compiled by Hartmut Bielefeldt 2002.
Principal source:
[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
and the maps mentioned above.

Further explanations:

"7000ers/4000ers.. depending on continent" means:
- In Europe and Caucasus: 4000m in the Alps, 5000m in Caucasus
- In Asia: 7000m
- In Africa: 5000m
- In North America: Mountains above 4267 m (14000 feet)
- In South America: 6000m
- In Oceania and Antarctica: 4000m
* after the mountain name means that this mountain is included in the official UIAA 4000m peak of the Alps list, but it is not generally accepted as an independent 4000m peak (i.e. it is not found in the lists by Blodig or Goedeke).
* in the column "country" means that I could not find the exact position of the mountain with respect to the boundary (e.g. because of lack of exact maps).
The gap height is a measure of the independence of a mountain. If you follow the ridges to a higher neighbor mountain, the gap height is the height difference which you at least have to go down. In other words, the mountain is freely standing by this height.
As the category, I have mentioned in the table if a mountain is the highest summit of a continent (1), a mountain range (2) or a subgroup (3), or if it has no prominent position (4).
Open: Where I have information about it, I marked mountains that are opened for expeditions by (1). Trekking Peaks are marked by (2). If nothing is mentioned, I have no information - this doesn't necessarily mean that the peak wouldn't be accessible.
Completeness of the data: For certain regions, I could include all mountains above a certain height. The table (in case of selection "all mountains") definitely includes:
- all mountains above 7000 m in the world
- all 6000m peaks in the former Soviet Union
- all "Fourteeners" in U.S.A. and Canada
- all 5000m peaks of Ecuador
- all 6000m peaks in South America
- all 4000m peaks of the Alps as in the complete UIAA list
and very probably (some exotic peaks could possibly be missing)
- all 6000m peaks in Nepal
- all mountains above 3500 m in Austria
Of course, I cannot take any responsibility for errors in the maps which were used to compile these data.
There is some dispute about which continent the Caucasus belongs to. Some see the Europe-Asia border on the Caucasus main ridge, some see the Caucasus completely in Asia. I decided to use a separate "continent" for the mountains in the Caucasus, so everybody can be happy (or not) with any choice.

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