by Layne Bracy » Mon Jul 19, 2010 11:37 pm
Here's a list of dry-earth most prominent peaks from Adam Helman's book(copied from a discussion years ago on the yahoo prominence group - note that the Kammu Seamount summit can be reached with an 11m scuba-dive!
Table 6.1. World Prominences (to 5,000 meters) Neglecting Oceans
and Ice Caps - the Dry Earth Model
Mountain Location
Prominence(a,b) Elevation(b)
Everest Himalaya (see c) 8,848 (29,035)
Mauna Kea Hawaii 9,330 (30,610) 4,205
(13,796)
Vinson Massif Antarctica 8,272 (27,140) 4,892
(16,050)
Piton des Neiges Reunion Island 7,129 (23,389) 3,069
(10,069)
Aconcagua Andes 7,000 (22,966) 6,960
(22,834)
Mawson Peak Heard Island 6,395 (20,981) 2,745
(9,006)
Mount Cook New Zealand 6,354 (20,846) 3,754
(12,316)
Orohena Tahiti 6,341 (20,804) 2,241
(7,352)
Mount McKinley Alaska 6,168 (20,236) 6,194
(20,320)
Pico do Cano Fogo Island 6,129 (20,108) 2,829
(9,281)
Puncak Jaya New Guinea 6,084 (19,728) 4,884
(16,023)
Paget South Georgia 5,984 (19,403) 2,934
(9,626)
Kilimanjaro Tanzania 5,895 (19,340) 5,895
(19,340)
Teide Tenerife 5,648 (18,530) 3,718
(12,198)
Pico Azores 5,601 (18,376) 2,351
(7,713)
Cristobal Colon Colombia 5,500 (18,045) 5,775
(18,947)
Maromokotro Madagascar 5,426 (17,802) 2,876
(9,436)
Hiva Oa Marquesas 5,330 (17,487) 1,200
(3,937)
Mount Logan Yukon Territory 5,250 (17,224) 5,959
(19,550)
Kammu Seamountd (35 N, 172 E)
5,089 (16,696) -11 (36)
Bermuda Bermuda 5,004 (16,417) 79
(259)
a. Prominence values are accurate to perhaps 100 meters owing to
uncertainties in ocean sounding depths for the corresponding saddles.
b. Values are in meters and feet with the latter in parentheses.
c. As the world's highest mountain, no saddle exists leading to one
higher still.
Hence the prominence is undefined.
If one had to provide a value, within the Dry Earth Model some argue
that the
elevation difference with the global lowpoint, Challenger Deep of the
Marianas Trench,
is an appropriate value for Mount Everest's prominence - 19,772
meters (64,869 feet).
d. Enjoys the distinction of greatest prominence mountain that is
completely submerged.