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Mountain Prominence Lists What is prominence? As defined below, prominence is an alternate way of measuring mountains rather than the elevation above sea level, the most common measurement. The most prominent peaks are then generally the highest freestanding mountains that have a noticeable separation between them and nearby higher peaks. In a mountain range that runs for many miles the most prominent peak will be the highest point in the range. How is Prominence Defined? It is the elevation difference between a peak and the lowest contour that encircles it and no higher summit. Prominence is the maximum "shoulder drop" a peak has. It is easiest to visualize by thinking of an island. Here the most prominent peak is obviously the highest point on the island and the prominence value is the peak height above sea level. Research for the California lists presented here were done by Andy Martin, Edward Earl and Aaron Maizlish over a period of several years. The website, Lists of John, is also a valuable soucre for prominence data and covers the entire U.S. excluding Alaska. I have added additional data to the lists such as UTM cooordinates, township data and benchmark information. Data for British Isles Peaks is from Alan Dawson. Data for Norway from Petter Bjorstad. Additional Information: Andy Martin publishes a book on U.S. County Highpoints that also lists the 50 most prominent peaks for the western states. Contact him at: oldadit@gmail.com California Prominence Lists, 201 peaks, ranked down to about 1850 feet. Primary List, UTM/Township List, Alpabetical List, Benchmark List. Peak 2973 ft. A nice remote peak in southern California. _____________________________________________________________________________________________ Nevada Prominence Lists, 645 peaks, ranked down to 1000 feet. Peak 1941m, Highpoint of the East Pahranagat Range. _____________________________________________________________________________________________ Death Valley National Park Peaks Lists, 112 peaks, Prominence values listed. Primary List, Benchmark List, Range and Township List Death Valley Back Roads map, by National Park Service, pdf file _____________________________________________________________________________________________ San Diego County Prominence Lists, 41 peaks, ranked down to 1000 feet. _____________________________________________________________________________________________ Mexico, Baja California Prominence List, 56 peaks down to 2000 feet. Primary List, GPS WayPoint File, GPS File in EasyGPS format _____________________________________________________________________________________________ Britsh Isles Prominence Lists England - 50 Prominent Peaks, GPS Waypoint File Scotland - 51 Prominent Peaks, GPS Waypoint File Wales - 50 Prominent Peaks, GPS Waypoint File __________________________________________________________________________________________ Other Foreign Prominence Lists Norway - Top 100 Prominent Peaks (Petter Bjorstad site), GPS Waypoint File |
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