Mountains of Europe by Prominence

Name the 30 most prominent peaks of Europe. Prominence, or primary factor, is a measure of independence of a peak, and it is defined as the height of a mountain or hill's summit relative to the lowest contour line encircling it but containing no higher summit within it.

List based on Petter Bjørstad, mountain range names from Wikidata / Wikipedia.

Excludes Caucasus and Ural, to avoid the border with Asia. Also excludes Cyprus and Canary Islands.

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Prominence [m]	Peak	Height [m]	Mountain range	Country
4695	Mont Blanc	4808	Graian Alps	France
3326	Etna	3326		Italy
3285	Mulhacén	3479	Sierra Nevada	Spain
2812	Pico Aneto	3404	Pyrenees	Spain
2706	Monte Cinto	2706		France
2476	Corno Grande	2912	Gran Sasso, Apennine	Italy
2473	Musala	2925	Rila	Bulgaria
2456	Timios Stavros	2456		Greece
2423	Grossglockner	3798	Hohe Tauern	Austria
2372	Galdhøpiggen	2469	Jotunheimen	Norway
2356	Gerlachovský štít	2654	High Tatras	Slovakia
2355	Olympos	2919		Greece
2351	Pico	2351	Mid-Atlantic Ridge	Portugal
2344	Profitis Ilias / Taygetus	2404		Greece
2280	Finsteraarhorn	4274	Bernese Alps	Switzerland
2277	Beerenberg	2277	Mid-Atlantic Ridge	Norway
2261	Wildspitze	3768	Ötztal Alps	Austria
2234	Piz Bernina	4049		Switzerland
2181	Hochkönig	2941	Berchtesgaden Alps	Austria
2169	Korab	2764		Albania/Macedonia
2165	Dufourspitze	4634	Pennine Alps	Switzerland
2136	Hoher Dachstein	2995		Austria
2131	Marmolada	3343	Dolomites	Italy
2119	Hvannadalshnúkur / Öræfajökull	2119	Mid-Atlantic Ridge	Iceland
2103	Parângu Mare	2519		Romania
2062	Monte Viso	3841	Cottian Alps	Italy
2052	Triglav	2864	Julian Alps	Slovenia
2046	Moldoveanu	2544	Făgăraş	Romania
2045	Barre des Ecrins	4102	Dauphiné Alps	France
2038	Páchnes	2453	Lefka Ori	Greece

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