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The world's 40 most prominent mountains: summit height and prominence

On 13 of these peaks, prominence equals height: each is the highest point of its landmass. K2, the second-highest peak on Earth, is 8,611 m high but has only 4,020 m of prominence.

What does this axis measure?
What does this axis measure?
The world's 40 most prominent mountains: summit height and prominence: 40 points, a scatter chart.
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The data: 40 points
Summit height (km)Prominence (m)
3.7153,715
3.7243,724
3.7263,726
3.7763,776
3.7943,794
3.8053,805
3.823,727
3.9523,952
4.043,901
4.0954,095
4.1673,757
4.2054,205
4.223,980
4.3934,029
4.553,997
4.6713,946
4.754,649
4.8084,695
4.8844,884
4.8924,892
4.9813,957
5.1093,951
5.1993,825
5.4454,122
5.614,667
5.6364,922
5.6424,741
5.725,529
5.8955,885
5.9595,250
6.196,155
6.2634,118
6.96086,960.8
7.4394,148
7.7083,908
7.7824,106
8.1254,608
8.5863,922
8.6114,020
8.848868,848.86
Source
Wikipedia, List of mountain peaks by prominence (CC BY-SA 4.0), the 40 most prominent peaks extracted and reformatted by Unlabeled via Peaklist.org, World Top 50 Prominence (Metzler, Jurgalski, de Ferranti and others), as the article's references name it; the table itself cites no source
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2026-11-06
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