Prominence Front Runners - Continents and Countries *

* compiled by Andy Martin (May 2, 2008)


CONTINENTS

Africa Ultra Prominences (1,500+ meters) - see map

23 Ginge Fullen   see see web page

Antarctica 300+ Foot Prominences

?   Mugs Stump

Europe Fifty Finest (Continent only) - see list

28 Petter Bjørstad   see web page
21 Jurgen Brenneis   see web page

14 Pål Bjørstad
11 W. Leonhard   see web page
10 Hartmut Bielefeldt   see web page
10 Mathias Zehring   see web page

  6 all completers of 4,000 meter height Alps list

Europe 100 Finest (Continent only)

58 Petter Bjørstad
30 Jurgen Brenneis

29 Pål Bjørstad
16 W. Leonhard
13 Hartmut Bielefeldt

  7 all completers of 4,000 meter height Alps list

North America Fifty Finest (no islands, Nicaragua saddle for Denali.)

22[20] Gerry Roach
18[18] Bob Packard
15[15] Ken Jones
15[15] Edward Earl
14[14] Duane Gilliland
14[12] John Stolk
13[13] Duane Gilliland 13 Petter Bjørstad

[] = Includes islands and Panama Canal saddle for Denali.

South America Fifty Finest

18 John Biggar   see website
    John Biggar has 171 South American peaks with 400+ meters prominence, all above 5,000 meters height.

COUNTRIES

Australia Fifty Finest by Prominence

2 Petter Bjørstad (Kosciuszko, Mary Peak)
2? Bob Packard
2? Jones Family

Austria

Fifty Finest by Prominence

19 Petter Bjørstad

Top 100 Prominences

19 Petter Bjørstad
11 Vasja Kavcic

British Isles

British Isles = England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Isle of Man, and adjacent islands.

50! anonymous "The Alien", Gordon Adshead, Rob Woodall, Ann Bowker, Rowland Bowker
49 Tony Payne, 48 Alan Dawson, 47 Chris Crocker, 44 Chris Upson, 43 Rob Milne, 42 Chris Pearson

111$ anonymous "The Alien", Rob Woodall, Ann Bowker
110 Tony Payne, 109 Gordon Adshead, 107 James Gordon, 105 Phil Cooper, 102 Neil Sandilands
98 Alan Dawson, 96 Richard Webb, 93 Chris Pearson, 91 Chris Upson; 89 Chris Crocker

Rob Woodall has done the top 203 prominences in the British Isles; 383 of the top 401; and 715 of the top 807.

Ireland Fifty Finest

50! Rob Woodall, 26 Gordon Adshead

Canada

Fifty Finest by Prominence

7 Barbara Lilley
5 Doug Kasian

2,000+ Foot Prominences

59 Grant Myers

British Columbia Fifty Finest by Prominence

10+? Robin Tivy

France

Fifty Finest by Prominence

13 Petter Bjørstad
8 Pål Bjørstad

2,000+ Foot Prominences

36 Rob Woodall - including 6 on Corsica

Greece Fifty Finest by Prominence

12 Petter Bjørstad

Guatemala Peaks (?)

52 Jaime Vinals - See
web page.

Italy Fifty Finest by Prominence

14 Petter Bjørstad 12 Pål Bjørstad

Japan

The 21 Japanese Ultras are listed here.

Regarding the list, "All of these summits are included on the list of Japan's 100 Famous Mountains, the Nihon Hyaku-Meizan by Kyuya Fukada".

A wiki on the Hyaku-Meizan is found here.

An excerpt reads, "People who have made a goal of reaching the summit of every mountain on the list have appeared in great numbers."

We can expect there are tens, and perhaps hundreds of Hyaku-Meizan list completers, and thus Japanese Ultra completers.

We can guesstimate that the Japanese top 50 prominence list is completed;
and considerable progress (accidental or purposeful) has been made on the 100, 200, and 400 lists.

Mexico

Fifty Finest by Prominence

16 Bob Packard
11 Adam Helman
9 Gordon MacLeod
9 Rodulfo Araujo
7 Barbara Lilley
6 Francisco Garza

Mexico summits (From Otis McAllister listing. Some may not have 100 meter prominence.)

~700 Alfredo Careaga Pardavé

Baja California 2,000+ Foot Prominences (about 47 total)

10 Bob Packard

Sonora State 2,000+ Foot Prominences (64 total)

15 Andy Martin
12 Doug Kasian

Norway

Fifty Finest by Prominence (see list)

32 Petter Bjørstad

12 Geir Dahlen
9 Pål Bjørstad
9 Ståle Grimen

Top 100 Prominences (see list)

66 Petter Bjørstad

20 Geir Dahlen
17 Pål Bjørstad

600+ meter Prominences (569 total) - see list)

144 Petter Bjørstad
52 James Gordon

Poland and Slovakia: Tatra 50 Finest with 140 meter cut point

50! Wladyslaw Cywinski, Piotr Mielus

Slovenia

Fifty Finest by Prominence

40 Vasja Kavcic - including all 24 2,000+ foot prominence peaks

Top 100 Prominences

74 Vasja Kavcic

Slovenia 1,000+ Foot Prominences (111 total)

83 Vasja Kavcic

South Korea Fifty Finest by Prominence

3 Chris Upson - all summits with 2,000+ ft prominence

Spain

Fifty Finest by Prominence

50 Jose Martinez

Top 100 Prominences

96 Jose Martinez

2,000+ Foot Prominences (147 total)

116 Jose Martinez

Switzerland

Fifty Finest by Prominence

9 Lee Newton

Thailand

20+ Martin Lutterjohann - summits of 100+ meters prominence


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