List of Ultras in Tibet and East Asia
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This is a list of all the Ultra prominent peak
Ultra prominent peak
An ultra prominent peak, or Ultra for short, is a mountain with a topographic prominence of or more. There are a total of roughly 1,524 such peaks in the world. Some are famous even to non-climbers, such as Mount Everest, Aconcagua, and Mount McKinley , while others are much more obscure...

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Topographic prominence
In topography, prominence, also known as autonomous height, relative height, shoulder drop , or prime factor , categorizes the height of the mountain's or hill's summit by the elevation between it and the lowest contour line encircling it and no higher summit...

 greater than 1,500 metres) in East Asia
East Asia
East Asia or Eastern Asia is a subregion of Asia that can be defined in either geographical or cultural terms...

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Kunlun Mountains
Kunlun Mountains
The Kunlun Mountains are one of the longest mountain chains in Asia, extending more than 3,000 km. In the broadest sense, it forms the northern edge of the Tibetan Plateau south of the Tarim Basin and the Gansu Corridor and continues east south of the Wei River to end at the North China Plain.The...

No Peak Country Elevation (m) Prominence (m) Col (m)
1 Altun Shan 5,830 2,528 3302
2 Tekilik Shan 5,450 2,316 3134
3 Kangze Gyai 5,808 2,231 3577
4 Sulamutag Feng 6,245 2,028 4217
5 Dradullungshong 6,282 1,960 4322
6 Liushi Shan
Liushi Shan
Liushi Shan, also commonly called Kunlun Goddess, is a mountain in the Kunlun Mountain Range in China. The mountain is located on the border of the Tibet and Xinjiang provinces of China....

7,167 1,946 5221
7 Ulugh Muztagh
Ulugh Muztagh
Ulugh Muztagh or Ulugh Muztag and Muztag Feng , is an extremely remote mountain group on the northern Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. Located on the border between the Tibetan Autonomous Region and Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, it is part of the main range of the Kunlun Mountains of East-Central...

6,973 1,943 5030
8 Aleke Tag 6,065 1,923 4142
9 Bukadaban Feng
Bukadaban Feng
Bukadaban Feng or Buka Daban Feng , Syn Qing Feng or Bokalik Tagh , is a remote peak on the border between Xinjiang and Qinghai provinces of China. It is part of the Kunlun Mountains of East-Central Asia. At , Bukadaban Feng is the highest point of the Qinghai province and with a prominence of ,...

6,860 1,922 4938
10 Ak Tag 6,748 1,920 4828
11 HP Ayaliktag Range 6,130 1,728 4402
12 Sob Gangri 6,224 1,674 4550
13 Selik Gulam Muztag 6,691 1,660 5031
14 Mush Muztagh 6,638 1,631 5007
15 Kogantag 4,800 1,611 3189
16 HP Qilian Shan 5,547 1,593 4982
17 Nan Shan 4,880 1,540 3340
18 Point 5350 5,350 1,537 3813
19 Karakash Shan 6,510 1,528 4982
20 Chung Muztagh 6,962 1,512 5450
21 Qaidam Shan 5,759 1,500 4259

Western Tibet and neighboring areas

No Peak Country Elevation (m) Prominence (m) Col (m)
1 Kangju Kangri 6,725 2,147 4578
2 Lunpo Gangri
Lunpo Gangri
Lunpo Gangri, also known as Loingbo Kangri, is a mountain in Tibet, China. It has an elevation of and is the highest peak in the Gangdise range....

7,095 1,941 5154
3 Shakangshan 6,822 1,914 4908
4 Bangong 6,260 1,879 4381
5 Nganglong Kangri 6,720 1,772 4948
6 Point 6300  /  6,300 1,660 4640
7 Shahi Kangri 6,934 1,580 5354
8 Kataklik Kangri  /  6,897 1,543 5354

South-eastern Tibet and neighboring areas

No Peak Country Elevation (m) Prominence (m) Col (m)
1 Gyala Peri
Gyala Peri
Gyala Peri is a peak just beyond the eastern end of the Himalaya at the entrance to Tsangpo gorge. Its height is sometimes listed as 7150 m....

7,294 2,942 4352
2 Bairiga
Bairiga
Bairiga or Ruoni is the highest peak of Kangri Garpo Range of the easternmost Himalayas, Tibet. In 2009, a Sino-Japanese joint climbing team formed by China University of Geosciences(Wuhan) and Kobe University became the first to reach the top of Ruoni Ⅱ .-External...

6,882 2,444 4438
3 Nyainqentanglha Feng 7,162 2,239 4923
4 Sepu Kangri 6,956 2,213 4743
5 Kawarani 5,992 2,018 3974
6 Mount Genyen
Mount Genyen
Mount Genyen or Ge'nyen, is a mountain in the West Sichuan Mountain Range in China. With an elevation of , it is the third highest peak in the Chinese province of Sichuan. It was first climbed by Karl Unterkircher with a Japanese team in 1988.Genyen is regarded as the 13th most holy mountain...

6,204 2,000 4204
7 Point 6327 6,327 1,863 4464
8 Chola Shan 6,168 1,703 4465
9 Point 6310 6,310 1,673 4637
10 Bu Gyai Kangri 6,328 1,666 4662
11 Point 6135 6,135 1,634 4501
12 Nenang 6,870 1,630 5240
13 Samdain Kangsang 6,590 1,614 4976
14 Beu-tse 6,270 1,558 4712
15 Geladandong
Geladandong
Geladaindong Peak is a snow-covered mountain located in southwestern Qinghai province of China near the border of Tibet. It is the tallest mountain in the Tanggula Mountain Range of the Tibetan Plateau with an elevation of above sea level...

6,621 1,541 5080

Yungling Mountains of Yunnan
Yunnan
Yunnan is a province of the People's Republic of China, located in the far southwest of the country spanning approximately and with a population of 45.7 million . The capital of the province is Kunming. The province borders Burma, Laos, and Vietnam.Yunnan is situated in a mountainous area, with...

No Peak Country Elevation (m) Prominence (m) Col (m)
1 Jade Dragon Snow Mountain
Jade Dragon Snow Mountain
Mount Satseto, known in Chinese as the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain is a mountain massif near Lijiang, in Yunnan province, southwestern China. Its highest peak is named Shanzidou...

5,596 3,202 2394
2 HP Hung-Wang Shan 4,330 2,470 1860
3 Kawagebo
Kawagebo
Kawa Garbo , as it is known by local residents and pilgrims, or Kawagebo Peak , is the highest mountain in Yunnan, China. It is located in Weixi Lisu Autonomous County in Diqing Prefecture on the border with Tibet, and near the border with Myanmar. It rises about west of Diqing, which lies on the...

6,740 2,232 4508
4 Yao Shan 4,050 1,996 2054
5 Point 5841 5,841 1,934 3907
6 Hkaru Bum 3,677 1,914 1763
7 Xiannairi 6,032 1,878 4154
8 Point 4030 4,030 1,837 4565
9 Haba Xueshan
Haba Xueshan
Haba Xueshan is a mountain rising above the northwest side of Tiger Leaping Gorge in Yunnan, China. It rises opposite the higher Yulong Xueshan, and towers 3,500 metres above the river.-See also:...

5,396 1,794 3602
10 Point 4520 4,520 1,786 2734
11 Damyon 6,324 1,759 4565
12 Point 3480 3,480 1,750 1730
13 Dabaicao Ling 3,680 1,738 1942
14 Xuebang Shan 4,260 1,735 4565
15 HP Baxoila Ling 6,146 1,721 4425
16 Point 4911 4,911 1,690 3221
17 Finchuiyanou Range 3,580 1,590 1990
18 Laotzyunshan 4,500 1,558 2942

Daxue Mountains
Daxue Mountains
The Daxue Mountains are a great mountain range in the western part of Sichuan province in Southwest China. It is part of the Hengduan Mountains, a complicated system of mountain ranges of western Sichuan, which itself is adjacent to the eastern edge of the Tibetan Plateau.The Daxue Mountain Range...

 of Sichuan
Sichuan
' , known formerly in the West by its postal map spellings of Szechwan or Szechuan is a province in Southwest China with its capital in Chengdu...

No Peak Country Elevation (m) Prominence (m) Col (m)
1 Gongga Shan
Gongga Shan
Mount Gongga , also known as Minya Konka, is the highest mountain in Sichuan, China. It is situated in the Daxue Shan mountain range, part of the Hengduan mountainous region...

7,556 3,642 3914
2 Jiuding Shan 4,969 2,808 2161
3 Yaomei Feng 6,250 2,571 3679
4 Huatou Jian 4,750 2,223 2527
5 Lamo-She 6,070 2,093 3977
6 Mount Xuebaoding
Mount Xuebaoding
Mount Xuebaoding(; Tibetan name:Shar Dung Ri)is a mountain near the easternmost edge of the Tibetan Plateau in China. With an elevation of it is the highest peak of the Min Mountains. It is located in Songpan County of the Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province.Xuebaoding...

5,588 2,057 3531
7 HP Dalyandun Range 4,041 1,905 2136
8 HP Lunan Shan 4,300 1,760 2540
9 Dapin Shan 5,412 1,728 3684
10 Jiankho Shan 5,300 1,692 3608
11 Jiaojin Shan 5,734 1,681 4053
12 Point 3030 3,030 1,656 1374
13 Jinping Shan 4,420 1,630 2790
14 Point 4260 4,260 1,625 2635
15 Haizi Shan 5,820 1,578 4242
16 Point 5744 5,744 1,563 4181
17 Yaoji Shan 3,590 1,552 2038

Qin Mountains and north-east China

No Peak Country Elevation (m) Prominence (m) Col (m)
1 Taibai Shan 3,750 2,232 1518
2 HP Helan Shan
Helan Shan
The Helan Mountains , frequently called Alashan Mountains in older sources, are an isolated desert mountain range forming the border of Inner Mongolia's Alxa League and Ningxia. They run north-south parallel to the north-flowing Yellow River in the Ordos Loop section...

3,540 2,098 1442
3 Beitai Ding 3,061 1,784 1277
4 Tevodian 2,120 1,597 523

Southeast China

No Peak Country Elevation (m) Prominence (m) Col (m)
1 Dashennongjia 3,100 2,270 830
2 Huanggang Shan 2,170 1,965 205
3 Nanfengmian 2,140 1,921 219
4 Wuzhi Shan
Wuzhi Shan
Wuzhi Mountain is the highest mountain in Hainan, towering 1,840 m above the center of the island. The surrounding areas of Wuzhi Mountain are inhabited mainly by the Li ethnic group. It is located beside Wuzhishan City....

(Hainan
Hainan
Hainan is the smallest province of the People's Republic of China . Although the province comprises some two hundred islands scattered among three archipelagos off the southern coast, of its land mass is Hainan Island , from which the province takes its name...

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1,840 1,840 0
5 Shengtang Shan 1,935 1,785 150
6 Fenghuang Shan 2,570 1,762 808
7 Jiucai Ling 2,010 1,735 275
8 Lianhua Feng
Huangshan
Huangshan may refer to:*Huangshan , a scenic mountain range and UNESCO World Heritage Site*Huangshan City, a prefecture-level city centered on the Huangshan Mountains...

1,864 1,734 130
9 Wugong Shan 1,920 1,722 198
10 Miao'er Shan 2,140 1,647 493
11 Mount Tianzhu
Mount Tianzhu
Tianzhu Mountain or Mount Tianzhu is a mountain in Anhui, China. Tianzhu Mountain has another name called Mount Wan. The abbreviation for Anhui province "Wǎn" derives from it. The mountain locates in Qianshan County, Anqing City. Tianzhu Mountain has 45 peaks which are 1000 meters above sea level....

1,760 1,642 118
12 Bai Yi Zhai 2,323 1,658 665
13 Benjiwo 1,953 1,625 328
14 Jiuling Shan 1,790 1,624 166
15 Paishidin 1,895 1,622 273
16 Datian Ding 1,704 1,609 95
17 Yujing Feng 1,810 1,596 214
18 Point 1857 1,857 1,574 283
19 Daming Shan 1,785 1,570 215
20 Huangmao Jian 1,930 1,530 400
21 Baojie Ling 1,930 1,530 400
22 Qingliang Feng 1,787 1,521 266
23 Mount Tai
Mount Tai
Mount Tai is a mountain of historical and cultural significance located north of the city of Tai'an, in Shandong province, People's Republic of China. The tallest peak is the Jade Emperor Peak , which is commonly reported as tall, but is described by the PRC government as .Mount Tai is one of the...

1,545 1,505 40

Taiwan
Taiwan
Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...

No Peak Country Elevation (m) Prominence (m) Col (m)
1 Yushan 3,952 3,952 0
2 Xueshan 3,886 1,932 1954

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