List of Ultras of West Asia
This is a list of all 101 of the ultra-prominent peaks (with topographic prominence greater than 1,500 metres) in West Asia. It includes peaks on the islands of Cyprus and Socotra. It also includes the 10 ultras of the Caucasus (also listed under Europe) as they are geographically more connected to the mountains of West Asia. Two of these peaks (Mount Aragats and Kapudzhukh Lerr) are on the Asian side of the ridge of the Greater Caucasus, which forms the boundary between Asia and Europe, and four more are on the border itself and so in both Europe and Asia.
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No | Peak | Elevation (m) | Prominence (m) | Country | Range | Col (m) | |
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1 Turkey | |||||||
1.01 | Mount Ararat | 5,137 | 3,611 | Turkey | Armenian Highlands | 1526 | |
1.02 | Uludoruk (Resko Tepe) | 4,136 | 2,483 | Turkey | Zagros mountains | 1653 | |
1.03 | Mount Erciyes | 3,917 | 2,419 | Turkey | Central Anatolia | 1498 | |
1.04 | Demirkazik Tepe | 3,756 | 2,336 | Turkey | Taurus mountains | 1420 | |
1.05 | Kaçkar Dağı | 3,932 | 2,272 | Turkey | Pontic mountains | 1660 | |
1.06 | Mount Süphan | 4,058 | 2,189 | Turkey | Armenian Highlands | 1869 | |
1.07 | Medetsiz Tepe | 3,524 | 2,058 | Turkey | Taurus mountains | 1466 | |
1.08 | 3,070 | 1,966 | Turkey | South West Anatolia | 1104 | ||
1.09 | Mount Hasan | 3,268 | 1,922 | Turkey | Central Anatolia | 1346 | |
1.10 | 3,800 | 1,805 | Turkey | Zagros Mountains | 1995 | ||
1.11 | Babadağ | 1,969 | 1,763 | Turkey | South West Anatolia | 206 | |
1.12 | 3,811 | 1,729 | Turkey | Zagros Mountains | 2082 | ||
1.13 | 3,016 | 1,664 | Turkey | South West Anatolia | 1352 | ||
1.14 | 2,980 | 1,657 | Turkey | Taurus mountains | 1323 | ||
1.15 | 2,156 | 1,579 | Turkey | Western Anatolia | 577 | ||
1.16 | 2,800 | 1,574 | Turkey | Taurus mountains | 1226 | ||
1.17 | 3,546 | 1,559 | Turkey | Pontic mountains | 1987 | ||
1.18 | 2,635 | 1,553 | Turkey | Taurus mountains | 1082 | ||
1.19 | 3,075 | 1,547 | Turkey | Taurus mountains | 1528 | ||
1.20 | 2,587 | 1,544 | Turkey | Pontic mountains | 1043 | ||
1.21 | 2,877 | 1,543 | Turkey | Taurus mountains | 1334 | ||
1.22 | 3,457 | 1,509 | Turkey | Pontic mountains | 1948 | ||
1.23 | Uludağ | 2,543 | 1,504 | Turkey | Western Anatolia | 1039 | |
2 Arabia, Levant and Cyprus | |||||||
2.01 | Jabal An-Nabi Shu'ayb | 3,666 | 3,326 | Yemen | 340 | ||
2.02 | Jebel Shams | 3,019 | 2,899 | Oman | Al Hajar Mountains | 120 | |
2.03 | Mount Catherine | 2,629 | 2,404 | Egypt | Sinai | 225 | |
2.04 | Qurnat as Sawda' | 3,088 | 2,392 | Lebanon | Lebanon | 695 | |
2.05 | Mount Olympus | 1,952 | 1,952 | Cyprus | Cyprus | 0 | |
2.06 | Mount Hermon | 2,814 | 1,804 | Lebanon/Syria | Anti-Lebanon | 1010 | |
2.07 | 2,087 | 1,727 | Oman | Al Hajar Mountains | 360 | ||
2.08 | 2,730 | 1,718 | Oman | Al Hajar Mountains | 1012 | ||
2.09 | 2,300 | 1,709 | Saudi Arabia | 591 | |||
2.10 | 2,920 | 1,635 | Yemen | 1285 | |||
2.11 | Jabal al-Lawz | 2,580 | 1,622 | Saudi Arabia | 958 | ||
2.12 | 2,200 | 1,600 | Oman | Al Hajar Mountains | 600 | ||
2.13 | Jabal Sabir | 3,006 | 1,586 | Yemen | Arabian Highlands | 1420 | |
2.14 | 1,505 | 1,505 | Yemen | Socotra | 0 | ||
3 Iran | |||||||
3.01 | Mount Damavand | 5,610 | 4,667 | Iran | Alborz Mountains | 943 | |
3.02 | Sabalan | 4,811 | 3,283 | Iran | Lesser Caucasus | 1528 | |
3.03 | Taftan Volcano | 3,941 | 2,901 | Iran | Eastern Iran | 1040 | |
3.04 | Hazaran | 4,500 | 2,741 | Iran | Hazaran | 1759 | |
3.05 | Dena | 4,409 | 2,604 | Iran | Zagros Mountains | 1805 | |
3.06 | Bazman | 3,503 | 2,400 | Iran | Eastern Iran | 1103 | |
3.07 | Shir Kuh | 4,050 | 2,271 | Iran | Iranian plateau | 1779 | |
3.08 | 2,681 | 2,100 | Iran | Zagros Mountains | 581 | ||
3.09 | Zard Kuh | 4,221 | 2,095 | Iran | Zagros Mountains | 2105 | |
3.10 | Mount Paraw | 3390 | 2083 | Iran | Zagros Mountains | 1322 | |
3.11 | 3,240 | 2,082 | Iran | Zagros Mountains | 1158 | ||
3.12 | 3,314 | 2074 | Iran | Alborz Mountains | 1444 | ||
3.13 | 2,350 | 2,035 | Iran | Zagros Mountains | 315 | ||
3.14 | Oshtorankuh | 4,139 | 1,986 | Iran | Zagros Mountains | 2153 | |
3.15 | 4,229 | 1,970 | Iran | Hazaran | 2259 | ||
3.16 | 2,960 | 1,968 | Iran | Iranian plateau | 992 | ||
3.17 | Khvoshkuh | 2,650 | 1,967 | Iran | Zagros Mountains | 683 | |
3.18 | 3,190 | 1,944 | Iran | Zagros Mountains | 1246 | ||
3.19 | 3,890 | 1,881 | Iran | Alborz Mountains | 2009 | ||
3.20 | HP | 2,920 | 1,830 | Iran | Eastern Iran | 1103 | |
3.21 | Alam Kuh | 4,805 | 1,827 | Iran | Alborz Mountains | 2978 | |
3.22 | Sahand | 3,707 | 1,826 | Iran | Azerbaijan Mountains | 1881 | |
3.23 | Garrin Mountain | 3,630 | 1,780 | Iran | Zagros Mountains | 1850 | |
3.24 | 3,120 | 1,760 | Iran | Alborz Mountains | 1360 | ||
3.25 | 3,856 | 1,758 | Iran | Zagros Mountains | 2098 | ||
3.26 | Kuhe Haji Ebrahim | 3,587 | 1,747 | Iraq / Iran | Zagros Mountains | 1840 | |
3.27 | 3,150 | 1,732 | Iran | Iranian plateau | 1418 | ||
3.28 | 3,350 | 1,714 | Iran | Zagros Mountains | 1636 | ||
3.29 | 2,950 | 1,710 | Iran | Alborz Mountains | 1240 | ||
3.30 | 3,870 | 1,698 | Iran | Iranian plateau | 2172 | ||
3.31 | Kuh-kansifi | 3,065 | 1,697 | Iran | Zagros Mountains | 1792 | |
3.32 | 2,888 | 1,686 | Iran | Eastern Iran | 1202 | ||
3.33 | 2,975 | 1,675 | Iran | Zagros Mountains | 1300 | ||
3.34 | 2,887 | 1,657 | Iran | Eastern Iran | 1230 | ||
3.35 | Alvand | 3,570 | 1,654 | Iran | Zagros Mountains | 1916 | |
3.36 | 3,775 | 1,635 | Iran | Hazaran | 2140 | ||
3.37 | 3,321 | 1,625 | Iran | Alborz Mountains | 1696 | ||
3.38 | 3,880 | 1,620 | Iran | Zagros Mountains | 2260 | ||
3.39 | 3,661 | 1,609 | Iran | Zagros Mountains | 2052 | ||
3.40 | 2,846 | 1,601 | Iran | Zagros Mountains | 1245 | ||
3.41 | 4,150 | 1,597 | Iran | Hazaran | 2553 | ||
3.42 | 3,592 | 1,585 | Iran | Iranian plateau | 2007 | ||
3.43 | Cheekha Dar | 3,611 | 1,575 | Iraq / Iran | Zagros Mountains | 2036 | |
3.44 | 2,980 | 1,572 | Iran | Zagros Mountains | 1408 | ||
3.45 | 3,943 | 1,563 | Iran | Zagros Mountains | 2380 | ||
3.46 | 2,958 | 1,560 | Iran | Eastern Iran | 1398 | ||
3.47 | 3,990 | 1,557 | Iran | Zagros Mountains | 2433 | ||
3.48 | 2,777 | 1,539 | Iran | Iranian plateau | 1238 | ||
3.49 | 2,995 | 1,534 | Iran | Eastern Iran | 1461 | ||
3.50 | 2,209 | 1,530 | Iran | Zagros Mountains | 679 | ||
3.51 | 3,730 | 1,510 | Iran | Alborz Mountains | 2220 | ||
3.52 | 3,750 | 1,510 | Iran | Zagros Mountains | 2240 | ||
3.53 | 3,120 | 1,510 | Iran | Zagros Mountains | 1610 | ||
3.54 | 3,070 | 1,509 | Iran | Alborz Mountains | 1561 | ||
3.55 | 3,358 | 1,500 | Iran | Lesser Caucasus | 1858 | ||
4 Caucasus | |||||||
4.01 | Mount Elbrus | 5,642 | 4,741 | Russia | Greater Caucasus | 901 | |
4.02 | Mount Bazarduzu | 4,466 | 2,454 | Russia / Azerbaijan | Greater Caucasus | 2012 | |
4.03 | Mount Kazbek | 5,034 | 2,353 | Russia / Georgia | Greater Caucasus | 2681 | |
4.04 | Tebulosmta | 4,493 | 2,145 | Russia} / Georgia | Greater Caucasus | 2348 | |
4.05 | Mount Aragats | 4,090 | 2,143 | Armenia | Lesser Caucasus | 1947 | |
4.06 | Dykh-Tau | 5,205 | 2,002 | Russia | Greater Caucasus | 3203 | |
4.07 | Dyultydag | 4,127 | 1,834 | Russia | Greater Caucasus | 2293 | |
4.08 | Kapudzhukh Lerr | 3,905 | 1,820 | Armenia / Azerbaijan | Lesser Caucasus | 2085 | |
4.09 | Gora Addala Shukgelmezr | 4,152 | 1,792 | Russia | Greater Caucasus | 2360 | |
4.10 | Gora Shan | 4,451 | 1,775 | Russia / Georgia | Greater Caucasus | 2676 |
See also[]
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