List of Ultras in the Eastern Himalayas

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 the eastern Himalayas

Himalayas

The Himalaya Range or Himalaya Mountains Sanskrit: Devanagari: हिमालय, literally "abode of snow"), usually called the Himalayas or Himalaya for short, is a mountain range in Asia, separating the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau...

Sutlej
Sutlej
The Sutlej River is the longest of the five rivers that flow through the historic crossroad region of Punjab in northern India and Pakistan. It is located north of the Vindhya Range, south of the Hindu Kush segment of the Himalayas, and east of the Central Sulaiman Range in Pakistan.The Sutlej...

to Kali Rivers

No	Peak	Elevation (m)	Prominence (m)	Col (m)
1	Nanda Devi Nanda Devi Nanda Devi is the second highest mountain in India and the highest entirely within the country ; owing to this geography it was the highest known mountain in the world until computations on Dhaulagiri by western surveyors in 1808...	7,816	3,139	4677
2	Kamet Kamet Kamet is the second highest mountain in the Garhwal region of India, after Nanda Devi. It lies in the Chamoli District of Uttarakhand, close to the border with Tibet. It is the third highest mountain in India Kamet is the second highest mountain in the Garhwal region of India, after Nanda Devi....	7,756	2,825	4931
3	Rangrik Rang	6,684	1,674	5010
4	Haathi Parvat Haathi Parvat Haathi Parvat, also known as Elephant Peak, is a mountain in the Garhwal Himalayas in India. It is located in the Chamoli District of India's Uttrakhand state. Its summit has an elevation of .-Legend:...	6,727	1,673	5054
5	Trisul Trisul Trisul is a group of three Himalayan mountain peaks of western Kumaun, with the highest reaching 7120m. The three peaks resemble a trident - in Hindi/Sanskrit, Trishul, trident, is the weapon of Shiva. The Trishul group forms the southeast corner of the ring of peaks enclosing the Nanda Devi...	7,120	1,616	5504
6	Panchchuli Panchchuli The Panchchuli peaks are a group of five snow-capped Himalayan peaks lying at the end of the eastern Kumaon region, near Munsiyari, in Pithoragarh district, Uttarakhand state, India. The peaks have altitudes ranging from to . They form the watershed between the Gori and the Darmaganga valleys....	6,904	1,614	5290
7	Chaukhamba Chaukhamba Chaukhamba is a mountain massif in the Gangotri Group of the Garhwal Himalaya. Its main summit, Chaukhamba I, is the highest peak in the group. It lies at the head of the Gangotri Glacier and forms the eastern anchor of the group...	7,138	1,594	5544
8	Nanda Kot Nanda Kot Nanda Kot is a mountain peak of the Himalaya range located in the Pithoragarh district of Uttarakhand state in India. It lies in the Kumaon Himalaya, just outside of the ring of peaks enclosing the Nanda Devi Sanctuary, southeast of Nanda Devi itself...	6,861	1,592	5269

Western Nepal: Kali to Arun River
Arun River (Nepal)
The Arun River is a trans-boundary river and is part of the Kosi or Sapt Koshi river system in Nepal. It originates in Tibet Autonomous Region of People's Republic of China where it is called Bum-chu.-Name:...

No	Peak	Country	Elevation (m)	Prominence (m)	Col (m)
1	Mount Everest Mount Everest Mount Everest is the world's highest mountain, with a peak at above sea level. It is located in the Mahalangur section of the Himalayas. The international boundary runs across the precise summit point...	/	8,848	8,848	0
2	Dhaulagiri Dhaulagiri Dhaulagiri is Earth's seventh highest mountain at ; one of fourteen over eight thousand metres. Dhaulagiri was first climbed May 13, 1960 by a Swiss/Austrian expedition....		8,167	3,357	4810
3	Manaslu Manaslu Manaslu , also known as Kutang) is the eighth highest mountain in the world, and is located in the Mansiri Himal, part of the Nepalese Himalayas, in the west-central part of Nepal. Its name, which means "Mountain of the Spirit", comes from the Sanskrit word Manasa, meaning "intellect" or "soul"...		8,163	3,092	5071
4	Annapurna I		8,091	2,984	5107
5	Shishapangma Shishapangma Xixabangma, frequently spelled Shishapangma or Shisha Pangma , also called Gosainthān , is the fourteenth-highest mountain in the world and, at 8,013 m , the lowest of the eight-thousanders...		8,027	2,897	5130
6	Gurla Mandhata Gurla Mandhata Gurla Mandhata, or Naimona'nyi or Memo Nani is the highest peak of the Nalakankar Himal, a small subrange of the Himalaya. It lies in Burang County of the Ngari Prefecture in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China, near the northwest corner of Nepal. It is the 34th highest peak in the world...		7,694	2,788	4906
7	Annapurna II		7,937	2,437	5500
8	Dhaulagiri II		7,752	2,397	5355
9	Makalu Makalu Makalu is the fifth highest mountain in the world at and is located southeast of Mount Everest, on the border between Nepal and China...	/	8,485	2,378	6107
10	Yangra Yangra Yangra is the highest peak of the Ganesh Himal,which is a subrange of the Himalayan mountain range. Although not an 8,000 metre peak, and little visited, it enjoys great vertical relief over the nearby valleys.-Location:...	/	7,422	2,352	5070
11	Cho Oyu Cho Oyu Cho Oyu is the sixth highest mountain in the world at above sea level. Cho Oyu lies in the Himalayas and is 20 km west of Mount Everest, at the border between China and Nepal...	/	8,188	2,340	5848
12	Chamar Chamar (mountain) Chamar is the highest peak of the Sringi Himal, which is a subrange of the Nepalese Himalayas.Chamar and the entire Sringi Himal lie in Central Nepal, just south of the Tibetan border, between the Shyar Khola valley on the east and the Tom Khola—Trisuli Gandaki valley on the west...		7,165	2,061	5104
13	Api Api (mountain) Api is the highest peak in the Yoka Pahar Section of Gurans Himal, part of the Himalayas in the extreme northwest corner of Nepal, near the borders of India and Tibet...		7,132	2,040	5092
14	Labuche Kang Labuche Kang Labuche Kang is a northern outlier of the Himalayas inside Tibet northwest of Cho Oyu and east of Shishapangma. The peak belongs to a little-known section of the Himalaya variously called Labuche Himal, Pamari Himal and Lapchi Kang. This section extends south into Nepal immediately east of Arniko...		7,367	1,957	5410
15	Nemjung Nemjung Nemjung is a mountain in the Himalayas of Nepal. It is located approximately northwest of the Nepalese capital, Kathmandu and about 25 km northwest of the eight-thousander, Manaslu. Its summit has an elevation of ....		7,140	1,920	5220
16	Kanjiroba		6,883	1,870	5013
17	Saipal Saipal Saipal is a mountain in the Himalayas of north-west Nepal.Api, Nampa and Saipal are a trio of high mountains located in northwestern Nepal. Together they form a small range of sharp, icy peaks, rising from a long, steep, snowy crest....		7,031	1,824	5207
18	Kubi Gangri	/	6,859	1,699	5160
19	Deora		4,390	1,678	2712
20	Changla	/	6,721	1,657	5064
21	Bhalu Lek		5,425	1,643	3782
22	Himalchuli Himalchuli Himalchuli is the second highest mountain in the Mansiri Himal, part of the Nepalese Himalayas. It lies south of Manaslu, one of the Eight-thousanders. Himalchuli has three main peaks: East , West and North...		7,893	1,633	6260
23	Pangpoche		6,620	1,622	4998
24	Gauri Sankar Gauri Sankar Gauri Sankar is a mountain in the Himalayas, the second highest peak of the Rolwaling Himal, behind Melungtse...	/	7,146	1,600	5546
25	Jethi Bahurani		6,850	1,558	5292
26	Melungtse Melungtse Melungtse is the highest mountain of the Rolwaling Himal in the Himalayas.The peak has a long summit ridge capped by the east summit and the west summit, also known as Melungtse II, 7,023m...		7,181	1,551	5630
27	Langtang Lirung Langtang Lirung Langtang Lirung is the highest peak of the Langtang Himal,which is a subrange of the Nepalese Himalayas, southwest of the Eight-thousander Shisha Pangma.-Location:The Langtang Himal forms the western portion of a complex of mountains which also...		7,234	1,534	5700

Arun River to Bhutan
Bhutan
Bhutan , officially the Kingdom of Bhutan, is a landlocked state in South Asia, located at the eastern end of the Himalayas and bordered to the south, east and west by the Republic of India and to the north by the People's Republic of China...

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No	Peak	Country	Elevation (m)	Prominence (m)	Col (m)
1	Kangchenjunga Kangchenjunga Kangchenjunga is the third highest mountain of the world with an elevation of and located along the India-Nepal border in the Himalayas.Kangchenjunga is also the name of the section of the Himalayas and means "The Five Treasures of Snows", as it contains five peaks, four of them over...	/	8,586	3,922	4664
2	Pauhunri Pauhunri Pauhunri is a mountain in the Eastern Himalayas. It is located on the border of Sikkim, India and Tibet, China, and is situated about 75 km northeast of Kangchenjunga....	/	7,128	2,035	5093
3	Nyonno Ri		6,724	1,805	4919
4	Pandim		6,691	1,762	4929
5	Zang La		6,495	1,712	4783
6	Chomo Yummo		6,829	1,559	5270

Bhutan to the Brahmaputra

No	Peak	Country	Elevation (m)	Prominence (m)	Col (m)
1	Namcha Barwa Namcha Barwa Namjagbarwa Peak , also known as Namcha Barwa, Namchabarwa, or Nanjiabawa Feng, is a mountain in the Tibetan Himalaya. The traditional definition of the Himalaya extending from the Indus River to the Brahmaputra would make it the eastern anchor of the entire mountain chain, and it is the highest...		7,782	4,106	3676
2	Gangkhar Puensum Gangkhar Puensum Gangkhar Puensum is the highest mountain in Bhutan and a strong candidate for the highest unclimbed mountain in the world with an elevation of 7,570 metres and a prominence of over 2990 metres. It lies on the border with China...	/	7,570	2,995	4575
3	Kangto Kangto Kangto is a mountain in the Eastern Himalayas. It is located on the border of China and India.Kangto, at , is the highest point in the Arunachal Pradesh state of India. This area is also claimed by China as part of southern Tibet. The disputed area in which Kangto is located, is in the Tibetan...	/	7,060	2,195	4865
4	Noijin Kangsang Noijin Kangsang Noijin Kangsang is the highest peak of Lhagoi Kangri mountain range in the Tibet Autonomous Region in China. It lies between the Yarlung Zangbo River , Yamdrok Lake and the Himalaya mountain range . Noijin Kangsang was first climbed via the South Face and Southwest Ridge on 28 April 1986 by a...		7,191	2,145	5046
5	Chomolhari Chomolhari Jomolhari or Chomolhari sometimes known as "the bride of Kangchenjunga”, is a mountain in the Himalayas, straddling the border between Yadong County of Tibet and the Thimphu district of Bhutan. The north face rises over above the barren plains...	/	7,326	2,077	5249
6	Yarla Shampo		6,636	1,805	4831
7	Tongshanjiabu Tongshanjiabu Tongshanjiabu is a mountain in the Himalayas. At 7,207 metres tall, Tongshanjiabu is the 103rd tallest mountain in the world. It sits in the disputed border territory between Bhutan and China. Tongshanjiabu has never been officially climbed....	/	7,207	1,757	5450
8	Nyegyi Kansang Nyegyi Kansang Nyegyi Kansang is a mountain in the Eastern Himalayas. It is located on the border of Tibet, China and the Arunachal Pradesh state of India. This area of Arunachal is also claimed by China as part of southern Tibet. Nyegyi Kansang has an elevation of ....	/	7,047	1,752	5295
9	Point 5980	/	5,980	1,747	4233
10	Tarlha Ri		6,777	1,697	5080
11	HP Dafla Range		3,776	1,684	2092
12	Point 5641	/	5,641	1,681	3960
13	Kula Kangri Kula Kangri Kula Kangri is claimed by many authorities to be the highest mountain in Bhutan but this is disputed by others, who claim that Kula Kangri is wholly in Tibet. The first ascent was by a Japanese team in 1986...		7,553	1,669	5884
14	Tarka La		4,735	1,624	3111
15	Kazi Razi		6,505	1,561	4944
16	Point 6215		6,215	1,521	4694

South India
South India
South India is the area encompassing India's states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu as well as the union territories of Lakshadweep and Pondicherry, occupying 19.31% of India's area...

and Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...

No	Peak	Elevation (m)	Prominence (m)	Col (m)
1	Pidurutalagala Pidurutalagala Pidurutalagala , or Mount Pedro in English, is an ultra prominent peak, and the tallest mountain in Sri Lanka, at . Mount Pedro is located close to the city of Nuwara Eliya, and is easily visible from most areas of the Central Province....	2,524	2,524	0
2	Anamudi Anamudi Anamudi is located in the Indian state Kerala. It is the highest peak in the Western Ghats and South India, at an elevation of , and a topographic prominence of...	2,694	2,479	125
3	Doddabetta Doddabetta Doddabetta is the highest mountain in the Nilgiri Hills, at 2637 metre . There is a reserved forest area around the peak. It is 9 km from Ooty,on Ooty-Kotagiri Road in the Nilgiris District of Tamil Nadu, South India...	2,636	2,256	380
4	Elivai Malai	2,088	1,540	548

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Bhutan to the Brahmaputra

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Western Nepal: Kali to Arun River
Arun River (Nepal)
The Arun River is a trans-boundary river and is part of the Kosi or Sapt Koshi river system in Nepal. It originates in Tibet Autonomous Region of People's Republic of China where it is called Bum-chu.-Name:...

Arun River to Bhutan
Bhutan
Bhutan , officially the Kingdom of Bhutan, is a landlocked state in South Asia, located at the eastern end of the Himalayas and bordered to the south, east and west by the Republic of India and to the north by the People's Republic of China...

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