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This paper lists the most prominent peaks in Asia, i.e. the peaks whose topographical prominence exceeds .

Ural
The Ural counts on its Siberian slope 1 summit whose topographical prominence exceeds .

Middle East and Transcaucasia

Cyprus
The island of Cyprus has 1 topographical peak.

Transcaucasia
The Caucasus counts on its southern slope 2 peaks whose topographical prominence exceeds .

Central Asia
Central Asia has xx peaks whose topographical prominence exceeds .

Karakoum Desert

Tian Shan

Altai

North-East Asia

North-East Asia has xx peaks whose topographical prominence exceeds .

Central Mongolia

Southern Siberian Mountains

Eastern mountains of Siberia

Sikhote-Aline and Sakhaline

Kamchatka

Kuril Islands

East Asia
East Asia has xx peaks whose topographical prominence exceeds .

Kunlun Cordillera

Tibetan plateau

Japan
Japan has 21 topographical peaks exceeding

Aire Hindu-Kush-Himalaya
The Himalayas, Karakoram, Pamir and Hindu Kouch have xx peaks whose topographical prominence exceeds .

Pamir

Hindu Kouch

Karakoram

Himalayas

South Asia
South Asia has xx peaks whose topographical prominence exceeds .

Mountains south of Khyber Pass

Indian Peninsula and Sri Lanka

South-East Asia

Philippines

Islands of the Sound
The Indonesian archipelago has 80 topographical peaks. The islands of the archipelago are essentially under the sovereignty of Indonesia, but Borneo is shared with Malaysia and Brunei, Timor with East Timor, and New Guinea with Papua New Guinea. As a result, the regional summits are distributed as follows:
74 summits in Indonesia;
5 summits in Malaysia, including a summit at the Indonesia-Malaysia border;
Two summits in East Timor.

Borneo
The island of Borneo has 11 peaks whose prominence exceeds . The island is divided between Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei.

Java
The island of Java has 17 peaks whose prominence exceeds .

Moluccas
The Malucca archipelago has 7 peaks whose prominence exceeds .

Small islands of the Sonde
The Small Islands of the Sound have 13 peaks whose prominence exceeds .

Sulawesi
Sulawesi (and nearby islands) has 17 peaks whose prominence exceeds .

Sumatra
Sumatra has 15 peaks whose prominence exceeds .

Annexes

Related articles
Topographical prominence
High-profile summit

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References

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