"Ultrapic"

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Ultrapic ("ultra-outstanding peak") - mountains whose relative height () exceeds 1500 meters. There are about 1520 such peaks on Earth. Some famous peaks, such as the Matterhorn and Iger, are not ultra-peaks, as they are located between higher mountains and therefore do not reach sufficient topographical exceedance.

The term “ultra” was coined after the publication by scientist Steve Fry of a study of the height of summits in Washington state in the 1980s. The term “ultra major mountain” was originally proposed, with the researcher describing peaks with a height of at least 5,000 feet (1,524 m).

Distribution
There are currently 1,515 ultrapeaks on land: 637 in Asia, 353 in North America, 209 in South America, 119 in Europe (including the Caucasus), 84 in Africa, 69 in Australasia and 39 in Antarctica.

Many of the largest mountains in the world are ultra-peaks, including Everest, Kilimanjaro, Mont Blanc and Olympus. On the other hand, the likes of Eiger and Matterhorn are not ultra-peaks, as they do not have enough excess height. Many ultrapeaks are found in rarely visited parts of the world, including 39 in Greenland, in high latitudes on the Arctic islands of Novaya Zemlya, Jan Mayen and Svalbard, as well as on many peaks of the great ridges of Asia. In British Columbia, some of the listed mountains don’t even have established names.

13 of the 14 peaks over 8,000 m high are ultrapeaks, and there are 64 more ultrapeaks over 7,000 m high.

Zone distribution of parts of the world
Europe

Alps - 44 Ultras

Scandinavia - 6 Ultras

Arctic Islands - 4 Ultras

Atlantic Islands - 6 Ultra

Pyrenees - 4 Ultras

Central Massif - 1 Ultra

Apennines - 8 Ultras

Carpathians - 5 Ultras

Balkans - 21 Ultras

Greece and Cyprus - 9 Ultra

Crimea - 1 Ultra

Ural - 1 Ultra

Caucasus - 10 Ultra

Asia

West Asia - 88 Ultra

Central Asia - 75 Ultra

India - 61 Ultra

Himalayas - 76 Ultra

Tibet and East Asia - 112 Ultra

North Asia - 53 Ultra

Japan - 21 Ultra

South Asia - 42 Ultra

Philippines - 29 Ultra

Malay Archipelago - 92 Ultra

Africa

Atlas Mountains - 7 Ultras

Sahara - 4 Ultra

Cameroon line - 5 Ultra

East Africa - 21 Ultras

West African Rift - 8 Ultra

East African Rift - 22 Ultras

South Africa - 7 Ultra

Madagascar and nearby islands - 6 Ultra

The rest is 4 Ultra.

oceania

Oceania - 69 Ultra

Antarctica

Antarctica - 41 Ultras

North America

Canada - 143 Ultra

United States - 129 Ultra

Mexico - 27 Ultra

Greenland - 39 Ultra

Central America - 23 Ultra

Caribbean - 7 Ultras

South America

South America - 209 Ultra

See also
List of the highest peaks of the Earth
The Ultrapics of Antarctica

References
Maizlish, A. “The Ultra-Prominences Page”. Peaklist.org.
Helman, Adam (2005). The Finest Peaks: Prominence and other Mountain Measures. Trafford. ISBN 1-4120-5994-1.
Maizlish, A. “Antarctic Ultra-Prominent Summits”. Peaklist.org.

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