What do you know about the top 25 most isolated peaks in the world? Wikipedia.org defines topographic isolation as “the minimum great-circle distance to a point of equal elevation, representing a radius of dominance in which the peak is the highest point.”
A list of the most isolated peaks creates an interesting peakbagging object. These remote summits are scattered all over the world. They represent some of the world’s highest peaks, but also obscure islands and remote summits. Some of these mountains you will have heard of, while others you likely haven’t. Do you think you could climb the top 25 most isolated peaks in the world?
Let’s look at the most isolated peaks in the world:
1. Mount Everest
![Mount Everest | By Mount_Everest_as_seen_from_Drukair2.jpg: shrimpo1967derivative work: Papa Lima Whiskey 2 [<a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0">CC BY-SA 2.0</a>], <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mount_Everest_as_seen_from_Drukair2_PLW_edit.jpg">via Wikimedia Commons</a>](http://mountainjourney.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/512px-Mount_Everest_as_seen_from_Drukair2_PLW_edit-1.jpg)
Range: Himalaya
Elevation: 8848 meters | 29,029 feet
Prominence: 8848 meters | 29,029 feet
Isolation: N/A
Nearest Higher Neighbor: N/A
2. Aconcagua
Location: Argentina
Range: Andes
Elevation: 6962 meters | 22,841 feet
Prominence: 6962 meters | 22,841 feet
Isolation: 16,518 kilometers | 10,264 miles
Nearest Higher Neighbor: Tirich Mir, Hindu Kush, Pakistan
3. Denali
Location: Alaska, USA
Range: Alaska Range
Elevation: 6194 meters | 20,320 feet
Prominence: 6149 meters | 20,174 feet
Isolation: 7450 kilometers | 4629 miles
Nearest Higher Neighbor: Yanamax, Tian Shan, China
4. Kilimanjaro
Location: Tanzania
Range: Eastern Rift Mountains
Elevation: 5895 meters | 19,341 feet
Prominence: 5885 meters | 19,308 feet
Isolation: 5510 kilometers | 3424 miles
Nearest Higher Neighbor: Tirich Mir, Hindu Kush, Pakistan
5. Puncak Jaya (Carstensz Pyramid)
![Puncak Jaya (Carstenz Pyramid) | Alfindra Primaldhi [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons](http://mountainjourney.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Puncakjaya.jpg)
Range:
Elevation: 4884 meters | 16,024 feet
Prominence: 4884 meters | 16,024 feet
Isolation: 5262 kilometers | 3269 miles
Nearest Higher Neighbor: Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, Yulong Mountains, China
6. Vinson Massif
![By Christian Stangl [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons](http://mountainjourney.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Mount_Vinson_from_NW_at_Vinson_Plateau_by_Christian_Stangl_flickr.jpg)
Range: Sentinel Range
Elevation: 4892 meters | 16,050 feet
Prominence: 4892 meters | 16,050 feet
Isolation: 4861 kilometers | 3020 miles
Nearest Higher Neighbor: Risco Plateado, Andes, Chile
7. Mont Orohena
![Mount Orohena, Tahiti | By The original uploader was FRED at French Wikipedia (Transferred from fr.wikipedia to Commons.) [<a href="http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html">GFDL</a> or <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/">CC-BY-SA-3.0</a>], <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mont.Orohena.JPG">via Wikimedia Commons</a>](http://mountainjourney.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Mont-Orohena.jpg)
Range: N/A
Elevation: 2241 meters | 7352 feet
Prominence: 2241 meters | 7352 feet
Isolation: 4128 kilometers | 2565 miles
Nearest Higher Neighbor: Mount Ngauruhoe, New Zealand
8. Mauna Kea
![Mauna Kea, Hawaii | By W Nowicki [CC BY 3.0], from Wikimedia Commons](http://mountainjourney.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Mauna_Kea_from_Kohala_Mountain_Road.jpg)
Range: Hawaiian Islands
Elevation: 4205 meters | 13796 feet
Prominence: 4205 meters | 13796 feet
Isolation: 3947 kilometers | 2453 miles
Nearest Higher Neighbor: Mount Shasta, Cascades, California, USA
9. Gunnbjørn Fjeld
![Gunnbjørn Fjeld, Greenland | <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Filich" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:User:Filich">Filich</a> at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:">English Wikipedia</a> [<a href="http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en">CC0</a>], <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:GunnbjornFromAboveABC.jpg">via Wikimedia Commons</a>](http://mountainjourney.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/GunnbjornFromAboveABC.jpg)
Range: Watkins Range
Elevation: 3694 meters | 12,119 feet
Prominence:
Isolation: 3254 kilometers | 2002 miles
Nearest Higher Neighbor: Eiger, Alps, Switzerland
10. Aoraki/Mount Cook
Location: South Island, New Zealand
Range: Southern Alps
Elevation: 3754 meters | 12,119 feet
Prominence: 3754 meters | 12,119 feet
Isolation: 3140 kilometers | 1951 miles
Nearest Higher Neighbor: Mount Adam, Admiralty Mountains, Antarctica
11. Thabana Ntlenyana
![Thabana Ntlenyana, Lesotho | By Matze137 [<a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>], <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Thabana_Ntlenyana.jpeg">from Wikimedia Commons</a>](http://mountainjourney.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/512px-Thabana_Ntlenyana.jpeg)
Range: Drakensberg Range
Elevation: 3482 meters | 11,424 feet
Prominence: 2390 meter | 7841 feet
Isolation: 3003 kilometers | 1866 miles
Nearest Higher Neighbor: Mount Meru, Tanzania
12. Maunga Terevaka
Location: Rapa Nui, Chile
Range: N/A
Elevation: 506 meters | 1660 feet
Prominence: 506 meters | 1660 feet
Isolation: 2836 kilometers | 1762 miles
Nearest Higher Neighbor: Cerro de Los Inocentes Juan Fernandez Islands, Chile
13. Mont Blanc
Location: France/Italy
Range: Alps
Elevation: 4810 meters | 15781 feet
Prominence: 4697 meters | 15410 feet
Isolation: 2812 kilometers | 1747 miles
Nearest Higher Neighbor: Kukurtlu Dome, Svanetian Range, Caucasus Mountains, Russia
14. Piton des Neiges
Location: Reunion, Mascarene Archipelago, France
Range: N/A
Elevation: 3071 meters | 10,075 feet
Prominence: 3071 meters | 10,075 feet
Isolation: 2767 kilometers | 1720 miles
Nearest Higher Neighbor: Giant’s Castle, Drakensberg Range, South Africa
15. Klyuchevskaya Soka
Location: Kamchatka, Russia
Range: Kamchatka
Elevation: 4750 meters | 15,584 feet
Prominence: 4649 meters | 15,253 feet
Isolation: 2748 kilometers | 1708 miles
Nearest Higher Neighbor: Mount Foraker, Alaska Range, Alaska, USA
16. Pico de Orizaba
Location: Mexico
Range: Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt
Elevation: 5636 meters | 18,491 feet
Prominence: 4922 meters | 16,148 feet
Isolation: 2690 kilometers | 1672 miles
Nearest Higher Neighbor: Pico Cristobal Colon, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia
17. Queen Mary’s Peak
Location: Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha
Range: N/A
Elevation: 2060 meters | 6759 feet
Prominence:
Isolation: 2665 kilometers | 1656 miles
Nearest Higher Neighbor: Mount Paget, Allardyce Range, South Georgia Islands
18. Mount Whitney
Location: California, USA
Range: Sierra Nevada
Elevation: 4421 meters | 14,505 feet
Prominence: 3072 meters | 10080 feet
Isolation: 2649 kilometers | 1646 miles
Nearest Higher Neighbor: Nevada de Toluca, Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt, Mexico
19. Gunung Kinabalo
Location: Borneo, Malaysia
Range: Crocker Range
Elevation: 4095 meters | 13,435 feet
Prominence:
Isolation: 2538 kilometers | 1577 miles
Nearest Higher Neighbor: Ngga Pilimsit, Make Mountains, Indonesia
20. Mount Elbrus
Location: Russia
Range: Caucasus Mountains
Elevation: 5642 meters | 18510 feet
Prominence: 4741 meters | 15554 feet
Isolation: 2473 kilometers | 1536 miles
Nearest Higher Neighbor:
21. Pico da Bandeira
![Pico da Bandeira, Brazil | By No machine-readable author provided. Alexhubner assumed (based on copyright claims). [<a href="http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html">GFDL</a> or <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/">CC-BY-SA-3.0</a>], <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pico_da_bandeira.jpg">via Wikimedia Commons</a>](http://mountainjourney.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Pico_da_bandeira.jpg)
Range: Brazilian Highlands
Elevation: 2897 meters | 9505 feet
Prominence: 2647 meters | 8684 feet
Isolation: 2393 kilometers | 1487 miles
Nearest Higher Neighbor: Cerro Naranjos, Andes, Bolivia
22. Mount Cameroon
![Mount Cameroon, Cameroon | By User:Amcaja (Taken by uploader with Kodak CX6200 digital camera) [<a href="http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html">GFDL</a>, <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/">CC-BY-SA-3.0</a> or <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5">CC BY-SA 2.5</a>], <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mount_Cameroon_craters.jpg">via Wikimedia Commons</a>](http://mountainjourney.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/512px-Mount_Cameroon_craters.jpg)
Range: Cameroon Mountains
Elevation: 4040 meters | 13,255 feet
Prominence: 3901 meters | 12799 feet
Isolation: 2338 kilometers | 1453 miles
Nearest Higher Neighbor: Mount Mikeno, Virunga Mountains, Democratic Republic Of The Congo
23. Mount Paget
![Mount Paget, South Georgia | By Butterfly austral [<a href="http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html">GFDL</a>, <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, <a href="http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html">GFDL</a> or <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>], <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mount_Paget.jpeg">from Wikimedia Commons</a>](http://mountainjourney.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Mount_Paget.jpeg.jpeg)
Range: Allardyce Range
Elevation: 2915 meters | 9564 feet
Prominence: 2915 meters | 9564 feet
Isolation: 2269 kilometers | 1410 miles
Nearest Higher Neighbor: Welch Mountains, Antarctica
24. Mauga Silisili
Location: Savai’i, Samoa
Range: Samoa Islands
Elevation: 1858 meters | 6096 feet
Prominence: 1858 meters | 6096 feet
Isolation: 2245 kilometers | 1395 miles
Nearest Higher Neighbor:
25. Nevado Huascaran
![By Suizaperuana (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons](http://mountainjourney.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/NevadoHuascaran.jpg)
Range: Cordillera Blanca
Elevation: 6746 meters | 22133 feet
Prominence: 2776 meters | 9108 feet
Isolation: 2196 kilometers | 1365 miles
Nearest Higher Neighbor: Tres Cruces, Andes Argentina/Chile
The information in this post is based on data from Wikipedia.org and Peakbagger.com. For more complete information on the most isolated peaks in the world, please visit those sites.
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