List of mountains of the Alps over 4000 metres

This list tabulates all of the 82 official mountain summits of or more in height in the Alps, as defined by the International Climbing and Mountaineering Federation. They are the highest mountains of the Alps, all located in Switzerland, Italy, and France, and are often referred to by mountaineers as the Alpine four-thousanders. A further table of 46 subsidiary mountain points which did not meet the UIAA's selection criteria is also included.
The official UIAA list of 82 mountain summits, titled in English as 'The 4000ers of the Alps' was first published in 1994. They were selected primarily on a prominence of at least ) above the highest adjacent col or pass. Additional criteria were used to include or exclude some points, based on the mountain's overall morphology and mountaineering significance. A further 46 additional points of mountaineering significance, such as Pic Eccles, which did not meet the UIAA's primary selection criteria, were then included within an 'enlarged list'. Another, less formal, list of 4000 metre alpine mountains, containing only independent peaks with a prominence of over 100m, and based on an earlier 1990s publications by Richard Goedeke, contains just 51 mountains.
For a list containing many of the independent mountains of the Alps and covering all countries, see List of prominent [mountains of the Alps above 3000 m|List of prominent mountains of the Alps].

Official list

The table shows the 82 four-thousanders in the Alps that are recognised by the UIAA.
Clicking the symbol at the head of the column sorts the table by that column’s data.

Nr.	Image	Summit	Height	Range	Country	Isolation	Prominence	First ascent	Easiest route to summit	Observations
1			4,809	Mont Blanc Group	France/ Italy	2812 Elbrus	4697 near Lake Kubenskoye	Jacques Balmat, Michel-Gabriel Paccard	Goûter Route	Highest mountain of the Alps, border dispute France/Italy
2		Mont Blanc de Courmayeur	4,748	Mont Blanc Group	France/ Italy	Mont Blanc	18 Col Major	F. Clissold, J. M. Couttet and five guides	Goûter Route extension from summit of Mont Blanc	Fore-summit of Mont Blanc, border dispute France/Italy
3		Dufourspitze	4,634	Monte Rosa Massif	Switzerland and Italy	Mont Blanc de Courmayeur	2165 Grosser Sankt Bernhard	Hudson (climber)\|Charles Hudson] and 7 companions	From Monte Rosa Hut via Monte Rosa glacier	Highest peak of the Monte Rosa Massif, highest peak of the Alps outside of the Mont Blanc Massif
4		Nordend	4,608	Monte Rosa Massif	Italy/ Switzerland	Grenzgipfel	89 Silbersattel	Edward N. Buxton, T.F. Buxton, John J. Cowell, Michel-Clément Payot, Binder	From Monte Rosa Hut via Silbersattel
5		Zumsteinspitze	4,563	Monte Rosa Massif	Italy/ Switzerland	Grenzgipfel	112 Grenzsattel	Joseph Zumstein, Joseph Vincent and Johann Niklaus Vincent and others	From Gnifetti Hut via Lys glacier or Monte Rosa Hut via Grenz glacier to Lys Col and then along the Western flank and SE ridge to the summit
6		Signalkuppe	4,554	Monte Rosa Massif	Italy/ Switzerland	Zumsteinspitze	98 Colle Gnifetti	Giovanni Gnifetti and 7 companions		Highest mountain hut and building in Europe, Capanna Regina Margherita, at 4,554 m.
7		Dom	4,546	Mischabel Group	Switzerland	Nordend	1057 Neues Weisstor	John Llewelyn Davies, Johann Zumtaugwald, Johann Kronig, Hieronymous Brantschen	From Domhütte via Northern flank to the summit	Highest peak located entirely within Switzerland
8		Lyskamm	4,532	Wallis Alps	Italy/ Switzerland	Zumsteinspitze	379 Lisjoch	by 14 mountaineers	From Gnifetti Hut via Lys glacier, Lys Col and East Ridge to the summit	Western summit
9		Weisshorn	4,505	Wallis Alps	Switzerland	Dom	1234 Furggjoch	John Tyndall, Johann Joseph Brennen, Ulrich Wenger	East ridge from Weisshornhütte
10		Täschhorn	4,491	Mischabel Group	Switzerland	Dom	213 Domjoch	John Llewelyn Davies, J.W. Hayward, Peter-Josef Summermatter, Stefan, Johann Zumtaugwald	South East ridge from Mischabeljochbiwak	-
11		Lyskamm	4,479	Wallis Alps	Italy/ Switzerland	Lyskamm Eastern Summit	61 Col to the Eastern Summit	William E. Hall and 13 companions	West flank from Refuge [Quintino Sella au Félik\|Quintino Sella Hut]	-
12		Matterhorn	4,478	Wallis Alps	Italy/ Switzerland	Lyskamm Western Summit	1043 Col Durand	Croz, Taugwalder, Whymper, Hudson, Douglas and Hadow	Hörnli ridge from Hörnli hut	-
13			4,469	Mont Blanc Group	Italy	Mont Blanc de Courmayeur	39 Col to Mont Blanc de Courmayeur	G.B. and G.F. Gugliermina, Joseph Brocherel	-	-
14		Mont Maudit	4,465	Mont Blanc Group	France/ Italy	Mont Blanc	162 Col de la Brenva	Henry S. King, William E. Davidson, Johann Jaun, Johann von Bergen		-
15		Parrotspitze	4,434	Monte Rosa Massif	Italy/ Switzerland	Signalkuppe	134 Seserjoch	Florence Crauford Grove, Melchior Anderegg and 4 companions	-	-
16		Dent Blanche	4,357	Wallis Alps	Switzerland	Matterhorn	916 Wandfluejoch	Thomas S. Kennedy, William and C. Wigram mit Jean-Baptiste Croz, Johann Kronig	-	-
17		Ludwigshöhe	4,341	Monte Rosa Massif	Italy/ Switzerland	Parrotspitze	57 Fiodejoch	Ludwig von Welden and companions	-	-
18		Nadelhorn	4,327	Mischabel Group	Switzerland	Dom	207 Lenzjoch	Franz Andenmatten, Baptiste Epiney, Aloys Supersaxo, Joseph Zimmermann	-	-
19		Schwarzhorn	4,321	Monte Rosa Massif	Italy	Ludwigshöhe	42 col with the Ludwigshöhe	Marco Maglionini, Albert de Rothschild, Eduard Cupelin mit Peter and Nikolaus Knubel	-	-
20			4,309	Grand Combin	Switzerland	Dent Blanche	1512 Fenêtre de Durand	Jouvence Bruchez, Benjamin, Maurice Felley	-	-
21			4,304	Mont Blanc Group	France Italy	Mont Blanc	68 Col du Dôme	Jean-Marie Couttet, François Cuidet	-	-
22		Lenzspitze	4,293	Mischabel Group	Switzerland	Nadelhorn	86 Nadeljoch	Clinton Thomas Dent, Alexander and Franz Burgener	-	-
23		Finsteraarhorn	4,274	Bernese Alps	Switzerland	Nadelhorn	2279 west of the Simplon Pass	Arnold Abbühl, Joseph Bortis, Alois Volker	-	-
24		Mont Blanc du Tacul	4,248	Mont Blanc Group	France	Mont Maudit	219 Col Maudit	J-M Chabot, P-J Mochet, J-M Perrod and James H. Ramsay	-	-
25			4,243	Mont Blanc Group	Italy	Mont Blanc de Courmayeur	35 Col to the Mont Blanc de Courmayeur	Walter Bonatti, Toni Gobbi	-	-
26		Stecknadelhorn	4,240	Mischabel Group	Switzerland	Nadelhorn	27 Stecknadeljoch	Oscar Eckenstein, Matthias Zurbriggen	-	-
27		Castor	4,225	Wallis Alps	Italy/ Switzerland	Lyskamm Western Summit	156 Felikjoch	William Mathews, F.W. Jacomb, Michel Croz	-	-
28		Zinalrothorn	4,221	Wallis Alps	Switzerland	Weisshorn	491 Hohlicht Pass	Florence Crauford Grove, Leslie Stephen, Jakob and Melchior Anderegg	-	-
29		Hohberghorn	4,218	Mischabel Group	Switzerland	Stecknadelhorn	76 Hohbergjoch	R. B. Heathcote, Franz Biner, Peter Perren, Peter Taugwalder	-	-
30		Vincent Pyramid	4,215	Monte Rosa Massif	Italy	Schwarzhorn	128 Col to the Schwarzhorn	Johann Nikolaus Vincent, three unknown companions	-	-
31			4,208	Mont Blanc Group	France/ Italy	Mont Blanc du Tacul	852 Col du Géant	Horace Walker, Melchior Anderegg, J. Jaun, J. Grange	-	-
32		Alphubel	4,206	Mischabel Group	Switzerland	Täschhorn	359 Mischabeljoch	T.W. Hinchliff, Leslie Stephen, Melchior Anderegg, Peter Perren	-	-
33		Rimpfischhorn	4,199	Mischabel Group	Switzerland	Alphubel	647 Allalin Pass	Leslie Stephen, Robert Liveing, Melchior Anderegg, Johann Zumtaugwald	-	-
34		Aletschhorn	4,194	Bernese Alps	Switzerland	Finsteraarhorn	1043 Lötschenlücke	Francis F. Tuckett, Johann Joseph Bennen, Peter Bohren, V. Tairraz	-	-
35		Strahlhorn	4,190	Mischabel Group	Switzerland	Rimpfischhorn	404 Alder Pass	Edmund J. Grenville, Christopher Smyth, Franz-Josef Andenmatten, Ulrich Lauener	-	-
36			4,184	Grand Combin	Switzerland	Combin de Grafeneire	57 Col to the Combin de Grafeneire		-	-
37			4,184	Mont Blanc Group	France/ Italy	Pointe Walker	51 col with the Pointe Walker	Edward Whymper, Michel Croz, Christian Almer, F. Biner	-	-
38		Dent d’Hérens	4,173	Wallis Alps	Italy/ Switzerland	Matterhorn	704 Colle Tournanche	Florence Crauford Grove, Melchior Anderegg and 5 companions	-	-
39			4,160	Wallis Alps	Italy/ Switzerland	Castor	438 Schwarztor	Henri Maynard, Joseph-Marie Couttet, Jean Gras, Jean-Baptiste and Jean-Jacques Erin	-	-
40		Jungfrau	4,158	Bernese Alps	Switzerland	Aletschhorn	694 Jungfraujoch	Johann Rudolf, Hieronymus Meyer, Alois Volker, Joseph Bortis	-	-
41			4,154	Wallis Alps	Italy/ Switzerland	Breithorn	73 Col to the	Henri Maynard, Joseph-Marie Couttet, Jean Gras, Jean-Baptiste and Jean-Jacques Erin	-	-
42		Bishorn	4,151	Wallis Alps	Switzerland	Weisshorn	90 Weisshornjoch	G. S. Barnes, R. Chessyre-Walker, Joseph Imboden, J. M. Chanton	-	-
43			4,138	Wallis Alps	Italy/ Switzerland	Breithorn	120 Selle		-	-
44			4,132	Grand Combin	Switzerland	Combin de Grafeneire	57 Col to the Combin de Grafeneire	E.F.M.Benecke and H.A.Cohen	-	-
45			4,122	Mont Blanc Group	France	Grandes Jorasses	689 Col de l’Eboulement	Edward Whymper, Christian Almer, Franz Biner	-	-
46			4,114	Mont Blanc Group	France	Mont Blanc du Tacul	36 Col to Mont Blanc du Tacul	Antoine Blanchet, Armand Charlet	-	-
47			4,112	Mont Blanc Group	Italy	Mont Blanc	178 Col de Peuterey	Henry S. King, Emile Rey, Ambros Supersaxo, Aloys Anthamatten	-	-
48		Mönch	4,110	Bernese Alps	Switzerland	Jungfrau	591 Unteres Mönchsjoch	Sigismund Porges, Christian Almer, Christian and Ulrich Kaufmann	-	-
49			4,110	Mont Blanc Group	France/ Italy	Pointe Whymper	10 col with Pointe Walker		-	-
50			4,109	Mont Blanc Group	France	L'Isolée	36 col with L'Isolée	Brégault, Chevalier, De Lépiney	-	-
51			4,106	Wallis Alps	Italy/ Switzerland	Breithorn	36 Col to western Twin Peak		-	-
52			4,102	Mont Blanc Group	France	Aiguille Verte	52 col with the Aiguille Verte	Robert Fowler, Michel Ducroz, Michel Balmat	-	-
53			4,102	Pelvoux	France	Picco Luigi Amedeo	2045 Col du Lautaret	Edward Whymper, Horace Walker, Adolphus W. Moore, Christian Almer, Michel Croz	-	-
54			4,097	Mont Blanc Group	France	Pointe Carmen	40 col with the Carmen	Antoine Blanchet, Jean Chaubert, Armand Charlet, Devouassoud	-	-
55		Pollux	4,089	Wallis Alps	Italy/ Switzerland	Castor	243 Zwillingsjoch	Jules Jacot, Josef-Marie Perren, Peter Taugwalder sen.	-	-
56		Schreckhorn	4,078	Bernese Alps	Switzerland	Finsteraarhorn	795 Finsteraarjoch	Leslie Stephen, Ulrich Kaufmann, Peter and Christian Michel	-	-
57			4,075	Wallis Alps	Italy/ Switzerland	Zwilling-Ost	30 Col to the Zwilling East		-	-
58			4,074	Mont Blanc Group	France	Pointe Médiane	57 Col to the Médiane	Jean Chaubert, Armand Charlet	-	-
59		Mont Brouillard	4,069	Mont Blanc Group	France	Picco Luigi Amedeo	39 Col Emile Rey	Karl Blodig, Oscar Eckenstein, Alessio Brocherel	-	-
60			4,065	Mont Blanc Group	France/ Italy	Pointe Croz	50 col with Pointe Croz		-	-
61			4,064	Mont Blanc Group	France	Pointe Chaubert	19 Col to the Chaubert	Jean Chaubert, Armand Charlet	-	-
62		Ober Gabelhorn	4,063	Wallis Alps	Switzerland	Zinalrothorn	536 Triftjoch	Horace Walker, Adolphus W. Moore, Jakob Anderegg	-	-
63			4,061	Graian Alps	Italy	Grandes Jorasses	1888 Nahe Kleiner Sankt Bernhard	John J. Cowell, W. Dundas, Jean Tairraz, Michel-Clément Payot	-	-
64			4,052	Mont Blanc Group	France/ Italy	Dôme du Goûter	164 Col de Bionnassay	E.N. Buxton, F.C. Grove, R.J.S. Macdonald, Michel Payot, Jean-Pierre Cachat	-	-
65			4,049	Bernese Alps	Switzerland	Mönch	396 Fiescherjoch	Adolphus W. Moore, H. B. George, Ulrich Kaufmann, Christian Almer	-	-
66			4,048	Bernina Group	Switzerland	138 Finsteraarhorn	2236 Maloja Pass	Johann Coaz, Jon and Lorenz Ragut Tscharner	-	-
67			4,046	Monte Rosa Massif	Italy	Vincent Pyramid	6 col with the Vincent Pyramid	Pietro Giordani	-	-
68			4,045	Mont Blanc Group	France/ Italy	Pointe Marguerite	10 col with Pointe Marguerite		-	-
69			4,043	Bernese Alps	Switzerland	Gross Fiescherhorn	303 Kleine Grünhornlücke	Edmund von Fellenberg, Peter Michel, Peter Egger, Peter Inäbnit	-	-
70		Lauteraarhorn	4,042	Bernese Alps	Switzerland	Gross Fiescherhorn	128 Schreckhorn Saddle	Pierre Desor, Arnold Escher von der Linth, Christian Girard, Melchior Bannholzer, Jakob Leuthold	-	-
71			4,035	Mont Blanc Group	France	Grande Rocheuse	37 col with the Rocheuse	E. Fontaine, Jean Ravanel, Léon Tournier	-	-
72			4,035	Mischabel Group	Switzerland	Hohberghorn	124 Dürrenjoch	Albert F. Mummery, William Penhall, Alexander Burgener, Ferdinand Imseng	-	-
73		Allalinhorn	4,027	Mischabel Group	Switzerland	Rimpfischhorn	257 Alphubeljoch	Edward L. Ames, Johann Josef Imseng, Franz Josef Andenmatten	-	-
74			4,025	Bernese Alps	Switzerland	Gross Fiescherhorn	102 Fiescher Saddle	Eugen Guido Lammer, August Lorria	-	-
75			4,015	Mont Blanc Group	France/ Italy	Pointe Marguerite	206 Col des Grandes Jorasses	Alphonse Payot, Michel-Clément Payot, J. Eccles	-	-
76			4,015	Pelvoux	France	Barre des Écrins	41 Brèche Lory		-	-
77		Weissmies	4,013	Wallis Alps	Switzerland	Lenzspitze	1183 Mondelli Pass	:de:Jakob Christian Heusser, Peter Josef Zurbriggen	-	-
78		Dent du Géant	4,013	Mont Blanc Group	France/ Italy	Dôme de Rochefort	139 col with the Aiguille de Rochefort	Jean-Joseph, Baptiste and Daniel Maquignaz	-	-
79			4,013	Mont Blanc Group	Italy	Mont Brouillard	56 Col to the Mont Brouillard	Martino Baretti, Jean-Joseph Maquignaz	-	-
80		Lagginhorn	4,010	Wallis Alps	Switzerland	Weissmies	512 Lagginjoch	Edward L. Ames, Johann Josef Imseng, Franz-Josef Andenmatten	-	-
81			4,001	Mont Blanc Group	France/ Italy	Dent du Géant	106 Col to the Dôme de Rochefort	Alphonse Payot, Michel-Clément Payot, J. Eccles	-	-
82			4,000	Mont Blanc Group	France	Grande Rocheuse	204 Col de l’ Aiguille Verte	Thomas Middlemore, John Oakley Maund, Henri Cordier, Johann Jaun, Andreas Maurer	-	-

Enlarged list

The following expandable table forms an extended list of 46 ‘lesser summits’ identified by the UIAA. These are either:

secondary summits or gendarmes which satisfy the topographic criteria, but are part of other well-defined mountain summits already listed above,
or have failed to meet the topographic criteria, but have been included through more subjective criteria.

Name	Country	Height	Range
Rocher de la Tournette	France, Italy	4677 m	Mont Blanc Massif
Dunantspitze	Switzerland	4632 m	Monte Rosa Massif
Grenzgipfel	Italy, Switzerland	4618 m	Monte Rosa Massif
Les Bosses	France, Italy	4547 m	Mont Blanc Massif
La Grande Bosse	France, Italy	4513 m	Mont Blanc Massif
Monte Cervino Vetta Italiana/Sommet italien du mont Cervin	Italy, Switzerland	4476,4 m	Pennine Alps
Dom	Switzerland	4468 m	Pennine Alps
Aiguille de la Belle Etoile	Italy	4349 m	Mont Blanc Massif
Grand Gendarme	Switzerland	4331 m	Pennine Alps
Pointe Mieulet	France	4287 m	Mont Blanc Massif
Liskammnase	Italy, Switzerland	4272 m	Pennine Alps
Pointe Bayeux	France	4258 m	Mont Blanc Massif
Mont Blanc du Tacul	France	4247 m	Mont Blanc Massif
Aiguille du Croissant	Switzerland	4243 m	Pennine Alps
Pic Tyndall	Italy, Switzerland	4241 m	Pennine Alps
Picco Muzio	Italy, Switzerland	4187 m	Pennine Alps
Entdeckungsfels	Switzerland	4178 m	Pennine Alps
Balmenhorn	Italy	4167 m	Pennine Alps
Alphubel south top	Switzerland	4166 m	Pennine Alps
Dent d'Hérens la Corne	Switzerland	4148 m	Pennine Alps
Pointe Burnaby	Switzerland	4135 m	Pennine Alps
Alphubel Nordostgipfel	Switzerland	4128 m	Pennine Alps
Alphubel Nordgipfel	Switzerland	4116 m	Pennine Alps
Rimpfischhorn	Switzerland	4108 m	Pennine Alps
Aiguille Blanche de Peuterey	Italy	4107 m	Mont Blanc Massif
Pointe de l'Androsace	France, Italy	4107 m	Mont Blanc Massif
Aiguille Blanche de Peuterey	Italy	4104 m	Mont Blanc Massif
Dent Blanche	Switzerland	4097 m	Pennine Alps
Felikhorn	Italy	4093 m	Pennine Alps
Lenzspitze Großer Gendarm	Switzerland	4091 m	Pennine Alps
Wengen Jungfrau	Switzerland	4089 m	Bernese Alps
Combin de la Tsessette gendarme	Switzerland	4088 m	Pennine Alps
Pic Lory	France	4086 m	Dauphiné Alps
Dent d'Hérens Gendarme Crochu	Switzerland	4075 m	Pennine Alps
Pilier du Diable	France	4067 m	Mont Blanc Massif
Terzo pilastro del Col Maudit	France	4064 m	Pennine Alps
Pointe Bravais	France	4057 m	Mont Blanc Massif
Pic Eccles	Italy	4041 m	Mont Blanc Massif
Dent d'Hérens, L'Epaule	Italy, Switzerland	4040 m	Pennine Alps
Gendarme del Col Maudit	France	4032 m	Mont Blanc Massif
Il Roc	Italy	4026 m	Graian Alps
Pointe Eveline	France	4026 m	Mont Blanc Massif
Pointe Croux	France	4023 m	Mont Blanc Massif
La Spedla / Punta Perrucchetti	Italy, Switzerland	4020 m	Bernina Range
L'Epaule	Switzerland	4017 m	Pennine Alps
Piton des Italiens	France, Italy	4003 m	Mont Blanc Massif

Number of Alpine four-thousanders and distribution

Since no exact and formal definition of a 'mountain' exists, the number of 4000-metre summits is arbitrary. The topographic prominence is an important factor to decide the official nomination of a summit. The 'Official list' proposed by the UIAA is based not only on prominence but also on other criteria such as the morphology and mountaineering interest. Summits such as Punta Giordani or Mont Blanc de Courmayeur have much less than the 30 metres minimum prominence criterion but are included in the list because of the other criteria. In comparison, the official 14 eight-thousanders recognised by the UIAA have all a prominence of over 600 metres. A minimum prominence criterion of 300 metres would reduce the number of Alpine four-thousanders to only 29, whilst a prominence criterion of 100 metres would raise it to 49.
The table below gives the number of four-thousanders as a function of their minimum prominence.