Karakum Desert
| No | Peak | Country | Elevation (m) | Prominence (m) | Col (m) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gora Arlan |  Turkmenistan | 1,880 | 1,748 | 132 |
This is a list of the Ultra prominent peaks (with topographic prominence greater than 1,500 metres) in Central Asia. The list is divided topographically rather than politically. There are 75 in total; 21 in the Pamirs, 1 in the Karakum, 5 in the Alays, 24 in the Tian Shan and 24 in the Altai and Mongolia.
| No | Peak | Country | Elevation (m) | Prominence (m) | Col (m) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gora Arlan | Turkmenistan | 1,880 | 1,748 | 132 |
| No | Peak | Country | Elevation (m) | Prominence (m) | Col (m) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kongur Tagh |  China | 7,649 | 3,585 | 4064 |
| 2 | Ismoil Somoni Peak |  Tajikistan | 7,495 | 3,402 | 4093 |
| 3 | Chakragil | China | 6,760 | 2,934 | 3826 |
| 4 | Ibn Sina Peak |  Kyrgyzstan / Tajikistan | 7,134 | 2,790 | 4344 |
| 5 | Muztagh Ata | China | 7,509 | 2,698 | 4811 |
| 6 | Karl Marx Peak | Tajikistan | 6,723 | 2,693 | 4030 |
| 7 | Independence Peak | Tajikistan | 6,940 | 2,402 | 4538 |
| 8 | Pik Sat | Tajikistan | 5,900 | 2,302 | 3598 |
| 9 | Gora Kurumdy | Kyrgyzstan / Tajikistan/ China | 6,614 | 2,278 | 4336 |
| 10 | Kuh-i Belandtarin |  Afghanistan | 6,286 | 2,008 | 4278 |
| 11 | Soviet Officers Peak | Tajikistan | 6,233 | 1,982 | 4251 |
| 12 | Patkhor Peak | Tajikistan | 6,083 | 1,963 | 4120 |
| 13 | Gora Radzhi-Bek | Tajikistan | 5,735 | 1,940 | 3795 |
| 14 | Gora Imeni Fuchika | Tajikistan | 4,573 | 1,686 | 2887 |
| 15 | Lyavirdyr | China | 6,361 | 1,676 | 4685 |
| 16 | Peak Korzhenevskaya | Tajikistan | 7,105 | 1,650 | 5455 |
| 17 | Pik Agasis | Tajikistan | 5,877 | 1,597 | 4280 |
| 18 | HP Petra Pervogo Range | Tajikistan | 4,745 | 1,571 | 3174 |
| 19 | Qullai Arnavad | Tajikistan | 5,992 | 1,570 | 4422 |
| 20 | Point 5859 | Tajikistan | 5,859 | 1,569 | 4290 |
| 21 | Gora Bogchigir | Tajikistan | 5,780 | 1,508 | 4272 |
| No | Peak | Country | Elevation (m) | Prominence (m) | Col (m) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chimtarga | Tajikistan | 5,490 | 2,266 | 3224 |
| 2 | Pik Skalisty | Kyrgyzstan | 5,621 | 2,095 | 3526 |
| 3 | Pik MGU | Tajikistan | 5,418 | 1,825 | 3593 |
| 4 | Pik Tandykul | Tajikistan / Kyrgyzstan | 5,544 | 1,677 | 3867 |
| 5 | Ayrybaba | Turkmenistan /  Uzbekistan | 3,138 | 1,639 | 1498 |
| No | Peak | Country | Elevation (m) | Prominence (m) | Col (m) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jengish Chokusu | Kyrgyzstan / China | 7,439 | 4,148 | 3291 |
| 2 | Bogda Feng | China | 5,445 | 4,122 | 1323 |
| 3 | Sauyr Zhotasy |  Kazakhstan / China | 3,840 | 3,252 | 588 |
| 4 | Tomort | China | 4,886 | 3,243 | 1643 |
| 5 | Snow Lotus Peak | China | 6,627 | 3,068 | 3559 |
| 6 | Pik Talgar | Kazakhstan | 4,979 | 2,982 | 1997 |
| 7 | Pik Dankova | Kyrgyzstan | 5,982 | 2,675 | 3307 |
| 8 | Heyuan Feng | China | 5,289 | 2,616 | 2673 |
| 9 | Gora Alagordy | Kazakhstan / China | 4,622 | 2,480 | 2142 |
| 10 | Kertau | China | 3,282 | 2,365 | 917 |
| 11 | Semenov-Tian-Shansky Peak | Kyrgyzstan | 4,895 | 2,231 | 2664 |
| 12 | Barkol Shan | China | 4,300 | 2,083 | 2217 |
| 13 | Muzart | China | 6,571 | 1,822 | 4749 |
| 14 | HP Borohoro Shan | China | 5,248 | 1,871 | 3377 |
| 15 | Point 4800 | China | 4,800 | 1,796 | 3004 |
| 16 | Koktutau | China | 5,324 | 1,737 | 3587 |
| 17 | Temerliktau | China | 3,730 | 1,718 | 2012 |
| 18 | Gora Babash-Ata | Kyrgyzstan | 4,428 | 1,708 | 2720 |
| 19 | Yanamax | China | 6,357 | 1,702 | 4655 |
| 20 | Dahei Shan | China | 3,963 | 1,692 | 2271 |
| 21 | Khan Tengri | Kazakhstan / Kyrgyzstan | 7,010 | 1,685 | 5310 |
| 22 | Gora Tastau | Kazakhstan | 2,993 | 1,679 | 1314 |
| 23 | Soviet Constitution Peak | Kyrgyzstan | 5,281 | 1,673 | 3608 |
| 24 | Point 5716 | China | 5,716 | 1,646 | 4070 |
| 25 | Point 5318 | Kyrgyzstan | 5,318 | 1,563 | 3755 |
| 25 | Bozbu Too | Kyrgyzstan | 2,875 | 1,529 | 1346 |
| 26 | Gora Boboiob | Tajikistan | 3,770 | 1,502 | 2268 |
| No | Peak | Country | Elevation (m) | Prominence (m) | Col (m) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Belukha Mountain | Kazakhstan /  Russia | 4,506 | 3,343 | 1163 |
| 2 | Jargalant Hairhan |  Mongolia | 3,796 | 2,353 | 1443 |
| 3 | Khüiten Peak | China / Mongolia | 4,374 | 2,342 | 2023 |
| 4 | Otgontenger | Mongolia | 4,000 | 2,259 | 1741 |
| 5 | Aj Bogd | Mongolia | 3,802 | 2,132 | 1670 |
| 6 | Dunheger | China / Mongolia | 3,315 | 2,075 | 1240 |
| 7 | Ikh Bogd | Mongolia | 3,957 | 1,979 | 1978 |
| 8 | Mönkh Hairhan | Mongolia | 4,231 | 1,860 | 2371 |
| 9 | Harhiraa | Mongolia | 4,040 | 1,808 | 2232 |
| 10 | Maasheybash | Russia | 4,177 | 1,806 | 2371 |
| 11 | Sutai | Mongolia | 4,220 | 1,787 | 2433 |
| 12 | Tsambagarav | Mongolia | 4,193 | 1,757 | 2436 |
| 13 | Hasagt Hairhan | Mongolia | 3,578 | 1,749 | 1829 |
| 14 | Baga Bogd | Mongolia | 3,600 | 1,725 | 1875 |
| 15 | Altan Hohiy | Mongolia | 3,350 | 1,687 | 1663 |
| 16 | Gora Mungun-Tayga | Russia | 3,970 | 1,685 | 2285 |
| 17 | Bumbag Khairkhan | Mongolia | 3,470 | 1,664 | 1806 |
| 18 | Türgen | Mongolia | 4,029 | 1,594 | 2435 |
| 19 | Mönkh Saridag | Russia / Mongolia | 3,491 | 1,578 | 1913 |
| 20 | Dzhata | China | 3,085 | 1,560 | 1525 |
| 21 | Baatar Khairkhan | Mongolia | 3,984 | 1,541 | 2443 |
| 22 | Pik Grandioznyy | Russia | 2,891 | 1,529 | 1362 |
| 23 | Dund Saihny Nuruu | Mongolia | 2,825 | 1,526 | 1299 |
| 24 | HP Khrebet Baldyrgannyg | Mongolia | 2,522 | 1,509 | 1013 |
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