Overall a very good list, although you've made a few minor geographical errors considering the exact border of Europe.
Converntion usually outlines Europe as follows: Mid-Atlantic ridge to strait of Gibraltar following the 36th parallel, through the Mediterranean, Aegean and Marmara basin up to the Bosphorus. It then follows the Black sea up to the Caucasus watershed, which it follows to the Caspian sea. North of the Caspian Sea, the tradional boundary of Europe follows the Ural river, up to the Ural watershed which it follows up to the Arctic Ocean. Physically, Novaja Zemlja, Franz Josef Land, the Azores and Ísland would be on the border of Europe and Asia, or respectively, Europe and North America, but in convention these four archipelagos are considered to be part of Europe.
This would mean the following:
-The HP of Portugal becomes Ponta do Pico in the Azores
-Both Cyprus and Armenia disappear from the list, as the both aren't in Europe.
-Neither is Georgia and Azerbaijan for more than 80%, but their HP's are on the Caucasus crest, which marks the border of Europe and Asia
-There is a need for a new HP of Kazakhstan in here, because 11% of Kazakh territory lies within Europe. (west of the R. Ural)
Another definition is to use the political defintion of "Europe", which is used by the Council of Europe, which is a lot easier.
In this case, the changes would be:
-Portugal: Ponta do Pico
-Spain: Pico de Teide
-Turkey: Ararat
-Cyprus and Armenia can stay.
-Kazakhstan: Khan Tengri (I know it doesn't sound right, you might want to leave Kazakhstan out all together)
I will update this page soon attending part of your remarks. At the moment I am a little bit busy with some other bussines. Be patient and thanks your these remarks.
This is a very informative list! However, I agree with "jck" that links to the SP pages of each HP would be a considerable improvement. Regardless, it is still a great idea!
John Climber - Sep 12, 2007 9:08 am - Hasn't voted
Re: Great idea! But...
rpace,
Thanks for your suggestions. I was already planning to make those links. I am only needing a little bit of time...and I will make those links. Thank you for your vote and comments.
Great idea of a page but still needs some updates.
I strongly support the suggestion made before - add links to the mountain pages on SP!
The highest point of Montenegro is actually not Bobotov Kuk but Kolac (Kolata) - I'm not sure if it's on the border with Albania or whole in Montenegro.
The highest point of Serbia - Djeravica - has a page that I made some time ago. It would be nice if you added those pages and some other missing ones as 'children' to your list (and I repeat myself - add links to the table! :-)
Kosovo recently declared independence from Serbia but it's all very controversial... The highest point of Serbia without Kosovo would be Midžor. But maybe we should wait with this issue on SP...
1) Some of the Peaks like Maglic, Musala and others have sections for them on SP so if you have time you can link them in your list.
2) Olympus is the name of the highest mountain in Greece, the name of the highest peak is Mytikas.
3) Djeravica is currently the highest peak of Kosovo(although there is a dispute recently whether a peak called Great Rudoka is 2m higher than Djeravica), the highest of Serbia is Midzur which is located on the border with Bulgaria.
4)If you want I could send you photos of some of the smaller peaks like Denmark's, Estonia's and others I've been to which are showing without any picture on the list.
John Climber - Oct 6, 2006 6:33 am - Hasn't voted
Re: Liechtenstein High PointI missed that. I'll create a photo link to it (like the others).Thanks!
Proterra - Jan 15, 2007 1:37 pm - Hasn't voted
A few remarksOverall a very good list, although you've made a few minor geographical errors considering the exact border of Europe.
Converntion usually outlines Europe as follows: Mid-Atlantic ridge to strait of Gibraltar following the 36th parallel, through the Mediterranean, Aegean and Marmara basin up to the Bosphorus. It then follows the Black sea up to the Caucasus watershed, which it follows to the Caspian sea. North of the Caspian Sea, the tradional boundary of Europe follows the Ural river, up to the Ural watershed which it follows up to the Arctic Ocean. Physically, Novaja Zemlja, Franz Josef Land, the Azores and Ísland would be on the border of Europe and Asia, or respectively, Europe and North America, but in convention these four archipelagos are considered to be part of Europe.
This would mean the following:
-The HP of Portugal becomes Ponta do Pico in the Azores
-Both Cyprus and Armenia disappear from the list, as the both aren't in Europe.
-Neither is Georgia and Azerbaijan for more than 80%, but their HP's are on the Caucasus crest, which marks the border of Europe and Asia
-There is a need for a new HP of Kazakhstan in here, because 11% of Kazakh territory lies within Europe. (west of the R. Ural)
Another definition is to use the political defintion of "Europe", which is used by the Council of Europe, which is a lot easier.
In this case, the changes would be:
-Portugal: Ponta do Pico
-Spain: Pico de Teide
-Turkey: Ararat
-Cyprus and Armenia can stay.
-Kazakhstan: Khan Tengri (I know it doesn't sound right, you might want to leave Kazakhstan out all together)
Cheers,
Clint.
John Climber - Feb 8, 2007 3:39 pm - Hasn't voted
Re: A few remarksLeviathan,
I will update this page soon attending part of your remarks. At the moment I am a little bit busy with some other bussines. Be patient and thanks your these remarks.
rpace - Jul 31, 2007 12:36 pm - Voted 9/10
Great idea! But...This is a very informative list! However, I agree with "jck" that links to the SP pages of each HP would be a considerable improvement. Regardless, it is still a great idea!
John Climber - Sep 12, 2007 9:08 am - Hasn't voted
Re: Great idea! But...rpace,
Thanks for your suggestions. I was already planning to make those links. I am only needing a little bit of time...and I will make those links. Thank you for your vote and comments.
peterbud - Jan 8, 2008 11:30 am - Hasn't voted
KékesThere's one pic about Kékes in Hungary on SP here
kamil - Feb 28, 2008 6:29 am - Hasn't voted
Hola John,Great idea of a page but still needs some updates.
I strongly support the suggestion made before - add links to the mountain pages on SP!
The highest point of Montenegro is actually not Bobotov Kuk but Kolac (Kolata) - I'm not sure if it's on the border with Albania or whole in Montenegro.
The highest point of Serbia - Djeravica - has a page that I made some time ago. It would be nice if you added those pages and some other missing ones as 'children' to your list (and I repeat myself - add links to the table! :-)
Kosovo recently declared independence from Serbia but it's all very controversial... The highest point of Serbia without Kosovo would be Midžor. But maybe we should wait with this issue on SP...
cheers,
kamil
SzaniUherkovich - Aug 30, 2009 2:00 pm - Hasn't voted
Re: Hola John,Kosovo is already acknowledged by many countries, and also de facto it is independent
SzaniUherkovich - Aug 30, 2009 1:58 pm - Hasn't voted
Mátra and KékesThere is a SP page about Kékes - the highpoint of Hungary. I think you should update this list with it.
John Climber - Dec 23, 2009 2:05 pm - Hasn't voted
Re: Mátra and KékesHello,
I am currently updating the page of the Europe's highpoints with your suggestions and the others written in this tread.
Thank you for the information
bobbyfm - Oct 4, 2016 11:51 am - Hasn't voted
UpdatesHi, I noticed a few things that could be updated:
1) Some of the Peaks like Maglic, Musala and others have sections for them on SP so if you have time you can link them in your list.
2) Olympus is the name of the highest mountain in Greece, the name of the highest peak is Mytikas.
3) Djeravica is currently the highest peak of Kosovo(although there is a dispute recently whether a peak called Great Rudoka is 2m higher than Djeravica), the highest of Serbia is Midzur which is located on the border with Bulgaria.
4)If you want I could send you photos of some of the smaller peaks like Denmark's, Estonia's and others I've been to which are showing without any picture on the list.