A Ribu is a mountain with a topographic prominence of 1000 metres or more. According to Wikipedia, ‘prominence measures the height of a mountain or hill’s summit relative to the lowest contour line encircling it but containing no higher summit within it. It is a measure of the independence of a summit.’ There are approximately 7000 Ribus around the world. The latest count in January 2023 is 7051.
In due course, a free download of the entire list will be available from the site.
The World Ribus project began in 2020 after discussions between topographic prominence enthusiasts on the Baggers Without Borders (BwB) online forum, following the release of Andrew Kirmse’s worldwide prominence dataset based on Jonathan de Ferranti’s global 3″ DEM data. The original list of Ribus was conceived by Daniel Quinn and Dr Andy Dean in 2009 in Jakarta, Indonesia as part of the Gunung Bagging non-profit initiative. It covered Indonesia, Malaysia and Timor Leste (East Timor). Indeed, the word ‘ribu’ means ‘thousand’ in Indonesian/Bahasa Indonesia.
A sub-Ribu is a peak with a prominence of between 990 metres and 999 metres and therefore fails to quality as a Ribu by ten metres or less. This sub-list will be published later as an appendix to the main list. At the most recent count in January 2023, there are – very approximately – around 200 sub-Ribus.
The web-app and database was designed by Oscar Argudo. A full list of country editors and acknowledgements is coming soon as various regional data is published. See below for links to the lists as the data becomes ready. Some editors – notably Jonathan de Ferranti, Jude Newton-Stock, Daniel Quinn and Rob Woodall – edited a wide range of countries. Therefore the table below is a simplified explanation of the people primarily involved for each country or territory. It may yet be amended further.
The ‘High Asia‘ list of peaks over 5800m by Eberhard Jurgalski for viewfinderpanoramas was a key source of well-researched data to cross check with other sources where available. More on sources will be published on regional pages in due course.
| Country or territory | Editor(s) |
| Afghanistan | Daniel Patrick Quinn |
| Albania | Daniel Patrick Quinn, Nikolaus Żuliński |
| Algeria | Jude Newton-Stock, Andy Tomkins |
| Angola | Jude Newton-Stock |
| Antarctica | Jonathan de Ferranti, Keith Bennett |
| Argentina | Keith Bennett, Daniel Patrick Quinn |
| Armenia | Mihai Giurgiulescu |
| Australia | Jude Newton-Stock, Daniel Patrick Quinn |
| Austria | Daniel Patrick Quinn, Nikolaus Żuliński |
| Azerbaijan | Mihai Giurgiulescu |
| Bhutan | Daniel Patrick Quinn |
| Bolivia | Oscar Argudo, Daniel Patrick Quinn |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Daniel Patrick Quinn, Nikolaus Żuliński |
| Brazil | Daniel Patrick Quinn |
| Bulgaria | Mihai Giurgiulescu |
| Cambodia | Daniel Patrick Quinn |
| Cameroon | Jude Newton-Stock |
| Canada | Steven Song, Chris Hood, Rob Woodall, Daniel Patrick Quinn |
| Cape Verde | Daniel Patrick Quinn |
| Chad | Jude Newton-Stock |
| Chile | Keith Bennett, Daniel Patrick Quinn, Alvaro Vivanca |
| China | Mark Trengrove, Min He |
| Colombia | Daniel Patrick Quinn |
| Comoros | Jude Newton-Stock, Daniel Patrick Quinn |
| Congo DRC | Rob Woodall |
| Costa Rica | Daniel Patrick Quinn |
| Côte d’Ivoire | Jude Newton-Stock |
| Croatia | Daniel Patrick Quinn |
| Cuba | Daniel Patrick Quinn |
| Cyprus | Daniel Patrick Quinn |
| Czech Republic | Mark Trengrove |
| Djibouti | Jude Newton-Stock, Daniel Patrick Quinn |
| Dominica | Daniel Patrick Quinn |
| Dominican Republic | Daniel Patrick Quinn |
| Ecuador | Daniel Patrick Quinn |
| Egypt | Jude Newton-Stock, Daniel Patrick Quinn |
| El Salvador | Daniel Patrick Quinn |
| Equatorial Guinea | Jude Newton-Stock |
| Eritrea | Jude Newton-Stock, Daniel Patrick Quinn |
| Ethiopia | Jude Newton-Stock, Daniel Patrick Quinn |
| Fiji | Daniel Patrick Quinn |
| France | Oscar Argudo |
| French Polynesia | Jude Newton-Stock, Daniel Patrick Quinn |
| French Southern Lands | Jude Newton-Stock, Daniel Patrick Quinn |
| Georgia | Mihai Giurgiulescu |
| Germany | Mark Trengrove, Daniel Patrick Quinn |
| Greece | Mark Trengrove, Daniel Patrick Quinn, Nikolaus Żuliński |
| Greenland | Jonathan de Ferranti |
| Guadeloupe | Daniel Patrick Quinn |
| Guatemala | Daniel Patrick Quinn |
| Guinea | Jude Newton-Stock |
| Guyana | Daniel Patrick Quinn |
| Haiti | Daniel Patrick Quinn |
| Heard and McDonald Islands | Jude Newton-Stock, Daniel Patrick Quinn |
| Honduras | Daniel Patrick Quinn |
| Iceland | Petter Bjørstad |
| India | Daniel Patrick Quinn |
| Indonesia | Daniel Patrick Quinn |
| Iran | Daniel Patrick Quinn, Mihai Giurgiulescu |
| Iraq | Daniel Patrick Quinn |
| Ireland | Mark Trengrove |
| Italy | Daniel Patrick Quinn, Nikolaus Żuliński, Rob Woodall |
| Jamaica | Daniel Patrick Quinn |
| Jan Mayen | Petter Bjørstad |
| Japan | Rob Woodall |
| Kazakhstan | Daniel Patrick Quinn |
| Kenya | Rob Woodall |
| Korea, North | Daniel Patrick Quinn |
| Korea, South | Daniel Patrick Quinn |
| Kosovo | Daniel Patrick Quinn, Nikolaus Żuliński |
| Kuwait | Daniel Patrick Quinn |
| Kyrgyzstan | Daniel Patrick Quinn |
| Laos | Daniel Patrick Quinn |
| Lebanon | Daniel Patrick Quinn |
| Lesotho | Jude Newton-Stock |
| Liberia | Jude Newton-Stock |
| Libya | Jude Newton-Stock |
| Madagascar | Daniel Patrick Quinn |
| Malawi | Jude Newton-Stock |
| Malaysia | Daniel Patrick Quinn |
| Martinique | Daniel Patrick Quinn |
| Mexico | Daniel Patrick Quinn |
| Mongolia | Daniel Patrick Quinn |
| Montenegro | Daniel Patrick Quinn, Nikolaus Żuliński |
| Morocco | Andy Tomkins |
| Mozambique | Jude Newton-Stock |
| Myanmar | Daniel Patrick Quinn |
| Namibia | Jude Newton-Stock |
| Nepal | Daniel Patrick Quinn |
| New Caledonia | Jude Newton-Stock, Daniel Patrick Quinn |
| New Zealand | Jude Newton-Stock, Daniel Patrick Quinn |
| Nicaragua | Daniel Patrick Quinn |
| Niger | Jude Newton-Stock |
| Nigeria | Jude Newton-Stock |
| North Macedonia | Daniel Patrick Quinn, Nikolaus Żuliński |
| Norway | Petter Bjørstad |
| Oman | Daniel Patrick Quinn |
| Pakistan | Daniel Patrick Quinn |
| Panama | Daniel Patrick Quinn |
| Papua New Guinea | Jude Newton-Stock, Daniel Patrick Quinn |
| Peru | Daniel Patrick Quinn |
| Philippines, The | Daniel Patrick Quinn |
| Poland | Mark Trengrove |
| Portugal | Mark Trengrove |
| Puerto Rico | Daniel Patrick Quinn |
| Réunion | Jude Newton-Stock, Daniel Patrick Quinn |
| Romania | Mihai Giurgiulescu |
| Russia | Keith Bennett, Daniel Patrick Quinn |
| Rwanda | Rob Woodall |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | Jude Newton-Stock, Daniel Patrick Quinn |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | Daniel Patrick Quinn |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Daniel Patrick Quinn |
| Samoa | Jude Newton-Stock, Daniel Patrick Quinn |
| Sao Tome and Principe | Jude Newton-Stock, Rob Woodall |
| Saudi Arabia | Daniel Patrick Quinn |
| Serbia | Daniel Patrick Quinn |
| Sierra Leone | Jude Newton-Stock |
| Slovakia | Mark Trengrove, Nikolaus Żuliński |
| Slovenia | Daniel Patrick Quinn, Nikolaus Żuliński |
| Solomon Islands | Daniel Patrick Quinn |
| Somalia | Jude Newton-Stock, Daniel Patrick Quinn |
| South Africa | Jude Newton-Stock |
| South Georgia | Keith Bennett, Jonathan de Ferranti |
| South Sudan | Rob Woodall |
| Spain | Oscar Argudo |
| Sri Lanka | Daniel Patrick Quinn |
| Sudan | Andy Tomkins, Jude Newton-Stock |
| Suriname | Daniel Patrick Quinn |
| Svalbard | Petter Bjørstad |
| Sweden | Petter Bjørstad |
| Switzerland | Daniel Patrick Quinn, Nikolaus Żuliński |
| Syria | Daniel Patrick Quinn |
| Taiwan | Mark Trengrove |
| Tajikistan | Daniel Patrick Quinn |
| Tanzania | Rob Woodall |
| Thailand | Daniel Patrick Quinn |
| Timor-Leste (East Timor) | Daniel Patrick Quinn |
| Tonga | Daniel Patrick Quinn |
| Turkey | Rob Woodall |
| Turkmenistan | Daniel Patrick Quinn |
| Uganda | Rob Woodall |
| Ukraine | Mihai Giurgiulescu |
| United Kingdom | Mark Trengrove |
| USA | Daniel Patrick Quinn, Rob Woodall |
| Uzbekistan | Daniel Patrick Quinn |
| Vanuatu | Daniel Patrick Quinn |
| Venezuela | Daniel Patrick Quinn |
| Vietnam | Daniel Patrick Quinn |
| Yemen | Daniel Patrick Quinn |
| Zimbabwe | Jude Newton-Stock |