(Page updated 31st January 2025)
What is a ‘Ribu’?
A Ribu (pronounced ree-boo) is a mountain with a topographic prominence of 1000 metres or more. 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 method used to determine the independence of a summit. There are 7149 Ribus around the world.
A free download of the entire list is available on this page.
The Project
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 from 2017 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 and Malay.
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 bonus list of near misses is also available as an appendix to the main list. At the most recent count in January 2025, there are around 228 sub-Ribus.
Custodian of the Ribus list and manager of this site is Daniel Quinn who can be contacted via email to dan@gunung.org. He is available for presentations about the Ribus project both online and in person.
Project Adviser is Alan Dawson.
Thanks also to Deividas Valaitis for database management.
The Database and Editors
The editors’ web-app and Ribu database was designed by Oscar Argudo. During the main project (2019-2024) many editors were involved and their names are listed at the bottom of this page. Some editors – notably Jonathan de Ferranti, Jude N, 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.
Andrew Kirmse released an updated database of world mountains in January 2023 based on GLO30 and we cross-checked the then-database with his findings. We also made great use of the ‘High Asia‘ list which comprises peaks over 5800m researched by Eberhard Jurgalski for viewfinderpanoramas. It’s a key source of well-researched data to cross check with other sources where available.
We have also incorporated some FABDEM figures into the database. FABDEM is a ‘bare earth terrain model’ with buildings and vegetation (i.e. forest) removed based on AI / machine learning techniques which claims to offer improved accuracy.
Since 2024, Andrew Kirmse has also been working on updating Peakbagger pages with Lidar data, particularly mountains in North America and Europe. Relevant sections of this work was incorporated into the World Ribus database in early 2025. More information on sources and methods will be published here as new sources and methods are utilised.
Regional Divisions
This website uses regional divisions based on Level 1 and Level 2 of PEMRACS – the Peakbagger.com Mountain Range Classification System. It’s a consistent, hierarchical database with a focus on topography (i.e. mountain ranges) rather than political divisions. One of the many benefits of this method is that no single peak appears in two lists; most other systems for making regional divisions are based on international borders and numerous peaks lie exactly on those borders. However we chose to divide the Andes into north and south using groups of Level 3 PEMRACS regions because grouping well over 700 peaks together on a single page was less than ideal. Having Asia divided into west and east is also much easier for navigation.
International Boundaries
Country boundaries and listings on this website are taken from Natural Earth data. Where used, three-letter country codes are taken from the ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 codes list with minor additions where necessary.
Editors Past and Present
Specific editors who worked on the World Ribus project prior to publication of ‘The Relative Mountains of Earth’ in 2024 are listed below. Since late 2024, everyone is welcome to join the community and contribute to the continuing improvement of data accuracy by proposing updates here.
| Country or territory | Editor(s) |
| Afghanistan | Daniel Patrick Quinn |
| Albania | Daniel Patrick Quinn, Nikolaus Żuliński |
| Algeria | Jude N, Andy Tomkins |
| Angola | Jude N |
| Antarctica | Jonathan de Ferranti, Keith Bennett |
| Argentina | Keith Bennett, Daniel Patrick Quinn |
| Armenia | Mihai Giurgiulescu |
| Australia | Jude N, 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 N |
| Canada | Steven Song, Chris Hood, Rob Woodall, Daniel Patrick Quinn |
| Cape Verde | Daniel Patrick Quinn |
| Chad | Jude N |
| Chile | Keith Bennett, Daniel Patrick Quinn, Alvaro Vivanca |
| China | Mark Trengove, Min He, Leibo Zhu |
| Colombia | Daniel Patrick Quinn |
| Comoros | Jude N, Daniel Patrick Quinn |
| Congo DRC | Rob Woodall |
| Costa Rica | Daniel Patrick Quinn |
| Côte d’Ivoire | Jude N |
| Croatia | Daniel Patrick Quinn |
| Cuba | Daniel Patrick Quinn |
| Cyprus | Daniel Patrick Quinn |
| Czech Republic | Mark Trengove |
| Djibouti | Jude N, Daniel Patrick Quinn |
| Dominica | Daniel Patrick Quinn |
| Dominican Republic | Daniel Patrick Quinn |
| Ecuador | Daniel Patrick Quinn |
| Egypt | Jude N, Daniel Patrick Quinn |
| El Salvador | Daniel Patrick Quinn |
| Equatorial Guinea | Jude N |
| Eritrea | Jude N, Daniel Patrick Quinn |
| Ethiopia | Jude N, Daniel Patrick Quinn |
| Fiji | Daniel Patrick Quinn |
| France | Oscar Argudo |
| French Polynesia | Jude N, Daniel Patrick Quinn |
| French Southern Lands | Jude N, Daniel Patrick Quinn |
| Georgia | Mihai Giurgiulescu |
| Germany | Mark Trengove, Daniel Patrick Quinn |
| Greece | Mark Trengove, Daniel Patrick Quinn, Nikolaus Żuliński |
| Greenland | Jonathan de Ferranti |
| Guadeloupe | Daniel Patrick Quinn |
| Guatemala | Daniel Patrick Quinn |
| Guinea | Jude N |
| Guyana | Daniel Patrick Quinn |
| Haiti | Daniel Patrick Quinn |
| Heard and McDonald Islands | Jude N, 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 Trengove |
| 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 N |
| Liberia | Jude N |
| Libya | Jude N |
| Madagascar | Daniel Patrick Quinn |
| Malawi | Jude N |
| 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 N |
| Myanmar | Daniel Patrick Quinn |
| Namibia | Jude N |
| Nepal | Daniel Patrick Quinn |
| New Caledonia | Jude N, Daniel Patrick Quinn |
| New Zealand | Jude N, Daniel Patrick Quinn |
| Nicaragua | Daniel Patrick Quinn |
| Niger | Jude N |
| Nigeria | Jude N |
| 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 N, Daniel Patrick Quinn |
| Peru | Daniel Patrick Quinn |
| Philippines, The | Daniel Patrick Quinn |
| Poland | Mark Trengove |
| Portugal | Mark Trengove |
| Puerto Rico | Daniel Patrick Quinn |
| Réunion | Jude N, Daniel Patrick Quinn |
| Romania | Mihai Giurgiulescu |
| Russia | Keith Bennett, Daniel Patrick Quinn, Alan Dawson |
| Rwanda | Rob Woodall |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | Jude N, Daniel Patrick Quinn |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | Daniel Patrick Quinn |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Daniel Patrick Quinn |
| Samoa | Jude N, Daniel Patrick Quinn |
| Sao Tome and Principe | Jude N, Rob Woodall |
| Saudi Arabia | Daniel Patrick Quinn |
| Serbia | Daniel Patrick Quinn |
| Sierra Leone | Jude N |
| Slovakia | Mark Trengove, Nikolaus Żuliński |
| Slovenia | Daniel Patrick Quinn, Nikolaus Żuliński |
| Solomon Islands | Daniel Patrick Quinn |
| Somalia | Jude N, Daniel Patrick Quinn |
| South Africa | Jude N |
| South Georgia | Keith Bennett, Jonathan de Ferranti |
| South Sudan | Rob Woodall |
| Spain | Oscar Argudo |
| Sri Lanka | Daniel Patrick Quinn |
| Sudan | Andy Tomkins, Jude N |
| Suriname | Daniel Patrick Quinn |
| Svalbard | Petter Bjørstad |
| Sweden | Petter Bjørstad |
| Switzerland | Daniel Patrick Quinn, Nikolaus Żuliński |
| Syria | Daniel Patrick Quinn |
| Taiwan | Mark Trengove |
| 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, Daniel Patrick Quinn |
| United Kingdom | Mark Trengove |
| 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 N |