Most isolated major summits of Europe

The most isolated major summits of Europe by topographic isolation are located in the European continent and its tectonic and geographic boundaries. This includes major mountain peaks of fold and fault-block mountains, and also volcanoes, located not only in the European Mainland, but also those located on lands and islands on the limits of Europe, like the North Atlantic Ocean islands of the Azores and Iceland, the Arctic Ocean islands of Jan Mayen, Svalbard archipelago and Novaya Zemlya archipelago, the Mediterranean island of Sicily, the Ural Mountains, and Mount Elbrus. The last mentioned is HP of the transboundary Caucasus Mountains and Greater Caucasus region, but as a geologically separate stratovolcano, it is entirely laying in Europe (and Russia), 20 km north of the main ridge of the Greater Caucasus, considered as the one that is forming the limits of Europe. The definition excludes island clearly lying on the African Plate and outside the geographic limits of Europe, like the Canaries and Madeira. The active volcano of Mount Etna is somehow on, or just outside the boundaries of the Eurasian Plate, resting on the subduction boundary where the African tectonic plate is being pushed under the Eurasian plate, but geographically is part of Europe, and is also included in the Top 10 lists.

List by topographic isolation of major peaks with elevation of more than 2,500m

 * 1) Mont Blanc, Graian Alps - 2812 km; elevation 4810 m
 * 2) Elbrus volcano, Western Caucasus - 2469.9 km; elevation 5642 m
 * 3) Mount Etna volcano, Island of Sicily - 998.79 km; elevation 3323 m
 * 4) Musala, Rila-Rhodope massif - 810 km; elevation 2925 m
 * 5) Mulhacén, Penibaetic System - 526.3 km; elevation 3479 m
 * 6) Gerlachovský štít, Tatra Mountains - 510 km; elevation 2655 m
 * 7) Aneto, Pyrenees Mountains - 507.5 km; elevation 3404 m
 * 8) Corno Grande, Apennine Mountains - 445.3 km; elevation 2912 m
 * 9) Moldoveanu Peak, Southern Carpathians - 387.1 km; elevation 2544 m
 * 10) Torre Cerredo, Cantabrian Mountains - 346.5 km; elevation 2648 m

List by topographic isolation of major peaks with elevation of more than 2,000m

 * 1)  Mont Blanc, Western Alps - 2812 km; elevation 4810 m
 * 2) Elbrus volcano, Caucasus Mountains - 2469.9 km; elevation 5642 m
 * 3) Galdhøpiggen, Scandinavian Peninsula - 1568.3 km; elevation 2469 m
 * 4) Montanha do Pico volcano, Azores islands - 1451.3 km; elevation 2351 m
 * 5) Mount Etna volcano, Island of Sicily - 998.79 km; elevation 3323 m
 * 6) Musala, Balkan Peninsula - 810 km; elevation 2925 m
 * 7) Kebnekaise, Scandinavian Peninsula - 756.7 km; elevation 2106 m
 * 8) Hvannadalshnúkur, Öræfajökull volcano Iceland - 714.9 km; elevation 2110 m
 * 9) Beerenberg volcano, Jan Mayen island - 596.4 km; elevation 2277 m
 * 10) Mulhacén, Iberian Peninsula - 526.3 km; elevation 3479 m

List by topographic isolation of major peaks with elevation of more than 1,500m

 * 1) Mont Blanc, Alps - 2812 km; elevation 4810 m
 * 2) Elbrus volcano, Greater Caucasus - 2469.9 km; elevation 5642 m
 * 3) Mount Narodnaya, Prepolar Ural Mountains - 1835.4 km; elevation 1894 m
 * 4) Galdhøpiggen, Scandinavian Peninsula - 1568.3 km; elevation 2469 m
 * 5) Montanha do Pico volcano, Azores islands - 1451.3 km; elevation 2351 m
 * 6) Mount Yamantau, Southern Ural Mountains - 1150.7 km; elevation 1640 m
 * 7) Mount Kruzenshtern, Novaya Zemlya archipelago - 1077.4 km; elevation 1547 m
 * 8) Mount Etna volcano, Island of Sicily - 998.79 km; elevation 3323 m
 * 9) Musala, Southeast Europe - 810 km; elevation 2925 m
 * 10) Kebnekaise, Scandinavian Peninsula - 756.7 km; elevation 2106 m