Talk:List of highest points of European countries

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I mentioned where Gora Ichka is written as Г. Ичка. The whole map is in Cyrillic but I can translate it if necessary. Its near the town of Krasnen'koje, written as Красненькое and about 10 kilometers from Tasqala back then known as Kamenka (Каменка). Its mapped as 259 meters, the highest hill in all must live.

Vatican City
As the Papal Palace at Castel Gandolfo has extraterritorial rights, isn't it the highest point of the Vatican City?? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.143.238.241 (talk) 11:09, 8 October 2009 (UTC)
 * That's generally considered property of the Vatican, but not sovereign Vatican territoryDLinth (talk) 21:28, 19 May 2011 (UTC)

Slættaratindur
I saw that while non-European dependancies will not be listed here, I'd like to ask about European ones. If they were to be included, then Slættaratindur in the Faroe Islands should be included as the hightest mountain in Denmark. (It is in the European part of the Kingdom of Denmark, but not Denmark proper, that one's Møllehøj as indicated). I'm asking here first before amending the article. Mulder1982 (talk) 14:09, 9 May 2013 (UTC)
 * This seems most logical. Indeed, e. g. England and the Faroese are not listed here, reasonably since they are not considered as "countries" in the sense of the list, but as parts of the United Kingdom and of Denmark, respectively. Thus, Slættaratindur definitely should be counted as a both a European and a Danish mountain, as regards this list.
 * However, I recommend that you also extend the footnote (1), about Denmark, and adds the information that Møllehøj is the highest (natural) mountain in "Danmark proper". (Possibly, you could also mention Yding Skovhøj in the footnote.)
 * Reasonably, the articles about Møllehøj on the various wikipedias sjould also mention the competition from the oversees constituends of Rigsfællesskabet. I did something similar for sv:Yding Skovhøj some years ago (i hope you find it appropriately worded). I do not remember why I didn't fix sv:Møllehøj at the same time. JoergenB (talk) 22:27, 22 May 2013 (UTC)

Added a second entry for Denmark - ranked N/A (3694 m - overall country's highest point). The second entry is similar to that of Kazakhstan (Tian Shan), Netherlands (Saba), Spain (Canary Islands), and Turkey (Ararat). The above claims for Slættaratindur deserve attention and discussion -Bobbylon (talk) 21:00, 23 March 2016 (UTC)

Mount Pico, Portugal
Mount Pico is in the Azores, a Portuguese autonomous region equivalent to the Canary Islands of Spain. Why is Mt Tiede in Tenerife worthy of a footnote pointing out that it is not on mainland Spain yet Mt Pico is not? Neither requires a footnote. 80.169.46.3 (talk) 10:48, 23 October 2013 (UTC)

Answer is simple - while Azores are part of Europe, the Canary and Madeira Islands are part of Africa. Cyprus also has its highest point entered with rank "N/A", since it is part of Asia. --Bobbylon (talk) 13:44, 3 November 2015 (UTC)

Added a second entry for Portugal - ranked N/A (1993 m - country's highest point within Mainland Europe). -Bobbylon (talk) 21:00, 23 March 2016 (UTC)

sorting
The rank column needs a sorting fix applied to it. Currently if you try to sort by rank you get 1, 10, 11, ... 2, 20, 21 ... etc, not 1, 2, 3, ... as desired. Thryduulf (talk) 00:12, 2 April 2014 (UTC)

I also found it hard to sort new entries by hand. It is left so probably because of the existing "N/A" rank entries, as well as the ones I just made - "16a" and 16b" for Kosovo. --Bobbylon (talk) 13:44, 3 November 2015 (UTC)

Mount Korab
Just to point out the peak of Mount Korab is shared by Macedonia and Albania. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.28.223.130 (talk) 16:12, 26 July 2014 (UTC)

Kosovo and Serbia
I don't want to get into an edit war but an unregistered editor (whose edits include this one) made an edit which created two entries for Serbia and removed the entry for Kosovo. I reverted this on the grounds that that did not make sense. The edit has been restored. I realize this is still a contentious issue for some, but the previous version had been stable for a long time and seems reasonable to me. Viewfinder (talk) 14:59, 16 July 2015 (UTC)

Here is what I did - changed ranks for Serbia and Kosovo as follows: Serbia is now ranked 25th for the shared highest peak with Bulgaria - 2169 m in Western Balkan Mountains. Kosovo has two entries - ranked 16a and 16b respectively. I entered these because of the existing controversy about the highest peak of the country. While Djeravica at 2656 m in Prokletije mountain is well within its borders, the claimed Great Rudoka (Rudoka e Madhe or Maja e Njerit) at 2658 m in Shar Mountains is on the border with Macedonia, and since the proclamation of independence and fixing of the borders between the two countries the summit is now at border stone number 8, making it the highest point of Kosovo. For more details see the discussion at List of mountains in Kosovo talk page. --Bobbylon (talk) 13:44, 3 November 2015 (UTC)

Cyprus
As the island of Cyprus is officially considered as part of Asia, should it still be ranked among countries with highest points within the geographical borders of Europe? I think not, so I ranked Cyprus with a N/A sign. -Bobbylon (talk) 21:00, 23 March 2016 (UTC)

Netherlands
Added a second entry for Netherlands - ranked N/A (887 m - overall country's highest point). The second entry is similar to that of Denmark (Greenland), Kazakhstan (Tian Shan), Spain (Canary Islands), and Turkey (Ararat). -Bobbylon (talk) 21:00, 23 March 2016 (UTC)

Spain
Added a second entry for Spain - ranked N/A (3718 m - overall country's highest point). The second entry is similar to that of Denmark (Greenland), Kazakhstan (Tian Shan), Netherlands (Saba), and Turkey (Ararat). -Bobbylon (talk) 21:00, 23 March 2016 (UTC)

Mulhacén mountain should be on this list with an altitude of 3,482 metres (11,424 ft), is the highest mountain in peninsular Spain and in all of the Iberian Peninsula. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 139.47.81.20 (talk) 23:01, 1 December 2022 (UTC)

Turkey
Its highest point in Europe is Mahya Dağı in Strandzha mountain (the mountain itself is shared with Bulgaria, but the highest point is entirely within Turkey). Its elevation of 1031 m ranks it 34th in the list. Added a second entry for Turkey - ranked N/A (5137 m - overall country's highest point). The second entry is similar to that of Denmark (Greenland), Kazakhstan (Tian Shan), Netherlands (Saba), and Spain (Canary Islands). -Bobbylon (talk) 21:00, 23 March 2016 (UTC)

Abkhasia, South Ossetia, Transnistria
Someone (User:Eylenbosch) added two other entries of partially recognized countries with highest points in Europe - Abkhasia and South Ossetia. I added a third - Transnistria - for completeness. I however do not know its highest point. Perhaps someone could help. I ranked all three entries in Italic to distinguish them from main entries. For more details see List of states with limited recognition. What do you think - do they deserve an entry in this list? -Bobbylon (talk) 21:00, 23 March 2016 (UTC)

Khan Tengri is NOT located in europe!!!
This is absolutely unbelievable that people here on Wikipedia can't even open a map for 2 seconds to see that this mountain is located in the east part of Kazakhstan on the border with China (!!!) So, why to stop on this??? You can even put Everest on list list - it also located in Asia... Someone need to stop this craziness. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.90.192.211 (talk) 21:41, 23 March 2016 (UTC)


 * Here is the link to the article about Europe: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe As you can see Khan Tengri is definitely not the part of Europe. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.90.192.211 (talk) 21:55, 23 March 2016 (UTC)


 * So aren't the highest points of Turkey, Spain, Denmark, and Netherlands. Cyprus is completely outside Europe, and Portugal's mainland highest point is lower than its insular one. These were all added only for comparison and further information for users (with a N/A rank mark). The true highest points within the geographical borders of the continent for the mentioned countries are listed as their official entries with a rank number. What is the problem with such a coexistence? Should these entries be moved to a separate extra table below? What happened to the official entry for Kazakhstan, West of Ural river, that I personally made? -Bobbylon (talk) 17:51, 19 May 2016 (UTC)

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Switzerland?
Why isn't Switzerland on the list? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.55.176.152 (talk) 05:39, 27 April 2019 (UTC)

Romania
Romania's highest peak in Moldoveanu peak (2544m). Negoiu peak, mentioned in this article, is the 2nd highest (2535m). 89.137.105.6 (talk) 20:10, 29 August 2021 (UTC)

Denmark
Why are we including a place in Denmark that isn't in Europe? Malcolmmwa (talk) 05:38, 2 April 2022 (UTC)

Nonsense!
What should be mean this wikipedia page, full of nonsense and mistakes?

All area of Kazakhstan is outside of Europe, the most of Turkey is outside of Europe, all Georgia is outside of Europe, Mt. Elbrus is also outside of Europe. From point of view of history and also contemporary time there is absolutly no culture associatian between Europe and Turkey or Kazachstan.

You should find some resources and read more about physiographical border of Europe, how they thought about it for example Romans.

First 4 countries should be deleted. This page is disinformation without resources!--Pimlico27 (talk) 22:22, 5 April 2022 (UTC)


 * You are deeply mistaken about Kazakhstan (at least 14% of the territories of this country near the Ural River, geographically belong to Eastern Europe). Before pointing out any errors, I recommend that you familiarize yourself with the object of criticism in more detail. About the lack of ties between Europe and Turkey (or vice versa), they made me laugh all the more.--178.70.234.131 (talk) 14:44, 21 July 2022 (UTC)

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Why Greenland and not South Georgia?
I don't understand the listing criteria...

Greenland isn't part of the European continent, same about Canary islands, although they belong to Spain. According the same theory we could add Mount Paget, 2935 m, as the highest point of the UK, although it's located in South Georgia, which is a British Overseas Territory.

62.10.218.32 (talk) 19:55, 14 January 2023 (UTC)

Italy
Italy should be on the list, either with Mont Blanc or Mont Blanc de Courmayeur. 2001:67C:10EC:5749:8000:0:0:4CC (talk) 16:45, 10 July 2023 (UTC)