Worldwide Ribus

Since 2019, a group of mountain lovers scattered across the globe have been putting together a list of all the Ribus in the world, with information such as name, elevation and prominence. There are 7151. A first edition of the list is now available on the World Ribus website and in The Relative Mountains of Earth: The Ribus (Pedantic Press, 2024).

If you would like to work out how many Ribus you have climbed elsewhere in the world, or check if a favourite peak is indeed a Ribu, simply consult the World Ribus website to see if the peak has been confirmed as a Ribu andor purchase the official publication via Pedantic Press.

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 is published as an appendix to the main list. At the most recent count in December 2025, there are 225 Sub-Ribus.

Background and history: According to Andrew Kirmse‘s excellent Fusion Table in 2017 covering all peaks in the world down to a prominence of 300 feet (!), there were approximately 6637 Ribus globally. His improved and revised list using GLO-30 DEM (Digital Elevation Model) in 2023 gave a figure of 6842. Because the current methods for obtaining elevation data remain imprecise, checking these one-by-one is necessary in order to produce the best quality list. The latest count by the World Ribus project (see below) in December 2025 is 7151. Those identified include 9 in Taiwan, 66 in The Philippines, 14 in Australia (including 3 in Tasmania) and 81 in New Zealand (including 4 on the North Island). For the complete list, please consult the publication The Relative Mountains of Earth: The Ribus (Pedantic Press, 2024).

A small team of three is now working on Ribu analyses of planetary bodies beyond Earth. We completed and released the database of Lunar Ribus (Ribus on the Moon) in February 2026. There are 3670 Lunar Ribus, and none have been climbed yet! This database is the first comprehensive list of mountains beyond Earth using an objective criterion. Martian Ribus and others will be coming soon…