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The Highest

There are over 100 countries in Europe, with various degrees of independence.
All culminate in a highest peak or point ...

My targets sorted as to altitude in descending order:


 Serial number  Country  Mountain  Height (m)
 1  Russia  West summit of Elbrus  5642
 2  Turkey  Ararat  5156
 3  North-Ossetia  Kazbek  5047
 4  France  Montblanc  4808
 5  Italy  Monte Bianco or Montblanc de Courmayeur or border break-off point near the upper end of the Bosses crest?  4808 or
 4748 or
 4760
 6  Switzerland  Dufourspitze  4633.6
 7  Chechnya  Tebulosmt'a  4492,6
 8  Dagestan  Bazardjuzju  4466
 9  Ingushetia  Gora Shan  4451
 10  Aosta Valley  Gran Paradiso  4061
 11  South Tyrolia  Ortler  3905
 12  Austria  Großglockner  3798
 13  Canarian Isles  Pico del Teide  3716
 14  Greenland  Gunnbjørn Fjell  3693.65
 15  Spain  Mulhacén  3482
 16  Sicily  Etna  3350
 17  Ladinia  Marmolada  3342
 18 Customs-exempt zone of  Livigno  Piz Paradisin  3302
 19 Customs-exempt zone of Samnaun  Muttler  3294
 20  Republic of Adygèa  Chugush  3238.2
 21  Catalonia  Pica d'Estats  3143
 22  Germany  Zugspitze  2963
 23  Andorra  Pic Alt de la Coma Pedrosa  2942
 24  South Georgia  Mt. Paget  2934
 25  Bulgaria  Musala  2925
 26  Greece  Mytikas on Olympos  2917
 27  Slovenia  Triglav  2863
 28  Bosco Gurin  Wandfluhhorn  2856
 29  Friaul/Julian Venetia  Monte Coglians  2788
 30  Albania and Makedonia  Maja e Korabit / Golem Korab
 2747
 31  Corsica  Monte Cinto  2706
 32  Kosovo  Đeravica  2656
 33  Slovakia  Gerlachovský Stít  2654,4
 34  Liechtenstein  Vorder Grauspitz  2599
 35  Romania  Moldoveanu  2544
 36 Customs-exempt zones of Kleinwalsertal and Jungholz  Großer Widderstein / Sorgschrofen 2536 / 1638
 37  Montenegro  Zla Kolata in the Prokletije chain
 2534
 38  Poland  Rysy II  2499
 39  Norway  Galdhøpiggen  2469
 40  Basque country  Hiru Erregeen Mahaia or Pic des Trois Rois  2444
 41  Bosnia and
 Herzegovina /
 Republika Srpska

 Maglić  2386
 42  Acores  Pico do Pico  2351
 43  Jan Mayen  Haakon VII Toppen on Beerenberg  2277
 44  Federacija Bosne i 
 Hercegovine
 Pločno in the Čvrsnica mountains
 2228
 45  Customs-exempt 
 zones on Lake Geneva
 Dent d'Oche / Crêt de la Neige  2222 /  1718
 46  Serbia  Midur  2169
 47  Galicia  Peña Trevinca  2124
 48  Iceland  Hvannadalshnúkur  2119
 49  Sweden / Samland
 Kebnekaise  2111
 50  Ukraine  Hora Hoverla  2061
 51  Tristan da Cunha  Queen Mary's Peak  2060
 52  Monk theocracy of Mount
 Athos
 Agion Oros  2033
 53  Portugal  Torre de Malhão  1993
 54  Republic of Cyprus  Chionistra on Mt. Olympos  1951
 55  Sardinia  Punta la Marmora  1834
 56  Croatia  Dinara  1831
 57  Komi Republic  North west shoulder (Защита) of Gora Narodnaya, about 640 m north west of the main summit (1895 m)  about 1821 – 1830
 58  Madeira  Pico Ruivo  1818
 59  Svalbard  Newtontoppen  1717
 60  Bashkortostan
 Gora Bol'shoy Yaman-tau
 1640
 61  Czech Republic
 Snezka
 1602
 62  Enclave of Llívia  Border marker no. 25 on the Tossal de Ventola/Sarrat del Cougoul near the Prats del Pou  1585
 63  Crimea  Gora Roman Kosh
 1545.3
 64  Alsace  Grand Ballon d'Alsace  1424
 65  Scotland  Ben Nevis  1344
 66  Finland
 Haltiantunturi  1324
 67  German Democratic
 Republic
 Fichtelberg
 1215
 68  Wales  Snowdon  1085
 69  Ireland  Carrauntoohil  1041
 70  Turkey – European part  Büyük Mahya dağı
 1031
 71  Turkish Republic of North Cyprus
 Selvili Tepe  1024
 72  Free Republic  
 of Schwarzenberg
 Auersberg  1018.2
 73  Hungary  Kékes  1014
 74  England  Scafell Pike  978
 75  Stromboli  I Vàncori  926
 76  Principality of Seborga  Monte Carparo  905
 77  Faeroer-Islands  Slættaratindur  882
 78  Netherlands' Antilles  Mount Scenery  877.4
 79  North Ireland  Slieve Donard  852
 80  San Marino  La Cesta of Monte Titano  756
 81  Sarre  Schimmelkopf or a nameless point on the Dollberge ridge  694.8 / 695.4
 82  Belgium  Signal de Botrange  694
 83   Free Territory
  of Trieste
 Monte Cocusso  668
 84   5 enclaves of the
 Vennbahn
 Steling  658
 85  Isle of Man  Snaefell  621
 86  Olivenza  Cerro del Alor  610
 87  Enclave of Campione
 d'Italia
 Border stone Nr. 13A  595
 88  Karelia  Nuorunen  576.9
 89  Sorbic country  Czorneboh  561
 90  Luxembourg  Kneiff  559.77
 91  Free State of
 Flaschenhals
 Gesteinteheck  537.2
 92  Enclave of Sastavci
 Nameless point along the southern border
 521
 93  Enclave of Büsingen  Hohwacht  486
 94  Moldovia  Dealul Bălăneşti  429.5
 95  Gibraltar  O'Hara Tower  426
 96  St. Kilda  Conachair  425.8
 97

 Nenetskij Avtonomnyj 
 Okrug / Nenets      
Autonomous District

 Gora More-iz
 423
 98   Britanny  Roc'h Ruz  385.01
 99   Tatarstan
 Nameless Point 11 km SSE of the centre of Bugul’ma  376.8
 100  Belarus  Dzyardzhynskaya / Svyataya Gora  346
 101  Udmurtia  Nameless point in the north-east of the republic, on the Verkhne-Kamskaya Vozvyshennost’, near the villages of Karpushata and Luchenki or near the hamlet of Novosely, or near Sizevo north of Kuliga?  323.3 / 331.1
 102  Mordovia
 Nameless Point in the east of the republic, where the road from  Bol’shoy Maresevo south towards Pjangelej crosses the way from  Mokshalej to Picheury  324
 103  Netherlands
 Vaalserberg  321
 104  Estonia
 Suur Munamägi
 318
 105  Latvia  Gaiziŋkalns  311
 106  Lithuania  Aukštojas  293.84
 107  Respublika Marij-El  Chukshinskaya Gora at the southern end of the Вятский Увал range near the hamlet of Malinovka, 13 km east of Zelenogorsk, 9 km north of Morki  278.8
 108  Transnistria  Nameless Point northwest of Plot' on the road from
 Sovetskoe to Labushkoe/Ukraine just off the border
 273.9
 109  Free City of Danzig
 Nameless point west of the hamlet Katyrinka, near Przywidz  271.4
 110  Chuwashia   Vyshka, about 80 km northwest of Ul'yanovsk, a few
 km west of the Tataric Russkie Chukaly; or nameless
 point
3 km west of the Tataric Shlanga

 270.6 /
 271.0
 111  European Kazakhstan  Gora Ichka  259
 112  Malta Ta'Dmejrek
 253
 113  Kaliningradskaya Oblast'
 - District of Kaliningrad

 Gora Dozor / Lasdinkalnis, south west of Kalinino in the  Wystit Hills - Виштынецкая Возвышенность - in the South East corner of the Oblast'  242
 114  Gagausia   Nameless Point 3 km southeast of Çukur-Mindzir  239.7
 115  Kalmykia  Gora Shared, 75 km SSE of Elista, 18.75 km SSW of Iki-Burul, 3.8 km east of the hamlet of Manych on theYergeni high plane; or nameless point 35 km WNW of Elista, 23 km south east of Remontnoje, 15 km east of  Perwomajskoje in the Sal'sko-Manyčskaja grjada on the border to the Rostovskaya Oblast’  222 or 221.6
 116  Denmark  Møllehøj  170.86
 117  British Military Sovereign Base Areas on Cyprus
 Apollo; Pyrgos Xylofágou
 163; 97
 118  Monaco  24, Chemin des Révoires  162
 119  Bailiwick of Jersey  Les Platons  143
 120  Enclave of San'kova Medvezh'e  Nameless Point north of the former village of Медвежъе ?  130.3
 121  Åland Islands  Orrdalsklint  129
 122  West Berlin  Teufelsberg  120
 123  Bailiwick of Guernsey  Windmill on Sark  109
 124  Selfkant
 Steinberg  104
 125  Vatican City  Colle Vaticano  75
 126  Memelland  Kapelkalnio kalnas  73
 127  Heligoland  Pinneberg  61.3
 128  Yugoslavian enclave in London  Suite 212 in Claridge's Hotel  31
 129  Enclaves of Baarle  Nameless Point on Gierle Straat  28.8
 130  Sovereign Order of the Knights of Malta  Via Condotti 68, Rom  ~ 20
 131  Rockall  Bulge towering Hall's Ledge  19.1
 132  Camp Zeist  Nameless Point  17.8
 133  Saterland  Oben Winkelhörne  13.1
 134  Czech enclave in Hamburg Harbour  Loading ramp  7.1
 135  Ferdinandea  Nameless submarine mountain   8