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December 17, 2004

We have been working this fall on providing an authoritive listing of the Ultra-Prominences of Asia. As of December, we have produced strong map-checked lists for the following:

Kamchatka Peninsula
Japan
The Central Asian Republics - "the 'stans"
Papua New Guinea (ok, that's not really Asia, I know that...)

Work is ongoing for "High Asia" the region of greater ranges that include the Himalaya, Karakoram, Pamir, Hindu Kush and Tibetan Plateau. Eberhard Jurgalski has provided many of the correct names and elevations from his years of extensive research in the region. We are able to provide very good data for most of the region, although there are still a few gaps, particularly in Central China. We look forward to the completion of these polished lists in 2005.

In the meantime, thanks to the understated computational genius of Jonathan de Ferranti, we have a set of maps that provide provisional names, elevations and prominences of the dataset. The maps reflect a work-in-progress. Some areas represent state-of-the-art modern mapping (Japan, Nepal, parts of Indonesia.) Many areas have been checked against Soviet topographic mapping and other resources from the 1970s-1990s. A few areas are derived mostly from the underlying SRTM data, and have not yet been compared to accurate surveys (esp. Irian Jaya.) The map work will continue in 2005; but in the mean time, enjoy the maps!

Questions about data accuracy may be addressed to the list and map authors: Jonathan de Ferranti, Eberhard Jurgalski, and Aaron Maizlish.

MAPS

Eight large .gif files have been prepared that reference all of the likely Ultra-Prominences on the continent:


MAP 1: Asia - West Turkey, Middle East, and Iran 596 KB	MAP 2: Asia - Southwest Southern Arabia 220 KB	MAP 3: High Asia Hindu Kush, Karakoram, Himalaya, Pamir, Tibetan Plateau, Central China 936 KB	MAP 4: Asia - South Southern India, Sri Lanka, Indochina 340 KB


MAP 5: Asia - Central Northern Central Asian Republics, Sinkiang, Altai Region 480 KB	MAP 6: Asia - Northeast Russian Far East, Kamchatka 660 KB	MAP 7: Asia - East Eastern China, Korea, Japan 456 KB	MAP 8: Asia - Southeast Indonesia, Philippines, New Guinea, Malaysia 528 KB

Maps should be regarded as PROVISIONAL data, subject to change prior to the completion of the mountain lists.

Each map includes numbered summits. The numbers correspond to the ranking of the peaks by prominence. At the bottom of each map is an index giving the name, elevation, and prominence value of the corresponding peak.

LINKS

Eberhard Jurgalski's website (mostly in German).

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