Tidak semua titik dalam daftar ini adalah gunung atau bukit, beberapa daftar hanyalah ketinggian yang tidak dapat dibedakan sebagai fitur geografis.
Catatan disediakan jika perselisihan wilayah atau ketidakkonsistenan memengaruhi daftar. Beberapa negara seperti Denmark (Greenland), Belanda (Saba), Spanyol (Kepulauan Canaria) dan Portugal (Kepulauan Azores) memiliki bagian dari wilayah mereka dan titik tinggi mereka di luar Eropa; poin tinggi non-Eropa mereka disebutkan dalam Catatan.
^Shkhara is located in the central part of the Greater Caucasus Range, which conditionally places the mountain on the territory of geographical Europe (according to one of the conventions on the border between Europe and Asia).
^ abOfficial French and Italian maps are not in agreement about the local course of the international border; if Mont Blanc is not regarded as being in Italy, the highest peak would be Monte Bianco de Courmayeur (4,748 m).
^Bazardüzü is located on the territory of the Greater Caucasus Range, which conventionally refers the mountain to the territory of geographical Europe (according to one of the conventions, on the border of Europe and Asia).
^Mulhacén is the highest point of Spain on mainland Europe, while the highest peak of the country is Teide, in the Canary islands, usually considered part of Africa.
^ abSerra da Estrela is the highest point of Portugal on mainland Europe, but the highest peak of the country is Mount Pico in the Azores islands, which are usually considered part of Europe.
^The highest point on United Kingdom domestic territory is Ben Nevis, in Scotland, at 1,345 m. The highest points in Wales, England, and Northern Ireland are Snowdon/Yr Wyddfa (1,085 m), Scafell Pike (978 m), and Slieve Donard/Sliabh Dónairt (850 m) respectively.The highest point on UK overseas territory is Mount Paget, 2,934 m, on South Georgia (claimed by Argentina). Antarctic territorial claims, whose precise validity is unclear, are not listed here.
^Mahya Dağı in Strandzha mountain is the highest peak in the European part of Turkey, while the highest peak of the country is Mount Ararat, located in the Asian part of Turkey.
^ abSaba in the Caribbean is a part of the Netherlands and has an 887-meter-high (2.910 ft) volcano.