List of islands by highest point

This is a list of islands in the world ordered by their highest point. It includes all islands with peaks higher than 2,000 m. Non-insular (continental) landmasses are included for comparison.

Countries and territories listed are those containing the highest point; other countries and territories on the same landmass are listed separately.

Continental landmasses

Rank	Continent	Highest point	Height (m)	Country or territory containing highest point	Other countries or territories on landmass
1	Afro-Eurasia	Mount Everest	8,848	Nepal, China	Various
2	Americas	Aconcagua	6,962	Argentina	Various
5	Antarctica	Vinson Massif	4,892	Antarctica
6	Australia	Mount Kosciuszko	2,228	Australia

All island mountains over 2,000 m

Rank	Island	Highest point	Height (m)	Country or territory containing highest point	Other countries or territories on island
1	New Guinea	Puncak Jaya	4,884	Indonesia	Papua New Guinea
2	Hawaii	Mauna Kea	4,205	United States
3	Borneo	Mount Kinabalu	4,095	Malaysia	Brunei, Indonesia
4	Taiwan	Jade Mountain (Yu Shan)	3,952	Republic of China (Taiwan)
5	Sumatra	Mount Kerinci	3,805	Indonesia
6	Ross Island	Mount Erebus	3,794	Antarctica
7	Honshū	Mount Fuji	3,776	Japan
8	South Island	Aoraki/Mount Cook	3,755	New Zealand
9	Lombok	Mount Rinjani	3,726	Indonesia
10	Tenerife	Teide	3,718	Spain
11	Greenland	Gunnbjørnsfjeld	3,694	Greenland
12	Java	Semeru	3,676	Indonesia
13	Sulawesi	Bulu Rantemario	3,478	Indonesia
14	Sicily	Mount Etna	3,326	Italy
15	Siple Island	Mount Siple	3,110	Antarctica
16	Hispaniola	Pico Duarte	3,098	Dominican Republic	Haiti
17	Réunion	Piton des Neiges	3,069	Réunion, overseas department of France
18	Maui	Haleakala	3,055	United States
19	Bali	Mount Agung	3,031	Indonesia
20	Seram	Gunung Binaiya	3,027	Indonesia
21	Bioko	Pico Basilé	3,011	Equatorial Guinea
22	Alexander Island	Mount Stephenson	2,987	Antarctica
23	Timor	Gunung Tata Mailau	2,963	Timor-Leste	Indonesia
24	Mindanao	Mount Apo	2,954	Philippines
25	South Georgia	Mount Paget	2,934	South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, overseas territory of the United Kingdom (claimed by Argentina)
26	Luzon	Mount Pulag	2,922	Philippines
27	Madagascar	Maromokotro	2,876	Madagascar
28	Unimak Island, Alaska	Mount Shishaldin	2,869	United States
29	Fogo	Mount Fogo	2,829	Cape Verde
30	North Island	Mount Ruapehu	2,797	New Zealand
31	Anvers Island	Mount Francais	2,760	Antarctica
32	Heard Island	Mawson Peak	2,745	Heard Island and McDonald Islands, territory of Australia
33	Sumbawa	Mount Tambora	2,722	Indonesia
34	Bougainville	Mount Balbi	2,715	Papua New Guinea
35	Corsica	Monte Cinto	2,706	France
36	Buru	Gunung Kau Palatmada	2,700	Indonesia
37	Ellesmere Island	Barbeau Peak	2,616	Canada
38	Mindoro	Mount Halcón	2,582	Philippines
39	Tierra del Fuego	Monte Darwin	2,580	Chile	Argentina
40	Goodenough Island	Mount Vineuo	2,536	Papua New Guinea
41	Sri Lanka	Pidurutalagala	2,524	Sri Lanka
42	Brabant Island	Mount Parry	2,520	Antarctica
43	Crete	Mount Ida	2,456	Greece
44	Negros	Kanlaon	2,435	Philippines
45	La Palma	Roque de los Muchachos	2,423	Spain
46	Flores	Poco Mandasawu	2,370	Indonesia
47	Grande Comore	Mount Karthala	2,361	Comoros
48	Pico Island	Ponta do Pico	2,351	Portugal
49	Atlasov Island	Alaid Volcano	2,339	Russia
50	New Britain	Mount Ulawun	2,334	Papua New Guinea
51	Guadalcanal	Mount Popomanaseu	2,332	Solomon Islands
52	Adelaide Island	Mount Gaudry	2,315	Antarctica
53	Clarence Island	Mount Irving	2,300	Antarctica
54	Hokkaidō	Asahidake	2,290	Japan
55	Jan Mayen	Beerenberg	2,277	Norway
56	Jamaica	Blue Mountain Peak	2,256	Jamaica
57	Tahiti	Mount Orohena	2,241	French Polynesia, dependent territory of France
58	Axel Heiberg Island	Outlook Peak	2,210	Canada
59	Milne Land	unnamed point	2,200 +	Greenland
60	Vancouver Island	Golden Hinde	2,195	Canada
61	New Ireland	Lambel	2,150	Papua New Guinea
62	Baffin Island	Mount Odin	2,147	Canada
63	Panay Island	Mount Madia-as	2,117	Philippines
64	Bacan	Buku Sibela	2,111	Indonesia
65	Iceland	Hvannadalshnúkur	2,110	Iceland
66	Upernivik Island	Palup Qaqa	2,105	Greenland
67	Smith Island	Mount Foster	2,105	Antarctica
68	Umnak	Mount Vsevidof	2,103	United States
69	Palawan Island	Mount Mantalingahan	2,085	Philippines
70	Fergusson Island	Othona Peak	2,073	Papua New Guinea
71	Tristan da Cunha	Queen Mary's Peak	2,060	Tristan da Cunha, dependency of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, an overseas territory of the United Kingdom
72	Sibuyan Island	Mount Guiting-Guiting	2,057	Philippines
73	Unalaska Island	Mount Makushin	2,036	United States
74	São Tomé	Pico de São Tomé	2,024	São Tomé and Príncipe
75	Coulman Island	Hawkes Heights	2,000	Antarctica

Other notable island mountains

Many of the following islands are selected for inclusion as the main island or having the highest peak in their island nation. The list includes some dependent or semi-dependent island overseas territories with their own ISO 3166-1 country code. Note that the dependencies of Guernsey (Alderney, Sark, Herm) and St. Helena (Tristan da Cunha, Ascension Island) are listed as separate units. Nevis (Saint Kitts-Nevis) is also listed separately. Note also that the Netherlands Antilles (Curaçao, Bonaire, Saint Martin, Saint Eustatius, Saba) have been split up in separate units. The list also includes other notable islands, for example some islands that are the largest island mountain of its country or autonomous region.

Island	Highest point	Height (m)	Country or territory containing highest point	Other countries or territories on island
Shikoku	Mount Ishizuchi	1,982	Japan
Cuba	Pico Turquino	1,975	Cuba
Cyprus	Mount Olympus (Cyprus)	1,952	Cyprus	Akrotiri and Dhekelia, United Kingdom sovereign base areas
Cheju	Mount Halla	1,950	South Korea
Gran Canaria	Pozo de las nieves	1,949	Spain
Yakushima	Mount Miyanoura	1,935	Japan
Espiritu Santo	Mount Tabwemasana	1,877	Vanuatu
Madeira	Pico Ruivo	1,862	Madeira, autonomous region of Portugal
Savai'i	Silisili	1,858	Samoa
Kerguelen Island	Mont Ross	1,850	French Southern and Antarctic Lands, overseas territory of France
Hainan	Wuzhi Shan	1,840	China
Sardinia	Punta la Marmora	1,834	Sardinia, autonomous region of Italy
Kyūshū	Mount Nakadake (Mount Kujū)	1,791	Japan
Peter I Island	Lars Christensen Peak	1,755	Antarctica, claimed by Norway
Spitsbergen	Newtontoppen	1,713	Svalbard, dependent territory of Norway
Isabela Island	Volcán Wolf	1,707	Ecuador (Galapagos Islands)
New Caledonia	Mont Panié	1,628	New Caledonia, overseas territory of France
Tasmania	Mount Ossa	1,617	Australia
Ometepe	Concepción	1,580	Nicaragua
Socotra	unnamed point in the Haghier Mountains	1,503	Yemen
Guadeloupe	La Grande Soufrière	1,467	Guadeloupe, overseas department of France
Dominica	Morne Diablotins	1,447	Dominica
Majorca	Puig Major	1,445	Spain
Martinique	Montagne Pelée	1,397	Martinique, overseas department of France
Great Britain	Ben Nevis	1,344	United Kingdom (Scotland)
Puerto Rico	Cerro de Punta	1,338	Puerto Rico, organized unincorporated territory of the United States
Viti Levu	Tomanivi	1,324	Fiji
Saint Vincent	Soufrière	1,324	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Angel de la Guarda	unnamed point	1,305	Mexico
Andørja	Langlitinden	1,277	Norway
Marion Island	Mascarin Peak	1,230	South Africa
Saint Kitts	Mount Liamuiga	1,156	Saint Kitts and Nevis
Ireland	Carrauntoohil	1,038	Ireland	United Kingdom (Northern Ireland)
Kao	Kao	1,033	Tonga
Skye	Sgurr Alasdair	992	United Kingdom (Scotland)
Stewart Island/Rakiura	Mount Anglem	979	New Zealand
Nevis	Nevis Peak	985	Nevis, autonomous island of Saint Kitts and Nevis
Agrihan	unnamed location	965	Northern Mariana Islands, commonwealth in political union with the United States
Tau	Lata Mountain	964	American Samoa, unincorporated territory of the United States
Margarita Island	Cerro el Copey	957	Venezuela
Saint Lucia	Mount Gimie	950	Saint Lucia
Trinidad	El Cerro del Aripo	940	Trinidad and Tobago
Lantau Island	Lantau Peak	934	Hong Kong, special administrative region of China
Montserrat	Chances Peak	914	Montserrat, overseas territory of the United Kingdom
Mahé	Mome Seychellois	905	Seychelles
Eysturoy	Slættaratindur	882	Faroe Islands, autonomous region of Denmark
Isle of Arran	Goat Fell	874	United Kingdom (Scotland)
Saba	Mount Scenery	862	Saba, island of the Netherlands Antilles
Ascension Island	Green Mountain	859	Ascension Island, dependency of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, an overseas territory of the United Kingdom
Kadetkyi Kyun	unnamed point	852	Myanmar
Grenada	Mount Saint Catherine	840	Grenada
Mauritius	Piton de la Petite Rivière Noire	828	Mauritius
Saint Helena	Diana's Peak	818	Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, overseas territory of the United Kingdom
Newfoundland	The Cabox, Lewis Hills	814	Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador)
Rùm	Askival	812	United Kingdom (Scotland)
Lewis and Harris	Clisham	799	United Kingdom (Scotland)
Pohnpei	Totolom	791	Federated States of Micronesia
Jura, Scotland	Beinn an Òir	785	United Kingdom (Scotland)
Bouvet Island	Olavtoppen	780	Norway
Brač	Sveti Vid	778	Croatia
Futuna Island	Mont Singavi	765	Wallis and Futuna, overseas territory of France
Ko Chang	Khao Salak Phet	743	Thailand
North Andaman	Saddle Peak	738	India
Isla de los Estados	Monte Spegazzini	741	Argentina
East Falkland	Mount Usborne	705	Falkland Islands, overseas territory of the United Kingdom (claimed by Argentina)
West Falkland	Mount Adam	700	Falkland Islands, overseas territory of the United Kingdom (claimed by Argentina)
Marmara Island	unnamed point	699	Turkey
Cocos Island	Cerro Iglesias	671	Costa Rica
Mayotte	Benara	660	Mayotte, overseas collectivity of France
Rarotonga	Te Manga	652	Cook Islands, self-governing state in free association with New Zealand
Trindade Island	Pico Desejado	640	Brazil
Isle of Man	Snaefell	621	Isle of Man, crown dependency of the United Kingdom
Sint Eustatius	The Quill	602	Sint Eustatius, island of the Netherlands Antilles
Lord Howe Island	Ball's Pyramid	562	Australia
Hong Kong Island	Victoria Peak	552	Hong Kong, special administrative region of China
Sinmi-do	Unjongsan	532	North Korea
Tiran Island	unnamed point	525	Saudi Arabia
Tortola	Mount Sage	521	British Virgin Islands, overseas territory of the United Kingdom
Conchagüita	Volcan Conchagüita	505	El Salvador
Islay	Beinn Bheigier	491	United Kingdom (Scotland)
Saint Thomas	Crown Mountain	474	United States Virgin Islands, organized unincorporated territory of the United States
Hirta (St Kilda)	Conachair	430	United Kingdom (Scotland)
Saint Martin	Pic Paradis	424	Saint Martin, overseas collectivity of France	Sint Maarten, island of the Netherlands Antilles
Coiba	Cerro La Torre	416	Panama
Guam	Lamlam	406	Guam, organized unincorporated territory of the United States
Antigua	Boggy Peak	402	Antigua and Barbuda
Qeshm	unnamed point	397	Iran
Eigg	An Sgurr	393	United Kingdom (Scotland)
Curaçao	Mount Christoffel	372	Curaçao, island of the Netherlands Antilles
Guanaja	unnamed point	365	Honduras
Christmas Island	Murray Hill	361	Christmas Island, territory of Australia
Phu Quoc	unnamed point	360	Vietnam
Pitcairn Island	Pawala Valley Ridge	347	Pitcairn Islands, overseas territory of the United Kingdom
Sazan Island	unnamed point	342	Albania
Ailsa Craig	Island Summit	338	United Kingdom (Scotland)
Barbados	Mount Hillaby	336	Barbados
Providencia	El Pico	320	Colombia
Norfolk Island	Mount Bates	319	Norfolk Island, territory of Australia
Shadwan	unnamed point	301	Egypt
Saint-Barthélemy	Morne du Vitet	286	Saint-Barthélemy, overseas collectivity of France
Masirah	unnamed point	275	Oman
Malta	Ta'Dmejrek	253	Malta
Babeldaob	Mount Ngerchelchauus	242	Palau
Isle of Wight	St Boniface Down	241	United Kingdom
Miquelon	Morne de la Grande Montagne	240	Saint Pierre and Miquelon, overseas collectivity of France
Bonaire	Brandaris Hill	239	Bonaire, island of the Netherlands Antilles
Mjältön	Mjältötoppen	236	Sweden
Stac An Armin	unnamed point	196	United Kingdom (Scotland
Zanzibar	unnamed point in the Koani chain	195	Tanzania
Aruba	Mount Jamanota	188	Aruba
Coloane	Coloane Alto	172	Macau, special administrative region of China
Singapore	Bukit Timah	166	Singapore
Bornholm	Rytterknægten	162	Denmark
Jersey	Les Platons	143	Jersey, crown dependency of the United Kingdom
Åland	Orrdalsklint	128	Åland Islands, autonomous region of Finland
Bahrain Island	Jabal ad Dukhan	122	Bahrain
Sveti Nikola Island	unnamed point	121	Montenegro
Sherbro Island	unnamed point	120	Sierra Leone
Whalsay	Ward of Clett	119	United Kingdom (Scotland)
Rügen	Königsstuhl	118	Germany
Wolin	Grzywacz	115	Poland
Sark	Le Moulin	114	Sark, part of the Bailiwick of Guernsey, a crown dependency of the United Kingdom
Guernsey	Hautnez	110	Guernsey, crown dependency of the United Kingdom
Herm	unnamed point	106	Herm, part of the Bailiwick of Guernsey, a crown dependency of the United Kingdom
Alderney	Le Rond But	93	Alderney, part of the Bailiwick of Guernsey, a crown dependency of the United Kingdom
Banaba	unnamed point	81	Kiribati
Bermuda	Town Hill	76	Bermuda, overseas territory of the United Kingdom
Nauru	Command Ridge	71	Nauru
Niue	unnamed location near Mutalau settlement	68	Niue, self-governing state in free association with New Zealand
Hiiumaa	Tornimägi	68	Estonia
Île Royale	unnamed point	66	French Guiana, overseas department of France
Anguilla	Crocus Hill	65	Anguilla, overseas territory of the United Kingdom
Cat Island	Mount Alvernia	63	Bahamas
Astola	unnamed point	60	Pakistan
Haloul	unnamed point	57	Qatar
Jerba	Guellala	52	Tunisia
Grand Turk Island	Blue Bottle	49	Turks and Caicos Islands, overseas territory of the United Kingdom
Grand Cayman	The Bluff	43	Cayman Islands, overseas territory of the United Kingdom
Terschelling	unnamed point	31	Netherlands
Diego Garcia	unnamed point	15	British Indian Ocean Territory, overseas territory of the United Kingdom
Tidra	unnamed point	15	Mauritania
Arwad	unnamed point	14	Syria
Abu al Abyad	unnamed point	12	United Arab Emirates
Likiep	unnamed point	10	Marshall Islands
Mukawwar	unnamed point	10	Sudan
Dzharylgach	unnamed point	6	Ukraine
Île du Palmier	unnamed point	6	Lebanon
Dahlak Kebir	unnamed point	5	Eritrea
West Island	unnamed point	5	Cocos (Keeling) Islands, territory of Australia
Funafuti	unnamed point	5	Tuvalu
Nukunonu	unnamed point	5	Tokelau, territory of New Zealand
Ambergris Caye	Robles Point	4	Belize
Villingili_(Seenu_Atoll)	unnamed point	2.3	Maldives

Sources

www.peaklist.org - majority of information about mountain heights comes from here. [1] - this site contains the highest mountain of each country in the world. [2] - this is a site about the highest mountains in the world (over 3,500 m).

See also

• List of islands (by country)
• List of islands by name
• List of islands by population
• List of islands by area
• List of countries by highest point