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List of islands by highest point
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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.
All island mountains over 2,000 m
list includes some dependent or semi-dependent island overseas territories with their own ISO 3166-1 country code.

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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
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 |
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| 1 | New Guinea | Puncak Jaya | 4,884 | | | | 2 | Hawaii | Mauna Kea | 4,205 | | | | 3 | Borneo | Mount Kinabalu | 4,095 | | , | | 4 | Taiwan | Jade Mountain (Yu Shan) | 3,952 | | | | 5 | Sumatra | Mount Kerinci | 3,805 | | | | 6 | Ross Island | Mount Erebus | 3,794 | | | | 7 | Honshu | Mount Fuji | 3,776 | | | | 8 | South Island | Aoraki/Mount Cook | 3,755 | | | | 9 | Lombok | Mount Rinjani | 3,726 | | | | 10 | Tenerife | Teide | 3,718 | | | | 11 | Greenland | Gunnbjørnsfjeld | 3,694 | | | | 12 | Java | Semeru | 3,676 | | | | 13 | Sulawesi | Bulu Rantemario | 3,478 | | | | 14 | Sicily | Mount Etna | 3,326 | | | | 15 | Siple Island | Mount Siple | 3,110 | | | | 16 | Hispaniola | Pico Duarte | 3,098 | | | | 17 | Réunion | Piton des Neiges | 3,069 | Réunion, overseas department of | | | 18 | Maui | Haleakala | 3,055 | | | | 19 | Bali | Mount Agung | 3,031 | | | | 20 | Seram | Gunung Binaiya | 3,027 | | | | 21 | Bioko | Pico Basilé | 3,011 | | | | 22 | Alexander Island | Mount Stephenson | 2,987 | | | | 23 | Timor | Gunung Tata Mailau | 2,963 | | | | 24 | Mindanao | Mount Apo | 2,954 | | | | 25 | South Georgia | Mount Paget | 2,934 | , overseas territory of the (claimed by ) | | | 26 | Luzon | Mount Pulag | 2,922 | | | | 27 | Madagascar | Maromokotro | 2,876 | | | | 28 | Unimak Island, Alaska | Mount Shishaldin | 2,869 | | | | 29 | Fogo | Mount Fogo | 2,829 | | | | 30 | North Island | Mount Ruapehu | 2,797 | | | | 31 | Anvers Island | Mount Francais | 2,760 | | | | 32 | Heard Island | Mawson Peak | 2,745 | Heard Island and McDonald Islands, territory of | | | 33 | Sumbawa | Mount Tambora | 2,722 | | | | 34 | Bougainville | Mount Balbi | 2,715 | | | | 35 | Corsica | Monte Cinto | 2,706 | | | | 36 | Buru | Gunung Kau Palatmada | 2,700 | | | | 37 | Ellesmere Island | Barbeau Peak | 2,616 | | | | 38 | Mindoro | Mount Halcón | 2,582 | | | | 39 | Tierra del Fuego | Monte Darwin | 2,580 | | | | 40 | Goodenough Island | Mount Vineuo | 2,536 | | | | 41 | Sri Lanka | Pidurutalagala | 2,524 | | | | 42 | Brabant Island | Mount Parry | 2,520 | | | | 43 | Crete | Mount Ida | 2,456 | | | | 44 | Negros | Kanlaon | 2,435 | | | | 45 | La Palma | Roque de los Muchachos | 2,423 | | | | 46 | Flores | Poco Mandasawu | 2,370 | | | | 47 | Grande Comore | Mount Karthala | 2,361 | | | | 48 | Pico Island | Ponta do Pico | 2,351 | | | | 49 | Atlasov Island | Alaid Volcano | 2,339 | | | | 50 | New Britain | Mount Ulawun | 2,334 | | | | 51 | Guadalcanal | Mount Popomanaseu | 2,332 | | | | 52 | Adelaide Island | Mount Gaudry | 2,315 | | | | 53 | Clarence Island | Mount Irving | 2,300 | | | | 54 | Hokkaido | Asahidake | 2,290 | | | | 55 | Jan Mayen | Beerenberg | 2,277 | | | | 56 | Jamaica | Blue Mountain Peak | 2,256 | | | | 57 | Tahiti | Mount Orohena | 2,241 | , dependent territory of | | | 58 | Axel Heiberg Island | Outlook Peak | 2,210 | | | | 59 | Milne Land | unnamed point | 2,200 + | | | | 60 | Vancouver Island | Golden Hinde | 2,195 | | | | 61 | New Ireland | Lambel | 2,150 | | | | 62 | Baffin Island | Mount Odin | 2,147 | | | | 63 | Panay Island | Mount Madia-as | 2,117 | | | | 64 | Bacan | Buku Sibela | 2,111 | | | | 65 | Iceland | Hvannadalshnúkur | 2,110 | | | | 66 | Upernivik Island | Palup Qaqa | 2,105 | | | | 67 | Smith Island | Mount Foster | 2,105 | | | | 68 | Umnak | Mount Vsevidof | 2,103 | | | | 69 | Palawan Island | Mount Mantalingahan | 2,085 | | | | 70 | Fergusson Island | Othona Peak | 2,073 | | | | 71 | Tristan da Cunha | Queen Mary's Peak | 2,060 | , dependency of , an overseas territory of the | | | 72 | Sibuyan Island | Mount Guiting-Guiting | 2,057 | | | | 73 | Unalaska Island | Mount Makushin | 2,036 | | | | 74 | São Tomé | Pico de São Tomé | 2,024 | | | | 75 | Coulman Island | Hawkes Heights | 2,000 | | |
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 |
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| Shikoku | Mount Ishizuchi | 1,982 | | | | Cuba | Pico Turquino | 1,975 | | | | Cyprus | Mount Olympus (Cyprus) | 1,952 | | Akrotiri and Dhekelia, sovereign base areas | | Cheju | Mount Halla | 1,950 | | | | Gran Canaria | Pozo de las nieves | 1,949 | | | | Yakushima | Mount Miyanoura | 1,935 | | | | Espiritu Santo | Mount Tabwemasana | 1,877 | | | | Madeira | Pico Ruivo | 1,862 | , autonomous region of | | | Savai'i | Silisili | 1,858 | | | | Kerguelen Island | Mont Ross | 1,850 | , overseas territory of | | | Hainan | Wuzhi Shan | 1,840 | | | | Sardinia | Punta la Marmora | 1,834 | , autonomous region of | | | Kyushu | Mount Nakadake (Mount Kuju) | 1,791 | | | | Peter I Island | Lars Christensen Peak | 1,755 | , claimed by | | | Spitsbergen | Newtontoppen | 1,713 | Svalbard, dependent territory of | | | Isabela Island | Volcán Wolf | 1,707 | (Galapagos Islands) | | | New Caledonia | Mont Panié | 1,628 | New Caledonia, overseas territory of | | | Tasmania | Mount Ossa | 1,617 | | | | Ometepe | Concepción | 1,580 | | | | Socotra | unnamed point in the Haghier Mountains | 1,503 | | | | Guadeloupe | La Grande Soufrière | 1,467 | Guadeloupe, overseas department of | | | Dominica | Morne Diablotins | 1,447 | | | | Majorca | Puig Major | 1,445 | | | | Martinique | Montagne Pelée | 1,397 | , overseas department of | | | Great Britain | Ben Nevis | 1,344 | (Scotland) | | | Puerto Rico | Cerro de Punta | 1,338 | , organized unincorporated territory of the | | | Viti Levu | Tomanivi | 1,324 | | | | Saint Vincent | Soufrière | 1,324 | | | | Angel de la Guarda | unnamed point | 1,305 | | | | Andørja | Langlitinden | 1,277 | | | | Marion Island | Mascarin Peak | 1,230 | | | | Saint Kitts | Mount Liamuiga | 1,156 | | | | Ireland | Carrauntoohil | 1,038 | | (Northern Ireland) | | Kao | Kao | 1,033 | | | | Skye | Sgurr Alasdair | 992 | (Scotland) | | | Stewart Island/Rakiura | Mount Anglem | 979 | | | | Nevis | Nevis Peak | 985 | , autonomous island of | | | Agrihan | unnamed location | 965 | , commonwealth in political union with the | | | Tau | Lata Mountain | 964 | , unincorporated territory of the | | | Margarita Island | Cerro el Copey | 957 | | | | Saint Lucia | Mount Gimie | 950 | | | | Trinidad | El Cerro del Aripo | 940 | | | | Lantau Island | Lantau Peak | 934 | , special administrative region of | | | Montserrat | Chances Peak | 914 | , overseas territory of the | | | Mahé | Mome Seychellois | 905 | | | | Eysturoy | Slættaratindur | 882 | , autonomous region of | | | Isle of Arran | Goat Fell | 874 | (Scotland) | | | Saba | Mount Scenery | 862 | , island of the | | | Ascension Island | Green Mountain | 859 | Ascension Island, dependency of , an overseas territory of the | | | Kadetkyi Kyun | unnamed point | 852 | | | | Grenada | Mount Saint Catherine | 840 | | | | Mauritius | Piton de la Petite Rivière Noire | 828 | | | | Saint Helena | Diana's Peak | 818 | , overseas territory of the | | | Newfoundland | The Cabox, Lewis Hills | 814 | (Newfoundland and Labrador) | | | Rùm | Askival | 812 | (Scotland) | | | Lewis and Harris | Clisham | 799 | (Scotland) | | | Pohnpei | Totolom | 791 | | | | Jura, Scotland | Beinn an Òir | 785 | (Scotland) | | | Bouvet Island | Olavtoppen | 780 | | | | Brac | Sveti Vid | 778 | | | | Futuna Island | Mont Singavi | 765 | , overseas territory of | | | Ko Chang | Khao Salak Phet | 743 | | | | North Andaman | Saddle Peak | 738 | | | | Isla de los Estados | Monte Spegazzini | 741 | | | | East Falkland | Mount Usborne | 705 | , overseas territory of the (claimed by ) | | | West Falkland | Mount Adam | 700 | , overseas territory of the (claimed by ) | | | Marmara Island | unnamed point | 699 | | | | Cocos Island | Cerro Iglesias | 671 | | | | Mayotte | Benara | 660 | , overseas collectivity of | | | Rarotonga | Te Manga | 652 | , self-governing state in free association with | | | Trindade Island | Pico Desejado | 640 | | | | Isle of Man | Snaefell | 621 | , crown dependency of the | | | Sint Eustatius | The Quill | 602 | , island of the | | | Lord Howe Island | Ball's Pyramid | 562 | | | | Hong Kong Island | Victoria Peak | 552 | , special administrative region of | | | Sinmi-do | Unjongsan | 532 | | | | Tiran Island | unnamed point | 525 | | | | Tortola | Mount Sage | 521 | , overseas territory of the | | | Conchagüita | Volcan Conchagüita | 505 | | | | Islay | Beinn Bheigier | 491 | (Scotland) | | | Saint Thomas | Crown Mountain | 474 | , organized unincorporated territory of the | | | Hirta (St Kilda) | Conachair | 430 | (Scotland) | | | Saint Martin | Pic Paradis | 424 | Saint Martin, overseas collectivity of | , island of the | | Coiba | Cerro La Torre | 416 | | | | Guam | Lamlam | 406 | , organized unincorporated territory of the | | | Antigua | Boggy Peak | 402 | | | | Qeshm | unnamed point | 397 | | | | Eigg | An Sgurr | 393 | (Scotland) | | | Curaçao | Mount Christoffel | 372 | , island of the | | | Guanaja | unnamed point | 365 | | | | Christmas Island | Murray Hill | 361 | , territory of | | | Phu Quoc | unnamed point | 360 | | | | Pitcairn Island | Pawala Valley Ridge | 347 | , overseas territory of the | | | Sazan Island | unnamed point | 342 | | | | Ailsa Craig | Island Summit | 338 | (Scotland) | | | Barbados | Mount Hillaby | 336 | | | | Providencia | El Pico | 320 | | | | Norfolk Island | Mount Bates | 319 | , territory of | | | Shadwan | unnamed point | 301 | | | | Saint-Barthélemy | Morne du Vitet | 286 | , overseas collectivity of | | | Masirah | unnamed point | 275 | | | | Malta | Ta'Dmejrek | 253 | | | | Babeldaob | Mount Ngerchelchauus | 242 | | | | Isle of Wight | St Boniface Down | 241 | | | | Miquelon | Morne de la Grande Montagne | 240 | , overseas collectivity of | | | Bonaire | Brandaris Hill | 239 | , island of the | | | Mjältön | Mjältötoppen | 236 | | | |
| Stac An Armin | unnamed point | 196 | (Scotland | | | Zanzibar | unnamed point in the Koani chain | 195 | | | | Aruba | Mount Jamanota | 188 | | | | Coloane | Coloane Alto | 172 | , special administrative region of | | | Singapore | Bukit Timah | 166 | | | | Bornholm | Rytterknægten | 162 | | | | Jersey | Les Platons | 143 | , crown dependency of the | | | Åland | Orrdalsklint | 128 | , autonomous region of | | | Bahrain Island | Jabal ad Dukhan | 122 | | | | Sveti Nikola Island | unnamed point | 121 | | | | Sherbro Island | unnamed point | 120 | | | | Whalsay | Ward of Clett | 119 | (Scotland) | | | Rügen | Königsstuhl | 118 | | | | Wolin | Grzywacz | 115 | | | | Sark | Le Moulin | 114 | , part of the Bailiwick of , a crown dependency of the | | | Guernsey | Hautnez | 110 | , crown dependency of the | | | Herm | unnamed point | 106 | , part of the Bailiwick of , a crown dependency of the | | | Alderney | Le Rond But | 93 | , part of the Bailiwick of , a crown dependency of the | | | Banaba | unnamed point | 81 | | | | Bermuda | Town Hill | 76 | , overseas territory of the | | | Nauru | Command Ridge | 71 | | | | Niue | unnamed location near Mutalau settlement | 68 | , self-governing state in free association with | | | Hiiumaa | Tornimägi | 68 | | | | Île Royale | unnamed point | 66 | , overseas department of | | | Anguilla | Crocus Hill | 65 | , overseas territory of the | | | Cat Island | Mount Alvernia | 63 | | | | Astola | unnamed point | 60 | | | | Haloul | unnamed point | 57 | | | | Jerba | Guellala | 52 | | | | Grand Turk Island | Blue Bottle | 49 | , overseas territory of the | | | Grand Cayman | The Bluff | 43 | , overseas territory of the | | | Terschelling | unnamed point | 31 | | | | Diego Garcia | unnamed point | 15 | , overseas territory of the | | | Tidra | unnamed point | 15 | | | | Arwad | unnamed point | 14 | | | | Abu al Abyad | unnamed point | 12 | | | | Likiep | unnamed point | 10 | | | | Mukawwar | unnamed point | 10 | | | | Dzharylgach | unnamed point | 6 | | | | Île du Palmier | unnamed point | 6 | | | | Dahlak Kebir | unnamed point | 5 | | | | West Island | unnamed point | 5 | , territory of | | | Funafuti | unnamed point | 5 | | | | Nukunonu | unnamed point | 5 | , territory of | | | Ambergris Caye | Robles Point | 4 | | | | Villingili | unnamed point | 2.3 | | |
Sources - majority of information about mountain heights comes from here.
- this site contains the highest mountain of each country in the world.
- this is a site about the highest mountains in the world (over 3,500 m).
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