List of islands by highest point

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

Countries listed are those containing the highest point; other countries on the same landmass are in parentheses.

1 Continental land masses
2 Islands over 2,000 m
3 Other notable islands
4 Sources
5 See also

[edit] Continental land masses

Rank	Continent	Highest point	Height (m)	Country or countries
1	Africa-Eurasia	Mount Everest	8,848	Nepal, China (Various)
2	The Americas	Aconcagua	6,962	Argentina (Various)
3	Antarctica	Vinson Massif	4,892	Antarctica
4	Australia	Mount Kosciuszko	2,228	Australia

Note: Australia, at 7,600,000 km², is considered to be a continental landmass, rather than an island. Considered as an island, it would rank some way down in 58th.

[edit] Islands over 2,000 m

Rank	Island	Highest point	Height (m)	Country or countries
1	New Guinea	Puncak Jaya	4,884	Indonesia ( Papua New Guinea)
2	Hawaii	Mauna Kea	4,205	United States
3	Borneo	Mount Kinabalu	4,101	Malaysia ( Indonesia, Brunei)
4	Taiwan	Jade Mountain	3,952	Republic of China
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	3,323	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	France
18	Maui, Hawaii	Haleakala	3,055	United States
19	Bali	Mount Agung	3,031	Indonesia
20	Seram	Gunung Binaiya	3,027	Indonesia
21	Bioco	Pico Basilé	3,011	Equatorial Guinea
22	Alexander Island	Mount Stephenson	2,987	Antarctica
23	Timor	Gunung Tata Mailau	2,986	Indonesia ( Timor-Leste)
24	Mindanao	Mount Apo	2,954	Philippines
25	South Georgia	Mount Paget	2,934	United Kingdom
26	Luzon	Mount Pulog	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	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 Kapalatmada	2,700	Indonesia
37	Ellesmere Island	Barbeau Peak	2,616	Canada
38	Mindoro	Mount Halcon	2,582	Philippines
39	Tierra del Fuego	Monte Darwin	2,580	Chile ( Argentina)
40	Goodenough Island	Mount Oiautukekea	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	Canlaon Volcano	2,430	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	Hokkaido	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	France
58	Axel Heiberg Island	Outlook Peak	2,210	Canada
59	Milne Land	unnamed	2,200 +	Greenland
60	Vancouver Island	Golden Hinde	2,195	Canada
61	New Ireland	Lambel	2,150	Papua New Guinea
62	Baffin Island	Mount Blanche	2,146	Canada
63	Panay Island	Mount Madiac	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, Alaska	Mount Vsevidof	2,103	United States
69	Palawan Island	Mount Mantaling	2,085	Philippines
70	Tristan da Cunha	Queen Mary's Peak	2,060	United Kingdom
71	Sibuyan Island	Mount Guiting-Guiting	2,057	Philippines
72	São Tomé	Pico de São Tomé	2,024	São Tomé and Príncipe
73	Cuba	Pico Turquino	2,005	Cuba
74	Coulman Island	Hawkes Heights	2,000	Antarctica

[edit] Other notable islands

Many of the following islands are selected for inclusion as the main or highest islands of their respective island nations.

Island	Highest point	Height (m)	Country or countries
Cyprus	Mount Olympus (Cyprus)	1,952	Cyprus
Espiritu Santo	Mount Tabwemasana	1,877	Vanuatu
Savai'i	Mount Silisili	1,858	Samoa
Dominica	Morne Diablotins	1,447	Dominica
Cape Verde	Pico d'Antónia	1,394	Cape Verde
Great Britain	Ben Nevis	1,344	United Kingdom
Viti Levu	Tomanivi	1,324	Fiji
Saint Vincent	Soufrière	1,324	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Saint Kitts	Mount Liamiuga	1,156	Saint Kitts and Nevis
Ireland	Carrauntoohill	1,041	Ireland ( United Kingdom)
Kao Island	unnamed location	1,033	Tonga
Saint Lucia	Mount Gimie	950	Saint Lucia
Trinidad	El Cerro del Arripo	940	Trinidad and Tobago
Mahé	Mome Seychellois	905	Seychelles
Eysturoy	Slættaratindur	882	Faroe Islands, an autonomous region of Denmark
Grenada	Mount Saint Catherine	840	Grenada
Mauritius	Piton de la Petite Rivière Noire	828	Mauritius
Pohnpei	Totolom	791	Micronesia
Guam	Lamlam	406	Guam
Antigua	Boggy Peak	402	Antigua and Barbuda
Barbados	Mount Hillaby	336	Barbados
Malta	Ta'Dmejrek	253	Malta
Babeldaob	Mount Ngerchelchauus	242	Palau
Singapore	Bukit Timah	166	Singapore
Bahrain	Jabal ad Dukhan	122	Bahrain
Banaba	unnamed point	81	Kiribati
Nauru	unnamed point	65	Nauru
Likiep	unnamed point	10	Marshall Islands
Tuvalu archipelago	unnamed point	5	Tuvalu
Maldives archipelago	unnamed point	2.3	Maldives