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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

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	,	Various
2	Americas	Aconcagua	6,962		Various
5	Antarctica	Vinson Massif	4,892	None
6	Australia	Mount Kosciuszko	2,228

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
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	None - Antarctica
7	Honshū	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	None - Antarctica
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	None - Antarctica
23	Timor	Gunung Tata Mailau	2,963
24	Mindanao	Mount Apo	2,954
25	South Georgia	Mount Paget	2,934	, overseas territory of the
26	Luzon	Mount Pulog	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	None - Antarctica
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	None - Antarctica
43	Crete	Mount Ida	2,456
44	Negros	Canlaon Volcano	2,430
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	None - Antarctica
53	Clarence Island	Mount Irving	2,300	None - Antarctica
54	Hokkaidō	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 Blanche	2,146
63	Panay Island	Mount Madiac	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	None - Antarctica
68	Umnak	Mount Vsevidof	2,103
69	Palawan Island	Mount Mantaling	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	None - 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
Cuba	Pico Turquino	1,975
Cyprus	Mount Olympus (Cyprus)	1,952		Akrotiri and Dhekelia, sovereign base areas
Cheju	Mount Halla	1,950
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
Peter I Island	Lars Christensen Peak	1,755	None - Antarctica, 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
Kyūshū	Mount Aso	1,591
Ometepe	Concepción	1,580
Socotra	unnamed point in the Haghier Mountains	1,503
Guadeloupe	Soufrière	1,467	Guadeloupe, overseas department of
Dominica	Morne Diablotins	1,447
Mallorca	Puig Major	1,445
Martinique	Montagne Pelée	1,397	Martinique, 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)
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
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
Pohnpei	Totolom	791
Bouvet Island	Olavtoppen	780
Brač	Sveti Vid	778
Futuna Island	Mont Singavi	765	Wallis and Futuna, 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
West Falkland	Mount Adam	700	, overseas territory of the
Marmara Island	unnamed point	699
Cocos Island	Cerro Iglesias	671
Mayotte	Benara	660	Mayotte, 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
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
Saint Thomas	Crown Mountain	474	, organized unincorporated territory of the
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
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
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	Saint-Barthélemy, overseas collectivity of
Masirah	unnamed point	275
Malta	Ta'Dmejrek	253
Babeldaob	Mount Ngerchelchauus	242
Miquelon	Morne de la Grande Montagne	240	Saint Pierre and Miquelon, overseas collectivity of
Bonaire	Brandaris Hill	239	, island of the
Mjältön	Mjältötoppen	236
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	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

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