List of islands by highest point


This is a list of islands in the world ordered by their highest point; it lists islands with peaks by elevation. At the end of this article continental landmasses are also included for comparison.
Island countries and territories listed are those containing the highest point.

List of islands with highest point by elevation

RankIslandHighest pointHeightArea average slope Country or regionOther countries or
territories on island
1New GuineaPuncak Jaya785,7530.00977Central PapuaIDNPNGokinacvt|4207|m||comma=5|disp=brokina

Other notable island peaks

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. The dependencies of Guernsey and St. Helena are listed as separate units.
Nevis is also listed separately. The islands of the former Netherlands Antilles have been split up in separate units.
The list also includes other notable islands, for example some islands that are the highest island mountain of its country or autonomous region.
IslandHighest pointHeightCountry or-
LefkadaMount Stavrota
Wrangel IslandGora Sovetskaya
IcariaMount Aetheras
KaoKao
Ilha GrandePico da Pedra D'Água
ElbaMonte Capanne, Tuscan Archipelago
NaxosMount Zeus
AndrosMount Petalo
SkyeSgùrr Alasdair
Stewart Island / RakiuraMount Anglem
NevisNevis PeakNevisSKNcvt|968|m||comma=5|disp=brITAcvt|966|m||comma=5|disp=brUKcvt|965|m||comma=5|disp=brMNPUSAcvt|964|m||comma=5|disp=brASMUSAcvt|963|m||comma=5|disp=brRUScvt|957|m||comma=5|disp=brVENcvt|950|m||comma=5|disp=brLCAcvt|934|m||comma=5|disp=brHKGcvt|924|m||comma=5|disp=brITAcvt|914|m||comma=5|disp=brMSRUKcvt|910|m||comma=5|disp=brSHNUKcvt|905|m||comma=5|disp=brSYCcvt|870|m||comma=5|disp=br

Lake islands

Continental landmasses

RankContinental landmassHighest pointHeightCountry or territory containing highest point
1Afro-EurasiaMount Everest &
2AmericasAconcagua
3AntarcticaVinson Massif
4AustraliaMount Kosciuszko

Volcanic islands

This list contains 50 island highpoints of volcanic origin.
RankIslandHighest pointHeightHeight2/areaCountry or regionOther countries or
territories on island
1HawaiiMauna Kea0.00170HawaiiUSAcvt|3805|m||comma=5|disp=brIDNcvt|3794|m||comma=5|disp=brATAcvt|3776|m||comma=5|disp=brJPNcvt|3726|m||comma=5|disp=brIDNcvt|3715|m||comma=5|disp=br