List of islands by highest point
This is a list of islands in the world ordered by their highest point; it lists of 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
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 (Alderney, Sark, Herm) and St. Helena (Tristan da Cunha, Ascension Island) are listed as separate units.
Nevis (Saint Kitts-Nevis) is also listed separately. The islands of the former Netherlands Antilles (Aruba, Curaçao, Bonaire, Saint Martin, Sint Eustatius, Saba) 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.
Lake islands
Island | Highest point | Height above lake | peak height | lake height | Country or region |
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Teresa Island | Birch Mountain | 1391 m 4564 ft |
2059 m 6755 ft |
668 m 2192 ft |
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Ometepe | Concepción | 1577 m 5174 ft |
1610 m 5280 ft |
33 m 108 ft |
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Amantaní | Pacha Mama | 326 m 1070 ft |
4138 m 13,576 ft |
3812 m 12,507 ft |
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Continental landmasses
Rank | Continental landmass | Highest point | Height | Country or territory containing highest point |
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1 | Afro-Eurasia | Mount Everest | 8848 m 29,029 ft | ![]() ![]() |
2 | Americas | Aconcagua | 6962 m 22,841 ft | ![]() |
3 | Antarctica | Vinson Massif | 4892 m 16,050 ft | ![]() |
4 | Australia | Mount Kosciuszko | 2228 m 7310 ft | ![]() |
List of islands of Volcanic highpoint by elevation
This list contains 50 island highpoints of volcanic origin.
See also
References
- "Prince Edward Island High Point, Prince Edward Island". Peakbagger. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
Sources
- peaklist.org - majority of information about mountain heights comes from here.
- worldatlas.com - this site contains the highest mountain of each country in the world.