The 100 Finest Mountains on Islands ranked by primary factor.

The list below identifies and ranks the 100 Island mountains with the largest prominence or primary factor.
These mountains all have a prominence of at least 2000 meter.

We take the point of view that mountains are on Continents or on Islands.

We define 7 Continents and we associate only COASTAL Islands with these Continents.

The rest of the islands are grouped in a separate category.
The largest island on the planet is Greenland, thus the smallest continent is Australia.

The primary factor of a mountain is the minimal vertical drop from its summit before one can ascend a higher peak. In terms of map contours, this vertical drop is defined by the first contour that encircles a higher peak and the preceeding (higher) contour line which has the peak in question as the highest point inside its closed curve. Between these two contour lines lies the (usually unique) defining saddle of the mountain. On islands, at least one peak (the highest one) will have its prominence equal to its height.

This list is based on data compiled by Aaron Maizlish and Jonathan de Ferranti, more information can be found here.

Confirmed or suspected corrections are most welcome by email to: petter@ii.uib.no
Copyright 2000-2020, Petter Bjørstad.
I appreciate that use of these data is acknowledged including a link to my main mountain page.

Two stars behind the rank means that I have climbed it (20/50), (33/100).

Rank	Height	Name	Primary factor	Country	Location	Comments
1	4884	Carstensz Pyramis, Puncak Jaya	4884	Indonesia	S04:04, E137:11	Oceania HP, New Guinea HP
2**	4205	Mauna Kea	4205	USA	N19:49, W155:28	Hawaii HP
3**	4095	Kinabalu	4095	Malaysia	N06:05, E116:34	HP of South-East Asia, HP Borneo
4**	3952	Yü Shan	3952	Taiwan	N23:28, E120:57	Taiwan HP
5**	3805	Gunung Kerinci	3805	Indonesia	S01:42, E101:16	Sumatra HP
6**	3776	Mount Fuji	3776	Japan	N35:22, E138:44	Japan HP
7	3755	Mount Cook	3755	New Zealand	S43:36, E170:08	New Zealand HP
8**	4175	Mount Boising	3734	Papua New Guinea	S05:57, E146:23	On New Guinea
9**	3726	Gunung Rinjani	3726	Indonesia	S08:25, E116:28	Lombok HP
10**	3718	Pico Teide	3718	Spain	N28:16, W016:38	Canary Island HP
11**	3694	Gunnbjørn Fjeld	3694	Greenland	N68:55, W029:54	Arctic HP, Greenland HP
12**	3676	Gunung Semeru	3676	Indonesia	S08:06, E112:55	Java HP
****	****	These 12 Island Peaks are in	the	World Top 50	**	**
13	3478	Bulu Rantemario	3478	Indonesia	S03:23, E120:01	Sulawesi island HP
14**	3428	Gunung Slamet	3284	Indonesia	S07:14, E109:13	On Java
15**	3265	Gunung Lawu	3118	Indonesia	S07:38, E111:12	On Java
16**	3070	Piton de Neiges	3070	France	S21:06, E055:29	Reunion HP
17**	3332	Gunung Raung	3068	Indonesia	S008:08, E114:03	On Java
18	3055	Haleakala	3055	USA	N20:43, W156:15	Maui HP
19**	3031	Gunung Agung	3031	Indonesia	S008:20, E115:30	Bali HP
20	3027	Gunung Binaiya	3027	Indonesia	S003:10, E129:27	Seram HP
21	2986	Foho Tatamailau	2986	East Timor	S08:54, E125:30	Timor HP
22	3676	Mount Suckling	2976	Papua New Guinea	S009:40, E149:01	On New Guinea
23	2985	Mount Stephenson	2985	Antarctica	S69:49, W69:43	Alexander HP
24	4509	Mount Wilhelm	2969	Papua New Guinea	S005:47, E145:02	On New Guinea
25	2954	Mount Apo	2954	Philippines	N06:59, E125:16	Mindanao HP
26	3466	Gunung Leuser	2941	Indonesia	N03:48, E097:13	On Sumatra
****	****	These 26 Island Peaks are in	the	World Top 100	**	**
27	2922	Mount Pulog	2922	Philippines	N16:36, E120:54	Luzon HP
28	2915	Mount Paget	2915	United Kingdom	S54:27, W36:32	South Georgia HP
29	2876	Maromokotro	2876	Madagascar	S14:01, E048:58	Madagascar HP
30	2874	Moncong Lompobatang	2857	Indonesia	S05:21, E119:56	On Sulawesi
31**	2829	Pico de Cano	2829	Cape Verde	N14:57, W024:21	Fogo HP
32**	3339	Gunung Arjuna	2812	Indonesia	S07:46, E112:35	On Java
33**	2797	Ruapehu	2797	New Zealand	S39:17, E175:34	North Island HP
34	3078	Gunung Careme	2793	Indonesia	S06:54, E108:24	On Java
35	2940	Pegunungan Arfak	2761	Indonesia	S01:09, E133:59	On New Guinea
36	4760	Puncak Mandala	2760	Indonesia	S04:43, E140:17	On New Guinea
37**	3088	Gunung Argopuro	2746	Indonesia	S07:58, E113:34	On Java
38	2745	Mawson Peak	2745	Australia	S53:06, E073:31	Heard HP
39	4038	Mount Victoria	2738	Papua New Guinea	S008:54, E147:32	On New Guinea
40	2722	Gunung Tambora	2722	Indonesia	S08:15, E117:58	Sumbawa HP
41	2715	Mount Balbi	2715	Papua New Guinea	S005:54, E155:00	Bougainville HP
42	3030	Fuyul Sojol	2713	Indonesia	N00:35, E120:12	On Sulawesi
43	2700	Gunung Kapalatmada	2700	Indonesia	S03:18, E126:13	Buru HP
44**	3371	Gunung Sumbing	2628	Indonesia	S07:23, E110:04	On Java
45	2582	Mount Halcon	2582	Philippines	N13:16, E121:00	Mindoro HP
46	2670	Mount Tagubud	2580	Philippines	N07:27, E126:14	On Mindanao
47	2536	Mount Qiautukekea	2536	Papua New Guinea	S009:20, E150:12	Goodenough HP
48	2524	Pidurutalagala	2524	Sri Lanka	N007:00, E080:46	Sri Lanka HP
49	4367	Mount Giluwe	2507	Papua New Guinea	S006:03, E143:53	On New Guinea
50	3033	Mount Aspiring	2471	New Zealand	S44:23, E168:44	On South Island
****	****	50 Finest Island Peaks above here.	****	**	**	**
51	2462	Mayon Volcano	2447	Philippines	N13:15, E123:41	On Luzon
52	3159	Gunung Dempo	2446	Indonesia	S04:01, E103:08	On Sumatra
53	2938	Mount Katanglad	2440	Philippines	N08:07, E124:55	On Mindanao
54**	3145	Gunung Merbabu	2432	Indonesia	S00:23, E100:28	On Sumatra
55	2430	Canlaon Mountain	2430	Philippines	N10:25, E123:08	Negros HP
56**	3019	Pangrango	2426	Indonesia	S06:46, E106:58	On Java
57**	2423	Roque de los Muchachos	2423	Spain	N28:45, W017:53	La Palma HP
58	2370	Poco Mandasawu	2370	Indonesia	S08:39, E120:27	Flores HP
59	2361	Le Kartala	2361	Comoros	S11:45, E043:22	Ngazidja HP
60**	2351	Ponta do Pico	2351	Portugal	N38:28, W028:24	Azores HP
61	2340	New Ireland HP	2340	Papua New Guinea	S004:24, E152:56	New Ireland HP
62	2339	Alaid Volcano	2339	Russia	N50:52, E155:34	Kurile HP
63	2335	Mount Popomanaseu	2335	Solomon Islands	S09:42, E160:04	Guadalcanal HP
64	2334	Mount Ulawun	2334	Papua New Guinea	S005:03, E151:20	New Britain HP
65	2912	Gunung Ophir	2324	Indonesia	N00:05, E099:59	On Sumatra
66**	2518	Mount Taranaki	2308	New Zealand	S39:18, E174:04	On North Island
67**	3190	Hotaka-dake	2307	Japan	N36:17, W137:39	On Honshu
68	2404	Mount Malindang	2290	Philippines	N08:13, E123:38	On Mindanao
69**	2290	Asahi-dake	2290	Japan	N43:40, W142:51	Hokkaido HP
70	4104	Mount Kabangama	2284	Papua New Guinea	S006:04, E144:37	On New Guinea
71**	2277	Beerenberg	2277	Norway	N71:05, W008:09	Jan Mayen HP
72	2870	Bulu Kandela	2258	Indonesia	S01:18, E121:33	On Sulawesi
73	2241	Mount Orohena	2241	France	S17:34, W149:28	Tahiti HP
74**	3192	Kita-dake	2239	Japan	N35:40, W138:14	On Honshu
75	2650	Gunung Mekongga	2220	Indonesia	S03:40, E121:14	On Sulawesi
76	3750	Pegunungan Kobowre	2217	Indonesia	S03:52, E135:52	On New Guinea
77	2200	Milne Land HP	2200	Denmark	N70:47, W026:40	Milne Land HP
78	2723	Mount Tutoko	2191	New Zealand	S44:36, E168:00	On South Island
79	2839	Dansketinden	2189	Denmark	N72:07, W024:54	On Greenland
80	4169	Mauna Loa	2163	USA	N19:29, W155:36	On Hawaii
81	3074	Tanete Gandangdewata	2141	Indonesia	S02:45, E119:22	On Sulawesi
82**	2563	Gunung Liman	2131	Indonesia	S07:50, E111:46	On Java
83**	2119	Hvannadalshnukur	2119	Iceland	N64:01, W016:40	Iceland HP
84	2117	Mount Madiac	2117	Philippines	N11:23, E122:10	Panay HP
85	2891	Gunung Marapi	2116	Indonesia	S00:23, E100:28	On Sumatra
86	2111	Buku Sibela	2111	Indonesia	S00:44, E127:31	Batjan HP
87	2105	Palup Qaqa	2105	Denmark	N71:20, W052:49	Upemivik HP
88**	2820	Gunung Cikuray	2103	Indonesia	S07:19, E107:52	On Java
89	2085	Mount Mantaling	2085	Philippines	N08:49, E117:41	Palawan HP
90	2060	Queen Mary's Peak	2060	United Kingdom	S37:07, W012:17	Tristan da Cunha HP
91	2316	Nakanai Mountain HP	2056	Papua New Guinea	S005:11, E151:50	On New Britain
92	2565	Gunung Tumpu	2054	Indonesia	S01:04, E122:12	On Sulawesi
93	2050	Sibuyan island HP	2050	Philippines	N12:25, E122:34	Sibuyan HP
94	2320	Payers Tinde	2045	Denmark	N73:08, W026:22	On Greenland
95	2376	Gunung Mulu	2024	Malaysia	N04:03, E114:56	On Borneo
96	2372	Gunung Matebeanfeto	2022	East Timor	S08:39, E126:36	On Timor
97**	2884	Tapuae-o-Ueneku	2021	New Zealand	S42:00, E173:40	On South Island
98	2300	Bukit Raya	2018	Indonesia	S00:40, E112:41	On Borneo
99	2037	High Peak	2015	Philippines	N15:29, E120:07	On Luzon
100	2259	Perserajoq	2009	Denmark	N71:24, W051:58	On Greenland
****	****	100 Finest Island Peaks above here.	****	**	**	**
101	2230	Pegunungan Gauttier	2007	Indonesia	S02:34, E138:40	On New Guinea
****	****	2000 meter Prominence above here.	****	**	**	**

26 island peaks that have prominence exceeding 2000 meter and not listed above, are listed here for easy reference.
These peaks have been listed with a continent (given in the table below).
Thus, all 127 island peaks with at least 2000 meter of prominence can be found here.

Two stars behind the rank means that I have climbed it (5/26).

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Rank	Height	Name	Primary factor	Country	Location	Listed with continent
1	3794	Mount Erebus	3794	Antartica	S77:32, E167:10	Antartica
2**	3323	Monte Etna	3323	Italy	N37:45, E015:00	Europe
3	3110	Mount Siple	3110	Antartica	S73:15, W126:06	Antartica
4**	3098	Pico Duarte	3098	Dominican Republic	N19:01, W071:00	North America
5	3011	Pico Basile	3011	Equatorial Guinea	N03:35, E008:46	Africa
6	2987	Mount Stephenson	2987	Antartica	S69:49, W69:43	Antartica
7	2869	Shishaldin	2869	USA	N54:45, W163:58	North America
8	2760	Mount Francais	2760	Antartica	S64:38, W63:27	Antartica
9**	2706	Monte Cinto	2706	France	N42:23, E008:57	Europe
10	2680	Chaine de la Selle	2655	Haiti	N18:22, W071:59	North America
11	2616	Barbeau Peak	2616	Canada	N81:56, W074:59	North America
12	2580	Monte Darwin	2580	Chile	S54:40, W069:36	South America
13	2520	Mount Parry	2520	Antartica	S64:16, W062:25	Antartica
14**	2456	Timios Stavros	2456	Greece	N35:14, E024:46	Europe
15	2315	Mount Gaudry	2315	Antartica	S67:32, W068:37	Antartica
16	2300	Mount Irving	2300	Antartica	S61:17, W054:08	Antartica
17	2256	Blue Moutain Peak	2256	Jamaica	N18:03, W076:35	North America
18	2210	Outlook Peak	2210	Canada	N79:44, W091:24	North America
19	2195	Golden Hinde	2195	Canada	N49:40, W125:45	North America
20	2147	Mount Odin	2147	Canada	N66:33, W065:26	North America
21	2105	Mount Foster	2105	Antartica	S63:00, W062:33	Antartica
22	2103	Mount Vsevidof	2103	USA	N53:07, W168:42	North America
23**	2453	Páchnes	2038	Greece	N35:18, E024:02	Europe
24	2024	Pico de Sao Tome	2024	Sao Tome E Principe	N00:16, E006:33	Africa
25	2005	Pico Turquino	2005	Cuba	N19:59, W076:50	North America
26	2000	Hawkes Heights	2000	Antartica	S73:32, E169:42	Antartica