List of the highest islands of North America

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The summit of Gunnbjørn Fjeld is the highest point of the Island of Greenland, Kalaallit Nunaat, the Kingdom of Denmark, and the entire Arctic.

The following sortable table comprises the 76 highest ocean islands of greater North America. Each of these islands rises at least 1000 meters (3281 feet) above the sea.

This article defines the ocean islands of greater North America to include the coastal islands of North America, the islands of the Caribbean Sea, the Lucayan Archipelago, the islands of Greenland (Kalaallit Nunaat), the islands of Canada, and the islands of Alaska. The Hawaiian Islands are not included because they are considered part of Oceania.

Highest islands

Greenland and Hispaniola rise above 3000 meters (9843 feet). Eleven islands rise above 2000 meters (6562 feet), and the following 76 islands rise above 1000 meters (3281 feet).

The 76 highest ocean islands of greater North America

Rank	Island	Region	Summit	Elevation	Location
1	Island of Greenland	Greenland	Gunnbjørn Fjeld	7003369400000000000♠3694 m 12,119 ft
2	Island of Hispaniola	Dominican Republic Haiti	Pico Duarte	7003309800000000000♠3098 m 10,164 ft
3	Unimak Island	Alaska	Shishaldin Volcano	7003286939300000000♠2869 m 9,414 ft
4	Ellesmere Island	Nunavut	Barbeau Peak	7003261600000000000♠2616 m 8,583 ft
5	Island of Jamaica	Jamaica	Blue Mountain Peak	7003225600000000000♠2256 m 7,402 ft
6	Axel Heiberg Island	Nunavut	Outlook Peak	7003221000000000000♠2210 m 7,251 ft
7	Vancouver Island	British Columbia	Golden Hinde	7003219700000000000♠2197 m 7,208 ft
8	Umnak Island	Alaska	Mount Vsevidof	7003214914900000000♠2149 m 7,051 ft
9	Baffin Island	Nunavut	Mount Odin	7003214300000000000♠2143 m 7,031 ft
10	Island of Palup Qaqa	Greenland	Palup Qaqa high point	7003210500000000000♠2105 m 6,906 ft
11	Island of Milne Land	Greenland	Milne Land high point	7003205000000000000♠2050 m 6,726 ft
12	Island of Cuba	Cuba	Pico Turquino	7003197400000000000♠1974 m 6,476 ft
13	Bylot Island	Nunavut	Angilaaq Mountain	7003194400000000000♠1944 m 6,378 ft
14	Devon Island	Nunavut	Devon Ice Cap high point	7003192024400000000♠1920 m 6,300 ft
15	Disko Island	Greenland	Pyramiden	7003190400000000000♠1904 m 6,247 ft
16	Ymer Island	Greenland	Angelin Bjerg	7003190000000000000♠1900 m 6,234 ft
17	Traill Island	Greenland	Traill Island high point	7003188400000000000♠1884 m 6,181 ft
18	Tanaga Island	Alaska	Tanaga Volcano	7003180594400000000♠1806 m 5,925 ft
19	Unalaska Island	Alaska	Makushin Volcano	7003179984800000000♠1800 m 5,905 ft
20	Island of Storo	Greenland	Storo high point	7003177000000000000♠1770 m 5,807 ft
21	Qeqertaq Island	Greenland	Snehaetten	7003176500000000000♠1765 m 5,791 ft
22	Great Sitkin Island	Alaska	Great Sitkin Volcano	7003174041100000000♠1740 m 5,710 ft
23	Island of Skjoldungen	Greenland	Azimuthbjerg	7003173800000000000♠1738 m 5,702 ft
24	Geographical Society Island	Greenland	Svedenborg Bjerg	7003173000000000000♠1730 m 5,676 ft
25	Chuginadak Island	Alaska	Mount Cleveland	7003172974300000000♠1730 m 5,675 ft
26	Agpat Island	Greenland	Appaalik	7003171100000000000♠1711 m 5,614 ft
27	King Island	British Columbia	Farquhar Peak	7003167900000000000♠1679 m 5,509 ft
28	Sillem Island	Nunavut	Sillem Peak	7003166000000000000♠1660 m 5,446 ft
29	Baranof Island	Alaska	Veniaminof Peak	7003164287500000000♠1643 m 5,390 ft
30	Carlisle Island	Alaska	Carlisle Volcano	7003161026200000000♠1610 m 5,283 ft
31	Salliaruseq Island	Greenland	Salliaruseq high point	7003161000000000000♠1610 m 5,282 ft
32	Clavering Island	Greenland	Clavering Island high point	7003160400000000000♠1604 m 5,262 ft
33	East Redonda Island	British Columbia	Mount Addenbroke	7003159100000000000♠1591 m 5,220 ft
34	Gareloi Island	Alaska	Gareloi Volcano	7003157277100000000♠1573 m 5,160 ft
35	Island of Sangmissoq	Greenland	Sangmissoq high point	7003154900000000000♠1549 m 5,082 ft
36	Atka Island	Alaska	Korovin Volcano	7003153314700000000♠1533 m 5,030 ft
37	Admiralty Island	Alaska	Kootznoowoo Peak	7003147828300000000♠1478 m 4,850 ft
38	île de Basse-Terre	Guadeloupe	La Grande Soufrière	7003146700000000000♠1467 m 4,813 ft
39	Island of Dominica	Dominica	Morne Diablotins	7003144700000000000♠1447 m 4,747 ft
40	Revillagigedo Island	Alaska	Mount Reid	7003139964400000000♠1400 m 4,592 ft
41	Island of Martinique	Martinique	Montagne Pelée	7003139500000000000♠1395 m 4,577 ft
42	Kodiak Island	Alaska	Koniag Peak	7003137769900000000♠1378 m 4,520 ft
43	Island of Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico	Cerro de Punta	7003133780000000000♠1337.8 m 4,389 ft
44	Ammassalik Island	Greenland	Ammassalik Island high point	7003133500000000000♠1335 m 4,380 ft
45	Herbert Island	Alaska	Herbert Volcan	7003131064300000000♠1311 m 4,300 ft
46	Isla Guadalupe	Baja California	Isla Guadalupe high point	7003131000000000000♠1310 m 4,298 ft
47	Kanaga Island	Alaska	Mount Kanaga	7003130668000000000♠1307 m 4,287 ft
48	Akutan Island	Alaska	Mount Akutan	7003129570700000000♠1296 m 4,251 ft
49	Island of Saint Vincent	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	La Soufrière	7003123400000000000♠1234 m 4,049 ft
50	Augustine Island	Alaska	Augustine Volcano	7003122682200099999♠1227 m 4,025 ft
51	Semisopochnoi Island	Alaska	Anvil Peak	7003122133600000000♠1221 m 4,007 ft
52	Kiska Island	Alaska	Kiska Volcano	7003122042200000000♠1220 m 4,004 ft
53	Prince of Wales Island	Alaska	Prince of Wales Island high point	7003121798300000000♠1218 m 3,996 ft
54	Etolin Island	Alaska	Etolin Island high point	7003120701000000000♠1207 m 3,960 ft
55	Kupreanof Island	Alaska	Sherman Peak	7003120396200000000♠1204 m 3,950 ft
56	Isla Cedros	Baja California	Isla Cedros high point	7003120000000000000♠1200 m 3,937 ft
57	Adak Island	Alaska	Mount Moffett	7003119603800000000♠1196 m 3,924 ft
58	Chichagof Island	Alaska	Chichagof Island high point	7003119146600099999♠1191 m 3,909 ft
59	Moresby Island	British Columbia	Mount Moresby	7003116400000000000♠1164 m 3,819 ft
60	Segula Island	Alaska	Segula Peak	7003116342400000000♠1163 m 3,817 ft
61	Saint Christopher Island (Island of Saint Kitts)	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Mount Liamuiga (Mount Misery)	7003115600000000000♠1156 m 3,793 ft
62	Chagulak Island	Alaska	Chagulak Volcano	7003114300200000000♠1143 m 3,750 ft
63	Graham Island	British Columbia	Mount La Pérouse	7003112700000000000♠1127 m 3,698 ft
64	Princess Royal Island	British Columbia	Canoona Peak	7003110400000000000♠1104 m 3,622 ft
65	Pitt Island	British Columbia	Heavenor Peak	7003109900000000000♠1099 m 3,606 ft
66	Annette Island	Alaska	Tamgas Mountain	7003109453900000000♠1095 m 3,591 ft
67	Louise Island	British Columbia	Mount Kermode	7003109100000000000♠1091 m 3,579 ft
68	Isla Ángel de la Guarda	Baja California	Isla Ángel de la Guarda high point	7003109000000000000♠1090 m 3,576 ft
69	Kuiu Island	Alaska	Kuiu Island high point	7003107960400000000♠1080 m 3,542 ft
70	Gribbell Island	British Columbia	Gribbel Peak	7003107700000000000♠1077 m 3,533 ft
71	Seguam Island	Alaska	Pyre Peak	7003105400100000000♠1054 m 3,458 ft
	Douglas Island	Alaska	Mount Meek	7003105400100000000♠1054 m 3,458 ft
73	Isla Socorro	Colima	Volcán Everman	7003105000000000000♠1050 m 3,445 ft
74	West Redonda Island	British Columbia	Mount Perritt	7003104800000000000♠1048 m 3,438 ft
75	Calvert Island	British Columbia	Mount Buxton	7003101700000000000♠1017 m 3,337 ft
76	Mitkof Island	Alaska	Crystal Mountain	7003101102400000000♠1011 m 3,317 ft

Gallery

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  1. Gunnbjørn Fjeld is the highest summit of the Island of Greenland, Kalaallit Nunaat, the Kingdom of Denmark, and the entire Arctic.

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  2. Pico Duarte is the highest summit in the Dominican Republic, the Island of Hispaniola, and the entire Caribbean.

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  3. Shishaldin Volcano is the highest summit of Unimak Island and the Aleutian Islands of Alaska.

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  4. Barbeau Peak is the highest summit of Ellesmere Island and Nunavut.

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  7. The Golden Hinde is the highest summit of Vancouver Island in British Columbia.

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  8. Mount Vsevidof is the highest summit of Umnak Island and the Fox Islands in the Aleutian Islands of Alaska.

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  9. Mount Odin is the highest summit of Baffin Island in Nunavut.

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  12. Pico Turquino is the highest summit of the island and Republic of Cuba.

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  18. Tanaga Volcano is the highest summit of Tanaga Island and the Andreanof Islands in the Aleutian Islands of Alaska.

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  34. Gareloi Volcano is the apex of Gareloi Island in the Aleutian Islands of Alaska.

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  39. The active volcano Morne Diablotins is the highest summit of the island and Commonwealth of Dominica.

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  41. Montagne Pelée is the highest summit on the Island of Martinique and the French Région Martinique.

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  43. Cerro de Punta is the highest summit of the island and Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

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  52. Kiska Volcano is the apex of Kiska Island in the Aleutian Islands of Alaska.

See also

• North America
  • Geography of North America
    • List of islands of North America
      • List of the highest islands of North America
• Islands
• Mountains
• Volcanoes

External links

• Natural Resources Canada (NRC)
  • Canadian Geographical Names @ NRC
• United States Geological Survey (USGS)
  • Geographic Names Information System @ USGS
• United States National Geodetic Survey (NGS)
  • Geodetic Glossary @ NGS
  • NGVD 29 to NAVD 88 online elevation converter @ NGS
  • Survey Marks and Datasheets @ NGS
• Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática (INEGI)
  • Sistemas Nacionales Estadístico y de Información Geográfica (SNEIG)
• Bivouac.com
• Peakbagger.com
• Peaklist.org
• Peakware.com
• Summitpost.org