List of mountains and hills of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha

Last updated May 08, 2024

This is a list of mountains and hills in Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha, the British Overseas Territory, listed by height.

List of mountains and hills

The terrain at Edinburgh of the Seven Seas on Tristan da Cunha Edinburgh-Tristan.jpg — The terrain at Edinburgh of the Seven Seas on Tristan da Cunha

Over 1000m

Mountain or hill	Height	Island	Notes
Queen Mary's Peak	2,062 metres (6,765 ft)	Tristan da Cunha	an Ultra prominent peak tallest in whole overseas territory and on the island
Mount Olav	1,969 metres (6,460 ft)	Tristan da Cunha

750m to 1000m

Mountain or hill	Height	Island	Notes
Edinburgh Peak	910 metres (2,990 ft)	Gough Island (Tristan da Cunha)	tallest on the island
Expedition Peak	909 metres (2,982 ft)	Gough Island
Green Mountain "The Peak"	859 metres (2,818 ft)	Ascension Island	tallest on the island
Centre Rowett	836 metres (2,743 ft)	Gough Island	highest of the Mount Rowett peaks
Diana's Peak	818 metres (2,684 ft)	Saint Helena	tallest on the island
Nigel's Cap	811 metres (2,661 ft)	Gough Island
North Rowett	808 metres (2,651 ft)	Gough Island	one of the Mount Rowett peaks
West Rowett	805 metres (2,641 ft)	Gough Island	one of the Mount Rowett peaks
High Peak	798 metres (2,618 ft)	Saint Helena
False Peak	757 metres (2,484 ft)	Gough Island

500m to 750m

Mountain or hill	Height	Island	Notes
Sandy Bay Ridge	747 metres (2,451 ft)	Saint Helena
Sea-hen Crag	710 metres (2,330 ft)	Gough Island
High Hill	707 metres (2,320 ft)	Saint Helena
White Point	694 metres (2,277 ft)	Saint Helena
Hag's Tooth	692 metres (2,270 ft)	Gough Island
Hooper's Ridge	691 metres (2,267 ft)	Saint Helena
Flagstaff Hill	688 metres (2,257 ft)	Saint Helena
Halley's Mount	680 metres (2,230 ft)	Saint Helena	named for Edmond Halley
Tavistock Crag	640 metres (2,100 ft)	Gough Island
The Saddle	639 metres (2,096 ft)	Saint Helena
Triple Peak	634 metres (2,080 ft)	Gough Island
The Haystack	616 metres (2,021 ft)	Saint Helena	highest point of The Barn
Weather Post	608 metres (1,995 ft)	Ascension Island
Long Range	588 metres (1,929 ft)	Saint Helena
Mount Argus	587 metres (1,926 ft)	Gough Island
High Knoll	584 metres (1,916 ft)	Saint Helena
Joan Hill	579 metres (1,900 ft)	Saint Helena
Blue Point	573 metres (1,880 ft)	Saint Helena
Green Hill	570 metres (1,870 ft)	Gough Island
Stone Top Ridge	566 metres (1,857 ft)	Saint Helena	height given near "The Bellstone"
Swale's Fell	561 metres (1,841 ft)	Inaccessible Island (Tristan da Cunha)	tallest on the island; on Gony Ridge
Red Hill	546 metres (1,791 ft)	Ascension Island	("The Ring")
White Hill	543 metres (1,781 ft)	Saint Helena
Devil's Ashpit	536 metres (1,759 ft)	Ascension Island	location of NASA Challenger Centre
Piccolo Hill	529 metres (1,736 ft)	Saint Helena
White Hill	525 metres (1,722 ft)	Ascension Island
Boulder Hill	510 metres (1,670 ft)	Inaccessible Island	on Gony Ridge

250m to 500m

Mountain or hill	Height	Island	Notes
Great Stone Top	494 metres (1,621 ft)	Saint Helena
Lot's Wife	462 metres (1,516 ft)	Saint Helena	(also a rock off the north coast of Gough Island)
Lot	454 metres (1,490 ft)	Saint Helena
Cairn Peak	323 metres (1,060 ft)	Inaccessible Island
Sisters Peak	445 metres (1,460 ft)	Ascension Island
Boxwood Hill	434 metres (1,424 ft)	Saint Helena
Sandy Bay Barn	431 metres (1,414 ft)	Saint Helena
Rupert's Hill	405 metres (1,329 ft)	Saint Helena
Horse Point	403 metres (1,322 ft)	Saint Helena
Round Hill	388 metres (1,273 ft)	Inaccessible Island
Denstone Hill	384 metres (1,260 ft)	Inaccessible Island
High Ridge	378 metres (1,240 ft)	Nightingale Island (Tristan da Cunha)	tallest on the island
Spoon Crater	364 metres (1,194 ft)	Ascension Island
Traveller's Hill	357 metres (1,171 ft)	Ascension Island	also name of nearby RAF base
The Fid	355 metres (1,165 ft)	Gough Island
South East Crater	349 metres (1,145 ft)	Ascension Island
Joe's Hill	330 metres (1,080 ft)	Inaccessible Island
Lady Hill	329 metres (1,079 ft)	Ascension Island
South Hill	323 metres (1,060 ft)	Inaccessible Island
	300 metres (980 ft)	Nightingale Island (Tristan da Cunha)
Sugar Loaf Hill	272 metres (892 ft)	Saint Helena
Ladder Hill	268 metres (879 ft)	Saint Helena
Cross Hill	263 metres (863 ft)	Ascension Island

50m to 250m

Mountain or hill	Height	Island	Notes
Bears Back	240 metres (790 ft)	Ascension Island
Dark Slope Crater	234 metres (768 ft)	Ascension Island
Broken Tooth	228 metres (748 ft)	Ascension Island	("East Crater")
South Gannet Hill	228 metres (748 ft)	Ascension Island
Goat Pound Ridge	227 metres (745 ft)	Saint Helena
Richmond Hill	210 metres (690 ft)	Gough Island	SE of the island, near the Meteorological Station
Pig Beach Hill	207 metres (679 ft)	Inaccessible Island
Egg Island	79 metres (259 ft)	Saint Helena

Other hills and hill features

NB: Many of these hills and features are over 200m.

Mountain or hill	Island	Notes
Cat Hill	Ascension Island	location of the main US base
Letter Box	Ascension Island
Devil's Riding School	Ascension Island	a crater
Devil's Cauldron	Ascension Island	a crater, near Weather Post
Round Hill	Ascension Island
Booby Hill	Ascension Island
Holland's Crater	Ascension Island
Dune Hills	Inaccessible Island
Long Ridge	Inaccessible Island
Little Stone Top	Saint Helena
Mount Vesey	Saint Helena
Drummond's Point	Saint Helena
Munden's Mount	Saint Helena
Green Hill	Saint Helena
Cuckold's Point	Saint Helena	near Diana's Peak
Mount Actaeon	Saint Helena	near Diana's Peak
Mount Ross	Saint Helena
Bunker's Hill	Saint Helena
Silver Hill	Saint Helena
Blue Hill	Saint Helena
The Saddle	Saint Helena
Beach Hill	Saint Helena
Horse Point	Saint Helena
Turk's Cap	Saint Helena
Thompson's Hill	Saint Helena
King & Queen Rocks	Saint Helena
Horse Ridge	Saint Helena
Dry Gut Hill	Saint Helena
Botley's Point	Saint Helena
Rock Mount	Saint Helena
Sheep Knoll	Saint Helena
Powell's Valley Hill	Saint Helena
Brown's Hill	Saint Helena
Bonfire Ridge	Saint Helena
Woodland's Hill	Saint Helena
Isaac's Hill	Saint Helena
Round Hill	Tristan da Cunha
Cave Gulch Hill	Tristan da Cunha
Red Hill	Tristan da Cunha

Maps

Topographic map of Saint Helena
Topographic map of Ascension Island
The Tristan da Cunha archipelago
Relief map of Gough Island
Satellite map of Gough Island

External links

Google Terrain map of St Helena

Sources

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List of mountains and hills of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha

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