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

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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

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Saint Helena island seen from above
The Barn on Saint Helena
The lava field terrain on Ascension Island
The terrain at Edinburgh of the Seven Seas on Tristan da Cunha

Over 1000m

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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

Lot and Lot's Wife (in background)
Ascension Island (note the volcanic craters)
Tristan da Cunha island
Mountain or hill Height 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

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See also

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  • Google Terrain map of St Helena

Sources

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