How tall is Queen Mary’s Peak?

Queen Mary’s Peak rises to 2,060 m. Surveyed elevation, GeoNames.

Where is Queen Mary’s Peak?

Queen Mary’s Peak is in Saint Helena, in Tristan da Cunha.

Where does Queen Mary’s Peak rank?

It is the 1st highest of the 25 peaks we list in Saint Helena, and #8,731 worldwide.

What is the nearest city to Queen Mary’s Peak?

Saldanha, South Africa, about 2,792 km away.

Peak · Saint Helena · Mid-Atlantic Ridge

Queen Mary’s Peak

Elevation

2,060 m

#8,731

in the world

in Saint Helena

2,060 m

prominence

Queen Mary’s Peak is a peak in Saint Helena, rising to 2,060 m, the highest point in Saint Helena, part of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.

Elevation

2,060 m

Surveyed elevation, GeoNames

Prominence

2,060 m

Height above its key col

Isolation

2,665 km

To the nearest higher ground

World rank

#8,731

of 14,627 listed

Where it is

Queen Mary’s Peak lies in Saint Helena, in Tristan da Cunha.

Key facts

Elevation

2,060 m

Surveyed elevation, GeoNames

Prominence

2,060 m

Isolation

2,665 km

Type

Peak

Range

Mid-Atlantic Ridge

Region

Tristan da Cunha

Coordinates

-37.112, -12.289

First ascent

1793

How it ranks

Among peaks in Saint Helena

#1of 25

LargestSmallest

In the Mid-Atlantic Ridge

#3of 5

LargestSmallest

Among all listed peaks

#8,731of 14,627

LargestSmallest

Nearest peaks

Peak	Elevation	Distance
Mount Olav	1,967 m	0.4 km
The Peak	1,578 m	1.4 km
Expedition Peak	845 m	408 km
False Peak	757 m	410 km
Edinburgh Peak	910 m	410 km
North Rowett	725 m	412 km

Nearest cities

The closest places in our city dataset to Queen Mary’s Peak.

City	Country	Population	Distance
Saldanha	South Africa	68,284	2,792 km
Vredenburg	South Africa	45,986	2,800 km
Muizenberg	South Africa	36,857	2,805 km
Cape Town	South Africa	4,772,846	2,805 km
Retreat	South Africa	25,745	2,806 km

About this mountain

At 2,060 m, this peak stands higher than Mount Olav 0.4 km away (1,967 m) and The Peak 1.4 km away (1,578 m). It is the highest summit among the 25 listed peaks in Saint Helena. The peak's prominence equals its full elevation, indicating no lower saddle connects it to any higher ground, and the nearest higher terrain lies 2,665 km distant. The first recorded ascent was in 1793.

Written from the figures on this page by an AI model, then checked against them automatically. No sources beyond the data shown here were used.

Tallest in the country

#	Peak	Elevation
1	Queen Mary’s Peak	2,060 m
2	Mount Olav	1,967 m
3	The Peak	1,578 m
4	Edinburgh Peak	910 m
5	The Peak	859 m
6	Expedition Peak	845 m
7	Diana’s Peak	818 m
8	South Rowett	797 m
9	Centre Rowett	796 m
10	West Rowett	787 m

Common questions

How tall is Queen Mary’s Peak?: Queen Mary’s Peak rises to 2,060 m. Surveyed elevation, GeoNames.
Where is Queen Mary’s Peak?: Queen Mary’s Peak is in Saint Helena, in Tristan da Cunha.
Where does Queen Mary’s Peak rank?: It is the 1st highest of the 25 peaks we list in Saint Helena, and #8,731 worldwide.
When was Queen Mary’s Peak first climbed?: The first recorded ascent was in 1793.
What is the nearest city to Queen Mary’s Peak?: Saldanha, South Africa, about 2,792 km away.

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Elevation and coordinates from GeoNames; prominence, isolation, range and first-ascent data from Wikidata. GeoNames publishes no date for elevation figures, so none is shown.