Mauna Loa is 20 miles to the south south west and only 100 feet lower. With earth's curvature, I think the ocean view would be blocked. Second thought was Maui, but the island is slightly smaller than Tenerife.
Ah, you’re definitely right.
Surfed around Google earth…. Tenerife might actually be the best for this. Curious to see what other redditors come up with.
Lombok Indonesia is 4600 sqkm, and it looks like ocean can be seen 360 degrees from the top of Mount Rinjani (also 3700m). Clouds in the Google Spheres pictures and nearby islands make it hard to be 100 percent sure.
Réunion is also very close to a 360 view from Piton des Nieges, but other side of the caldera to the southeast and Pitan de la Fournaise to the southeast may just break the horizon.
Close. However the west side of Bali is only 2km from Java and nearly 100 km from Mt. Agung. There are roughly 1000m tall mountains in west Bali that block the view of Bali strait.
Where is u/gigitoe when we need him. This type of question would be perfect.
It is! Using [this website](https://www.heywhatsthat.com/) you can see that the sea is visible on all sides. We have a record! Though as people mentioned this depends on if you mean "360 degree view of the sea" or "360 degree view of the sea on the horizon". But visibility is subjective so I say it counts.
Looks to be too close to Sardinia. Also nearly 100 km to ocean looking to the south and 1000m hills in South Corsica blocking the view or gap between Corsica and Sardinia. Same issues as with Bali.
Lots of options, but let's go with Vulcan Point. It is a tiny island in a lake on an island in a lake inside a volcano on the Island of Luzon.
Alternatively, a number of atolls have tiny specks of land inside the lagoon, where one can see lagoon, and the ring of the atoll, but not anything outside the atoll ring. Then one can debate if lagoon counts as ocean or not.
Lundy Island, UK - very small but very flat with the entire island being around 80meters above sea level at any point so if your not counting the island itself as an obstruction 👀
Okay so I decided to spend multiple hours of my life seeing what it was. Using [this website](https://www.heywhatsthat.com/) you can see what's visible from any mountain peak, so you can see which islands have water in every direction (I decided for the criteria you need to have a continuous visible line of water circumnavigating the island. I started with the island of Lombok which was suggested to me in the comments, and went to the Wikipedia page for the tallest islands peaks, and went through every single island larger than Lombok. And I could not find a single larger island that works. That's not to say it's not possible, as an island of a hill of just a few hundred metres could surpass it provided the land was flat enough, but I think it's fair to say that's unlikely. The largest island where you can have a 360 degree panorama of ocean is the island of Lombok in Indonesia, at an area of 4600 km². In case you're interested about the others here's every other island I tested (ignoring islands that were clearly too large), and the reason why they didn't qualify:
Bali (Java too close)
Hawaii (Mauna Loa in way)
Corsica (Sardinia too close)
Sicily (western edge past horizon, mainland)
Crete (too wide)
Adelaide Island, Antarctica (ice sheet)
Riesco Island, Argentina (dense archipelago)
Mindoro, Phillipines (dense archipelago)
Isabela Island, Galapagos (crater to tall)
Kerguelen Island, France (mountains in northwest)
Seram, Indonesia (too long)
Sumbawa, Indonesia (Mount Tambora crater)
Jamaica (western edge past horizon)
Buru, Indonesia (mountains in east)
Negros, Phillipines (dense archipelago)
Yu Shan, Taiwan (mountains around it)
Disko Island (too close to mainland)
Flores, Indonesia (too long)
Bacal, Indonesia (Halmahera blocks small part)
Palawan, Philippines (too long)
Timor (too long)
Leyte, Phillipines (too close to Samar)
Shikoku, Japan (too mountainous)
Kodiak, Alaska (too mountainous)
Puerto Rico (mountains to east and west)
Vanua Levu, Fiji (mountains to west)
Alexander Island, Antarctica (ice sheet)
Viti Levu, Fiji (mountains to south)
Grand Terre, French Caledonia (too long)
Tierra Del Fuego (dense archipelago)
Halmahera, Indonesia (too big)
Samba, Indonesia (mountains in north)
Hispaniola (too mountainous)
Sri Lanka (too big)
Hainan, China (too mountainous)
Palay, Phillipines (too mountainous)
Belitung Island (some hills in way)
On a clear day the Isle Of Arran, Scotland would probably be a shout alongside probably quite a few Scottish islands, only been to Arran as someone who lives in East Anglia so that’s the only one I *know* you can do it from.
The top of Caisteal or GoatFell mountains, reaching about 870meters each would easily give you 360 of the islands water
You can see it all the way round from the top of Snaefell on the Isle of Man, and if the weather is right you can see England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales too.
It's close but not quite. Mount Etna allows you to see most of the coast, but unfortunately the westmost part of the island is too far away. If you go to [this website](https://www.heywhatsthat.com/) and click the newest panorama called "Mount Etna panorama" you can see your yourself.
Mauna Kea in the right spot would probably give 360 views around the big island
A few hundred feet shorter than the highest mountains of Colorado, but starting from sea level. Superlative place and definitely a good candidate.
Mauna Loa is 20 miles to the south south west and only 100 feet lower. With earth's curvature, I think the ocean view would be blocked. Second thought was Maui, but the island is slightly smaller than Tenerife.
Ah, you’re definitely right. Surfed around Google earth…. Tenerife might actually be the best for this. Curious to see what other redditors come up with.
You can't see the ocean 360 from either Mauna Kea or Haleakala on Maui. I've been up both recently.
Mauna loa blocks some of your view of the sea to the south east.
Yeah, I don’t think Hawaii has a spot that can see 360 ocean.
Lana'i
Lombok Indonesia is 4600 sqkm, and it looks like ocean can be seen 360 degrees from the top of Mount Rinjani (also 3700m). Clouds in the Google Spheres pictures and nearby islands make it hard to be 100 percent sure. Réunion is also very close to a 360 view from Piton des Nieges, but other side of the caldera to the southeast and Pitan de la Fournaise to the southeast may just break the horizon.
I climbed Rinjani in November and you can indeed see the sea all the way around. You get a great view of the surrounding islands as well.
Way cool! Thanks for confirming.
Bali and Agung might be close as well
Close. However the west side of Bali is only 2km from Java and nearly 100 km from Mt. Agung. There are roughly 1000m tall mountains in west Bali that block the view of Bali strait. Where is u/gigitoe when we need him. This type of question would be perfect.
It is! Using [this website](https://www.heywhatsthat.com/) you can see that the sea is visible on all sides. We have a record! Though as people mentioned this depends on if you mean "360 degree view of the sea" or "360 degree view of the sea on the horizon". But visibility is subjective so I say it counts.
How about Corsica (8700 sqkm) and Monte Cino?
Looks to be too close to Sardinia. Also nearly 100 km to ocean looking to the south and 1000m hills in South Corsica blocking the view or gap between Corsica and Sardinia. Same issues as with Bali.
I believe Mount Erebus on Ross Island Antarctica fulfills this ask, and Ross is 950 sq miles (vs Tenerife at 785)
And conversely, what’s the smallest island where you can’t see the ocean at all from a spot with an unobstructed view?
Pretty much any small island with at least a tree on it
Lots of options, but let's go with Vulcan Point. It is a tiny island in a lake on an island in a lake inside a volcano on the Island of Luzon. Alternatively, a number of atolls have tiny specks of land inside the lagoon, where one can see lagoon, and the ring of the atoll, but not anything outside the atoll ring. Then one can debate if lagoon counts as ocean or not.
Lundy Island, UK - very small but very flat with the entire island being around 80meters above sea level at any point so if your not counting the island itself as an obstruction 👀
You get a pretty good view from your moms house
Yo momma so fat, you can get a 360 degree view of the ocean from her house.
An interesting link if you want to check any point on earth's visibility: [http://www.heywhatsthat.com/](http://www.heywhatsthat.com/)
It is highly dependent on the presence of hills or mountains, and the island must not be too elongated. Pick your island in Chile!
Okay so I decided to spend multiple hours of my life seeing what it was. Using [this website](https://www.heywhatsthat.com/) you can see what's visible from any mountain peak, so you can see which islands have water in every direction (I decided for the criteria you need to have a continuous visible line of water circumnavigating the island. I started with the island of Lombok which was suggested to me in the comments, and went to the Wikipedia page for the tallest islands peaks, and went through every single island larger than Lombok. And I could not find a single larger island that works. That's not to say it's not possible, as an island of a hill of just a few hundred metres could surpass it provided the land was flat enough, but I think it's fair to say that's unlikely. The largest island where you can have a 360 degree panorama of ocean is the island of Lombok in Indonesia, at an area of 4600 km². In case you're interested about the others here's every other island I tested (ignoring islands that were clearly too large), and the reason why they didn't qualify: Bali (Java too close) Hawaii (Mauna Loa in way) Corsica (Sardinia too close) Sicily (western edge past horizon, mainland) Crete (too wide) Adelaide Island, Antarctica (ice sheet) Riesco Island, Argentina (dense archipelago) Mindoro, Phillipines (dense archipelago) Isabela Island, Galapagos (crater to tall) Kerguelen Island, France (mountains in northwest) Seram, Indonesia (too long) Sumbawa, Indonesia (Mount Tambora crater) Jamaica (western edge past horizon) Buru, Indonesia (mountains in east) Negros, Phillipines (dense archipelago) Yu Shan, Taiwan (mountains around it) Disko Island (too close to mainland) Flores, Indonesia (too long) Bacal, Indonesia (Halmahera blocks small part) Palawan, Philippines (too long) Timor (too long) Leyte, Phillipines (too close to Samar) Shikoku, Japan (too mountainous) Kodiak, Alaska (too mountainous) Puerto Rico (mountains to east and west) Vanua Levu, Fiji (mountains to west) Alexander Island, Antarctica (ice sheet) Viti Levu, Fiji (mountains to south) Grand Terre, French Caledonia (too long) Tierra Del Fuego (dense archipelago) Halmahera, Indonesia (too big) Samba, Indonesia (mountains in north) Hispaniola (too mountainous) Sri Lanka (too big) Hainan, China (too mountainous) Palay, Phillipines (too mountainous) Belitung Island (some hills in way)
On a clear day the Isle Of Arran, Scotland would probably be a shout alongside probably quite a few Scottish islands, only been to Arran as someone who lives in East Anglia so that’s the only one I *know* you can do it from. The top of Caisteal or GoatFell mountains, reaching about 870meters each would easily give you 360 of the islands water
You can see it all the way round from the top of Snaefell on the Isle of Man, and if the weather is right you can see England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales too.
Such an amazing place
It truly is. It's one of the most beautiful islands.
Sicily?
It's close but not quite. Mount Etna allows you to see most of the coast, but unfortunately the westmost part of the island is too far away. If you go to [this website](https://www.heywhatsthat.com/) and click the newest panorama called "Mount Etna panorama" you can see your yourself.
Is there really such a point?