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Pico Duarte is the highest point in the Dominican Republic, the island of Hispaniola, and the entire Caribbean. This article comprises three sortable tables of major mountain peaks [1] of the islands of the Caribbean Sea. The summit of a mountain or hill may be measured in three principal ways:
Many of the following islands are selected for inclusion as the main island or having the highest peak in their island nation. The list includes some dependent or semi-dependent island overseas territories with their own ISO 3166-1 country code. The dependencies of Guernsey (Alderney, Sark, Herm) and St. Helena (Tristan da Cunha, Ascension ...
Pico Duarte is the highest point in the Dominican Republic, the Island of Hispaniola, and the entire Caribbean. This article comprises four sortable tables of major mountain summits [1] of the Caribbean that are the higher than any other point north or south of their latitude or east or west their longitude in the region.
The following sortable table comprises the seven ultra-prominent summits on the islands of the Caribbean Sea. Each of these peaks has at least 1500 meters (4921 feet) of topographic prominence . Five of these peaks rise on the island of Hispaniola (three in the Dominican Republic , and two in Haiti ) and one each on Jamaica and Cuba .
Pico Duarte is the highest peak in the Dominican Republic, on the island of Hispaniola and in all the Caribbean.At 3,101 m (10,174 ft) above sea level, it gives Hispaniola the 16th-highest maximum elevation of any island in the world.
Mount Saint Catherine is an extensively weathered stratovolcano mountain and tallest peak on the Caribbean island of Grenada.Its summit marks the dividing line between the parishes of St. Mark and St. Andrew and is one of the highlights of the Mount St. Catherine Forest Reserve.
Blue Mountain Peak is the highest mountain in Jamaica and one of the highest peaks in the Caribbean at 2,256 metres (7,402 ft), and the highest one outside of Hispaniola. It is the home of Blue Mountain coffee .
Cerro de Punta or Cerro Punta is the highest peak in Puerto Rico, rising to 1,338 meters (4,390 ft) above sea level. [note 1] The mountain is part of the Cordillera Central and is located on the town boundary between the municipalities of Ponce and Jayuya in the central region of the main island of Puerto Rico.