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The Carbet Mountains (French: Pitons Du Carbet, or Carbet Nails) are a massif of volcanic origin on the Caribbean island of Martinique. The mountain range is a popular tourist, hiking , and rock climbing destination.
The French West Indies or French Antilles (French: Antilles françaises, [ɑ̃tij fʁɑ̃sɛːz]; Antillean Creole: Antiy fwansé) are the parts of France located in the Antilles islands of the Caribbean: The two overseas departments of: Guadeloupe, including the islands of Basse-Terre, Grande-Terre, Les Saintes, Marie-Galante, and La Désirade.
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:
The "Island of flowers ", as Martinique is called, is a volcanic island with rather low mountains which form steep cliffs along the coasts. It can be divided into three natural zones: a mountainous region in the north, with its two highest points at Mount Pelée (an active volcano, 4,428 ft.) and the Pitons du Carbet (3,960 ft.); the Lamentin Plain in the center; and a hilly region in the ...
The Blue Mountains of Jamaica are a granite outcrop rising over 2,000 meters (6000'), while the rest of the island to the west consists mainly of karst limestone. [22] Much of Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands were formed by the collision of the Caribbean Plate with the North American Plate and consist of 12 island arc terranes. [23]
Canary Islands Spain * Cuyo Island: Mount Bonbon: 251 m 823 ft Philippines * Babeldaob: Mount Ngerchelchuus: 242 m 794 ft Palau * Pitt Island: Waihere Head: 241 m 791 ft 65 New Zealand * Corcuera Island: Mount Simara: 230 m 750 ft Philippines * Ticao Island: Mount Pandan: 228.9 m 751 ft Philippines * Unguja: Koani Mountain: 195 m 640 ft ...
The island as seen from the Spanish side. The most important historical event to have taken place on the island was the signing of the Treaty of the Pyrenees.This was the climax to a series of 24 conferences held between Luis Méndez de Haro, a grandee of Spain, and Cardinal Mazarin, Chief Minister of France, in 1659 following the end of the Thirty Years' War.
In Greek mythology, Pyrene is a princess who gave her name to the Pyrenees. The Greek historian Herodotus says Pyrene is the name of a town in Celtic Europe. [5] According to Silius Italicus, [6] she was the virgin daughter of Bebryx, a king in Mediterranean Gaul by whom the hero Hercules was given hospitality during his quest to steal the cattle of Geryon [7] during his famous Labours.