Pico Duarte is the highest summit of the Dominican Republic , the Island of Hispaniola , and the entire Caribbean .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 .
Topographic elevation is the vertical distance above the reference geoid , a mathematical model of the Earth's sea level as an equipotential gravitational surface. The topographic prominence of a summit is the elevation difference between that summit and the highest or key col to a higher summit. The topographic isolation of a summit is the minimum great-circle distance to a point of equal elevation.
This article defines a significant summit as a summit with at least 100 meters (328.1 feet) of topographic prominence, and a major summit as a summit with at least 500 meters (1640 feet) of topographic prominence. An ultra-prominent summit is a summit with at least 1500 meters (4921 feet) of topographic prominence.
If an elevation or prominence is calculated as a range of values, the arithmetic mean is shown.
Ultra-prominent summits
Of these seven ultra-prominent summits of the Caribbean, three are located in the Dominican Republic, two in Haiti, and one each in Jamaica and Cuba.
The seven ultra-prominent summits of the Caribbean
Rank
Mountain Peak
Country
Island
Elevation
Prominence
Isolation
Location
1
Pico Duarte [1] [a]
Dominican Republic
Hispaniola
3098 m 10,164 ft
3098 m 10,164 ft
941 km 584 mi
19°01′23″N 70°59′52″W / 19.0231°N 70.9977°W / 19.0231; -70.9977 (Pico Duarte )
2
Pic la Selle [2] [b] [c]
Haiti
Hispaniola
2674 m 8,773 ft
2644 m 8,675 ft
126.6 km 78.7 mi
18°21′37″N 71°58′36″W / 18.3602°N 71.9767°W / 18.3602; -71.9767 (Pic la Selle )
3
Blue Mountain Peak [3] [d] [e]
Jamaica
Jamaica
2256 m 7,402 ft
2256 m 7,402 ft
273 km 169.5 mi
18°02′47″N 76°34′44″W / 18.0465°N 76.5788°W / 18.0465; -76.5788 (Blue Mountain Peak )
4
Pic Macaya [4] [f]
Haiti
Hispaniola
2347 m 7,700 ft
2087 m 6,847 ft
216 km 134.5 mi
18°22′56″N 74°01′27″W / 18.3822°N 74.0243°W / 18.3822; -74.0243 (Pic Macaya )
5
Pico Turquino [5] [g] [h]
Cuba
Cuba
1974 m 6,476 ft
1974 m 6,476 ft
217 km 134.7 mi
19°59′23″N 76°50′10″W / 19.9898°N 76.8360°W / 19.9898; -76.8360 (Pico Turquino )
6
Loma Gajo en Medio[6]
Dominican Republic
Hispaniola
2279 m 7,477 ft
1779 m 5,837 ft
57.5 km 35.7 mi
18°37′45″N 71°30′39″W / 18.6292°N 71.5108°W / 18.6292; -71.5108 (Loma Gajo en Medio )
7
Loma Alto de la Bandera [7] [i]
Dominican Republic
Hispaniola
2842 m 9,324 ft
1512 m 4,961 ft
43.4 km 27 mi
18°48′45″N 70°37′36″W / 18.8126°N 70.6268°W / 18.8126; -70.6268 (Loma Alto de la Bandera )
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The 7 most prominent summits of the Caribbean
The 14 most isolated major summits of the Caribbean
Mountain peaks of North America
Sovereign states Dependencies and other territories
Lists of ultra-prominent summits
List of Ultras of the Americas
List of Ultras of the Americas
United States and Canada
Latin America and the Caribbean
Sovereign states
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Bahamas
Barbados
Belize
Bolivia
Brazil
Canada
Chile
Colombia
Costa Rica
Cuba
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
El Salvador
Grenada
Guatemala
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
Jamaica
Mexico
Nicaragua
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Suriname
Trinidad and Tobago
United States
Uruguay
Venezuela
Anguilla
Aruba
Bermuda
Bonaire
British Virgin Islands
Cayman Islands
Curaçao
Falkland Islands
French Guiana
Greenland
Guadeloupe
Martinique
Montserrat
Puerto Rico
Saba
Saint Barthélemy
Saint Martin
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Sint Eustatius
Sint Maarten
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
Turks and Caicos Islands
U.S. Virgin Islands