Pico Turquino

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Pico Turquino
Elevation 1,975 metres (6,749 feet)
Location Cuba
Range Sierra Maestra
Coordinates 19°59′N, 76°55′W
Translation Turquino Peak (Spanish)

Pico Turquino is the highest point in Cuba. It is located in the southeast part of the island, in the Sierra Maestra mountain range in Santiago de Cuba province. During the late 1950s, Fidel Castro and members of his 26th of July Movement used the area as a base during the Cuban Revolution.

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