List of Ultras of the Caribbean

Pico Duarte is the highest point in the Dominican Republic, the Island of Hispaniola, and the entire Caribbean.

The following is a sortable table of the seven ultra prominent mountain peaks on the islands of the Caribbean Sea. There are five such peaks on Hispaniola and one each on Jamaica and Cuba.

Topographic elevation is the vertical distance above the reference geoid, a precise mathematical model of the Earth's sea level as an equipotential gravitational surface. Topographic prominence is the elevation difference between the summit and the highest or key col to a higher summit. Topographic isolation is the minimum great circle distance to a point of higher 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 (1640.4 feet) of topographic prominence. An ultra-prominent summit is a summit with at least 1500 meters (4921.3 feet) of topographic prominence.

Most prominent summits

The seven-ultra prominent mountain peaks on the islands of the Caribbean Sea
Rank Mountain Peak Country Island Elevation Prominence Isolation
1 Pico Duarte[1] PB  Dominican Republic Island of Hispaniola 3098 m
10,164 ft		3098 m
10,164 ft		941 km
584 mi
2 Pic la Selle[2] PB  Haiti Island of Hispaniola 2680 m
8,793 ft		2650 m
8,694 ft		126.8 km
78.8 mi
3 Blue Mountain Peak[3] PB  Jamaica Island of Jamaica 2256 m
7,402 ft		2256 m
7,402 ft		272 km
169.3 mi
4 Pic Macaya PB  Haiti Island of Hispaniola 2347 m
7,700 ft		2087 m
6,847 ft		216 km
134.1 mi
5 Pico Real del Turquino[4] PB  Cuba Island of Cuba 1974 m
6,476 ft		1974 m
6,476 ft		219 km
136.2 mi
6 Loma Gajo en Medio PB  Dominican Republic Island of Hispaniola 2279 m
7,477 ft		1779 m
5,837 ft		57.3 km
35.6 mi
7 Loma Alto de la Bandera PB  Dominican Republic Island of Hispaniola 2842 m
9,324 ft		1502 m
4,928 ft		45.4 km
28.2 mi

See also

References

  1. ↑ The summit of Pico Duarte is the highest point on the Island of Hispaniola, the Dominican Republic, and all the islands of the Caribbean Sea.
  2. ↑ The summit of Pic la Selle is the highest point of the Republic of Haiti.
  3. ↑ The summit of Blue Mountain Peak is the highest point of the Island of Jamaica and the nation of Jamaica.
  4. ↑ The summit of Pico Real del Turquino is the highest point on the Island of Cuba and the Republic of Cuba.

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