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Topographical map of the Pico Duarte massif and its location in the Dominican Republic. The mountain's elevation was debated for decades, up until the mid-1990s, when it was still held to be 3,175 metres (10,417 ft) high. In 2003, it was measured by a researcher using GPS technology, and it was found to be 3,098 metres (10,164 ft) tall. [4]
The highest in the world according to National Geographic magazine (May 2003); [1] pop. 30,000. Barrio Rit’ipata, consisting of miners' shacks, is above it. [2] 2 China: Tuiwa: Tibet Autonomous Region: 5,070 16,634 Described as the "highest administrative village in the world" by sources such as China Daily. [3] 3 Bolivia: Santa Barbara ...
The 20 highest summits of the Caribbean with at least 500 meters of topographic prominence; Rank Mountain peak Country Island Elevation Prominence Isolation Location; 1 Pico Duarte [5] [a] Dominican Republic: Island of Hispaniola: 3098 m 10,164 ft: 3098 m 10,164 ft: 941 km 584 mi
Map of countries coloured according to their highest point. The following sortable table lists land surface elevation extremes by country or dependent territory. Topographic elevation is the vertical distance above the reference geoid, a mathematical model of the Earth's sea level as an equipotential gravitational surface.
A film, "Postcard From Earth," by Darren Aronofsky, shows off the immersive magic of the world's largest spherical structure, on a screen that's said to be the highest resolution in the world ...
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 Cordillera Central is the highest mountain range in the Dominican Republic and in all of the Caribbean, running through the center of the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles. [2] It is connected to the Massif du Nord mountain range in Haiti.
The Cibao Valley (Dominican Republic) is the largest and the most important valley of the country. This long valley stretches from North Haiti, where is called Plaine du Nord , to Samaná Bay. It can be divided in two sections: the northwestern part is the Yaque del Norte Valley (or Línea Noroeste ) and the eastern Yuna Valley (or Vega Real ...