What is the highest point in the Caribbean?

The highest point in the Caribbean is Pico Duarte. Rising in the Cordillera Central of the Dominican Republic on Hispaniola, the mountain is generally listed at about 3,101 metres (10,174 feet) above sea level.

Pico Duarte is also the highest point in the Dominican Republic and on the island of Hispaniola. Its summit is only slightly higher than nearby La Pelona, a twin peak separated by a high mountain pass. Modern GPS and satellite-based measurements have helped resolve decades of disagreement over the mountain’s exact elevation.

The peak was first reported climbed in 1851 by German-born explorer Robert Hermann Schomburgk. It was later named Pico Trujillo during the dictatorship of Rafael Trujillo, then renamed after Juan Pablo Duarte, one of the Dominican Republic’s founding fathers.

A common mix-up is confusing the Caribbean’s highest point with the highest point of a particular island. Jamaica’s Blue Mountain Peak and Saint Lucia’s Mount Gimie are high island summits, but neither approaches Pico Duarte’s elevation.