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.
| Rank | Mountain Peak | Country | Island | Elevation | Prominence | Isolation | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pico Duarte | 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 |
| 2 | Pic la Selle | 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 |
| 3 | Blue Mountain Peak | 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 |
| 4 | Pic Macaya | 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 |
| 5 | Pico Turquino | 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 |
| 6 | Loma Gajo en Medio | 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 |
| 7 | Loma Alto de la Bandera | 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 |
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See also
- List of mountain peaks of North America
- List of mountain peaks of Greenland
- List of mountain peaks of Canada
- List of mountain peaks of the Rocky Mountains
- List of mountain peaks of the United States
- List of mountain peaks of México
- List of mountain peaks of Central America
- List of mountain peaks of the Caribbean
- List of the ultra-prominent summits of the Caribbean
- List of extreme summits of the Caribbean
- Caribbean
- Geography of the Caribbean
- Geology of the Caribbean
- Category:Mountains of the Caribbean
- commons:Category:Mountains of the Caribbean
- Category:Mountains of the Caribbean
- Physical geography
- Topography
- Topographic elevation
- Topographic prominence
- Topographic isolation
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