Extreme points of the Caribbean
The following lists include the extreme and significant geographic points of the islands of the Caribbean Sea.
Extreme points
Highest points
- Pico Duarte,[note 1][1] Dominican Republic, Hispaniola 19°1′23″N 70°59′53″W — highest summit of the Caribbean at 3175 m (10,417 feet)
Lowest points
- Lago Enriquillo, Dominican Republic, Hispaniola 18°30′N 71°35′W — lowest lake on an island and lowest surface point on an ocean island on Earth at −27 m (−89 feet)
- Isthmus of Rivas, Rivas, Nicaragua 12°1′N 86°27′W — lowest pass between Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean on the Continental Divide of the Americas at 56 m (184 feet)
Islands
- Island of Cuba 21°30′N 80°0′W — most extensive island of the Caribbean at 104,556 km2 (40,369 square miles)
- Hispaniola 19°1′23″N 70°59′53″W — tallest island of the Caribbean at 3175 m (10,417 feet) and second most extensive island of the Caribbean at 76,480 km2 (29,529 square miles)
Lakes
The biggest lake in the Caribbean is the Lake Enriquillo.
Rivers
gollark: NoSQL is what you get if you want to have SQL, but don't like silly stuff like "actually defining the type of your datas".
gollark: Unintended features.
gollark: I've... fixed... features... and added... new features? Sure.
gollark: Might have to start minifying it again.
gollark: I've fixed all kinds of potatOS bugs, and introduced new ones.
See also
- Geography of North America
- Geography of Canada
- Extreme points of the Earth
- Extreme points of the Americas
- Extreme points of North America
- Extreme points of Canada
- Extreme points of Greenland
- Extreme points of Mexico
- Extreme points of the United States
- Extreme points of U.S. states
- Extreme points of Massachusetts
- Extreme Points of Texas
- Extreme points of New England
- Extreme points of U.S. states
- Extreme points of Central America
- Extreme points of the Caribbean
- Extreme points of Cuba
- Extreme points of South America
- Extreme points of Argentina
- Extreme points of Brazil
- Extreme points of Chile
- Extreme points of Colombia
- Extreme points of Peru
- Extreme points of North America
- Extreme points of the Americas
Notes
- Pico Duarte is the highest point on the Island of Hispaniola, the Dominican Republic, and all the islands of the Caribbean Sea
References
- "Pico Duarte". Summits of the World. peakbagger.com. Retrieved January 2, 2010.
External links
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.