Morne du Vitet is the highest point of Saint Barthélemy

Saint Barthélemy

Saint Barthélemy , officially the Territorial collectivity of Saint Barthélemy , is an overseas collectivity of France. Often abbreviated to Saint-Barth in French, or St. Barts in English, the indigenous people called the island Ouanalao...

, an overseas collectivity of France

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

 located in the Caribbean

Caribbean

The Caribbean is a crescent-shaped group of islands more than 2,000 miles long separating the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, to the west and south, from the Atlantic Ocean, to the east and north...

, with an altitude of 286 metres (938 ft). The mountain is located in the eastern part of the island.

The gentler slopes to the east and north are settled, while the steeper slopes to the west and south are free of buildings. The steepest slope is to the south, where it reaches the sea within a distance of 400 meters.

External links

Saint Barthelemy, CIA - The World Factbook.