Pic Macaya
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Pic Macaya is the second highest mountain in Haiti
(after Pic la Selle
) and the fifth highest in the Caribbean
, rising to an elevation of 2,347 meters (7,700 feet) above sea level.
The mountain is located in the Pic Macaya National Park
.
Haiti
Haiti , officially the Republic of Haiti , is a Caribbean country. It occupies the western, smaller portion of the island of Hispaniola, in the Greater Antillean archipelago, which it shares with the Dominican Republic. Ayiti was the indigenous Taíno or Amerindian name for the island...
(after Pic la Selle
Pic la Selle
Pic la Selle , also called Morne La Selle, is the highest peak in Haiti with a height of 2,680 meters above sea level. The mountain is part of the Chaîne de la Selle mountain range. It is located in the Ouest administrative department....
) and the fifth highest 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...
, rising to an elevation of 2,347 meters (7,700 feet) above sea level.
The mountain is located in the Pic Macaya National Park
Pic Macaya National Park
Parc National Pic Macaya is one of two national parks of the Republic of Haiti. It is located in the southern part of the country, and features the country's last stand of virgin cloud forest...
.