Cordillera Central
The Cordillera Central is the highest mountain range in the Dominican Republic and in all of the Caribbean, running through the center of the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles.Photo: Treeman, Public domain.
- Type: Mountain with an elevation of 3,093 metres
- Description: mountain range on Hispaniola in the Dominican Republic
- Also known as: “Cordillera Central of Hispaniola”, “Cordillera Central of the Dominican”, “Cordillera Central, Dominican Republic”, “Dominican Alps”, “Dominican Central Cordillera”, “Gran Cordillera”, “Gran Cordillera Central”, and “Hilera Central”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Pico Duarte.
Pico Duarte
Peak
Photo: Parpan05, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Pico Duarte is the highest peak in the Dominican Republic, on the island of Hispaniola and in all the Caribbean. At 3,101 m above sea level, it gives Hispaniola the 16th-highest maximum elevation of any island in the world.
Cordillera Central
- Categories: massif, mountain range, and landform
- Location: Dominican Republic, Caribbean, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Venetian—“Cordillera Central” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Alps Dominicans”
- Catalan: “Cordillera Central”
- Catalan: “Serralada central”
- Cebuano: “Cordillera Central”
- Chinese: “多明尼加共和国中央山脉”
- Croatian: “Cordillera Central, Dominikanska Republika”
- Croatian: “Cordillera Central”
- Dutch: “Cordillera Central”
- Egyptian Arabic: “سلسلة جبال وسطى”
- Estonian: “Kesk-Kordiljeerid”
- Finnish: “Cordillera Central (Dominikaaninen tasavalta)”
- Finnish: “Cordillera Central”
- French: “Cordillère Centrale”
- Galician: “Cordilleira Central”
- German: “Cordillera Central”
- Haitian: “Kòdiyè Santral (Ispayola)”
- Haitian: “Kòdiyè Santral”
- Hindi: “कोर्दिल्येरा सेन्त्राल, दोमिनिकन गणराज्य”
- Hindi: “कोर्दिल्येरा सेन्त्राल”
- Italian: “Cordillera Central”
- Japanese: “コーディレラ・セントラル (ドミニカ共和国)”
- Japanese: “セントラル山脈”
- Ladin: “Cordillera Central”
- Lithuanian: “Centrinė Kordiljera (Espanjola)”
- Lithuanian: “Centrinė Kordiljera”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Cordillera Central”
- Portuguese: “Cordilheira Central”
- Russian: “Центральные Кордильеры”
- Slovenian: “Cordillera Central”
- Slovenian: “Dominikanska Kordiljera”
- Slovenian: “Dominikanske Alpe”
- Spanish: “Cordillera Central”
- Spanish: “La Rusilla”
- Swedish: “Cordillera Central”
- Ukrainian: “Кордильєра-Сентраль (острів Гаїті)”
- Ukrainian: “Кордильєра-Сентраль”
- Venetian: “Cordejera Sentral”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as El Valle and Loma Llana.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Loma La Pelona and Loma del Pico.
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