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...the highest peak of each Caribbean territory.
(In order of highest to lowest)

The formation of the territories which make up the Caribbean varies. This results in the topography being also being varied.

Though, for the most part, almost every territory is home to significant peaks. Here's a thread on the highest peak of each country/territory.

Name: Pico Duarte
Elevation: 3,098m/10,164ft
Country: Dominican Republic
Island: Hispaniola

Notes: This is the tallest peak in the entire Caribbean & was named in honour of Juan Pablo Duarte, one of the Dominican Republic's founding fathers. His bust is found at the summit.

Name: Mount Roraima
Elevation: 2,810m/9,220 ft
Country: Guyana (Brazil & Venezuela)
Island: n/a

Notes: This tabletop mountain is the highest peak of a Caribbean country not found on an island. The mountain forms the tri-point of the Brazilian, Guyanese & Venezuelan border.

Name: Pic la Selle
Elevation: 2,680m/8,793ft
Country: Haiti
Island: Hispaniola

Notes: This is the third highest peak in the Caribbean.

Name: Blue Mountain Peak
Elevation: 2256m/7,402ft
Country: Jamaica
Island: Jamaica

Notes: This is the 6th highest peak in the region. The area where the mountain is found is home to the famous Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee which was introduced to the island in the 1700s.

Name: Pico Turquino
Elevation: 1,974m/6,476ft
Country: Cuba
Island: Cuba

Notes: This is the 7th highest peak in the Caribbean. A bust of José Julián Martí Pérez, a Cuban National Hero, is found at the summit.

Name: La Grande Soufrière
Elevation: 1,467m/4,813ft
Country: France
Island: Basse-Terre (Guadeloupe)

Notes: This is an active volcano and is the tallest peak in the Lesser Antilles. Its eruption in 1843 killed 5,000 people.

Name: Morne Diablotins
Elevation: 1,447m/4,747ft
Country: Dominica
Island: Dominica

Notes: Though it is a volcano, it has not erupted in at least 30,000 years.

Name: Mount Pelée
Elevation: 1,397m/4,583 ft
Country: France
Island: Martinique

Notes: This is an active volcano & is the deadliest volcano in the Caribbean. Its eruption in 1902 killed almost 30,000 people & completely destroyed the city of St. Pierre, 'Paris of the Caribbean.'

Name: Cerro de Punta
Elevation: 1,340m/4,390ft
Country: United States of America
Island: Puerto Rico

Notes: n/a

Name: Julianatop
Elevation: 1,280m/4,200ft
Country: Suriname
Island: n/a

Notes: This is second highest peak in the Caribbean not found on an island.

Name: La Soufrière
Elevation: 1,234m/4,049ft
Country: Saint Vincent & the Grenadines
Island: St. Vincent

Notes: This is an active volcano & is the youngest volcano on the island. It erupted the same day as Martinique's volcano in 1902 and killed almost 2,000 people.

Name: Mount Liamuiga
Elevation: 1,156m/3,792ft
Country: Saint Kitts & Nevis
Island: Saint Kitts

Notes: This volcano is the highest peak of all of the English Leeward islands is a home to shallow crater lake. Its original name was Mount Misery.

Name: Doyle's Delight
Elevation: 1,124m/3,681ft
Country: Belize
Island: n/a

Notes: The name is based on a quote from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's book, 'The Lost World'.

Name: Soufrière Hills
Elevation: 1,050m/3,440ft
Country: United Kingdom
Island: Montserrat

Notes: This is an active volcano and its continued eruptions have made ~2/3s of the island of Montserrat uninhabitable burying much of the island in ash.

Name: Mount Gimie
Elevation: 950m/3,120ft
Country: St. Lucia
Island: St. Lucia

Notes: n/a

Name: El Cerro del Aripo
Elevation: 940m/3,080ft
Country: Trinidad & Tobago
Island: Trinidad

Notes: The summit of this mountain is flat and the mountain is home to the golden tree-frog which is only found on Trinidad & in Venezuela's nearby Paria Peninsula.

Name: Mount Scenery
Elevation: 887m/2,910ft
Country: Netherlands
Island: Saba

Notes: Highest Peak within the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

Name: Mount St. Catherine
Elevation: 840m/2,760ft
Country: Grenada
Island: Grenada

Notes: It is the youngest volcano on the island and is home to the country's tallest waterfall, Tufton Hall Waterfall.

Name: The Quill
Elevation: 601m/1,972ft
Country: Netherlands
Island: Sint Eustatius

Notes: This is a volcano is home to a large crater.

Name: Sage Mountain
Elevation: 523m/1,716ft
Country: United Kingdom
Island: Tortola, BVI

Notes: This is the highest peak of both the British and U.S. Virgin Islands.

Name: Crown Mountain
Elevation: 474m/1,555ft
Country: United States
Island: St. Thomas, USVI

Notes: n/a

Name: Pic Paradis
Elevation: 424m/1,391ft
Country: France
Island: Saint Martin

Notes: This is the highest peak of both the the French collectivity of St. Martin and the island of St. Martin which is split between the Dutch (Sint Maarten) & French (St. Martin).

Name: Boggy Peak
Elevation: 402m/1,319ft
Country: Antigua & Barbuda
Island: Antigua

Notes: The mountain was, for a short while, named Mount Obama, after 44th US President Barack Obama as 'symbol of black' achievement'.

Name: Christoffelberg
Elevation: 372m/1,220ft
Country: Netherlands
Island: Curaçao

Notes: This peak also goes by the names of 'Mount Christoffel' or 'Mount St. Christoffel'. It is the highest peak of the ABC (Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao) Islands.

Name: Sentry Hill
Elevation: 341m/1,119ft
Country: Netherlands
Island: Sint Maarten

Notes: This is the highest peak of the Dutch side of the island and is home to the world's steepest zip-line.

Name: Mount Hillaby
Elevation: 340m/1,115ft
Country: Barbados
Island: Barbados

Notes: This is actually the summit of an elongated submarine mountain range that is 100s of km long, extending from Trinidad to near Puerto Rico.

Name: Morne du Vitet
Elevation: 286m/938ft
Country: France
Island: Saint Barthélemy

Notes: n/a

Name: The Brandaris
Elevation: 241m/784ft
Country: Netherlands
Island: Bonaire

Notes: n/a

Name: Mount Jamanota
Elevation: 188m/617ft
Country: Netherlands
Island: Aruba

Notes: Located near the centre of the island, it is visible from every point on the island.

Name: Town Hill
Elevation: 79m/259ft
Country: United Kingdom
Island: Bermuda

Notes: n/a

Name: Crocus Hill
Elevation: 73m/240ft
Country: United Kingdom
Island: Anguilla

Notes: n/a

Name: Mount Alvernia
Elevation: 63m/206ft
Country: The Bahamas
Island: Cat Island

Notes: Also called 'Como Hill', a monastery is at the summit & along one of the slopes, the 14 stations of the cross are found. This is also the highest peak in the Lucayan Archipelago (BAH & TCI).

Name: Blue Mountain & Flamingo Hill
Elevation: 48-50m/158ft-164ft
Country: United Kingdom
Island: Providenciales (Blue Mountain) & East Caicos (Flamingo Hill), Turks & Caicos Islands

Notes: Two distinct hills often claimed to have the same height.

(L: Blue Mt./R: Flamingo Hill)

Name: The Bluff
Elevation: 43m/141ft
Country: United Kingdom
Island: Cayman Brac, Cayman Islands

Notes: An impressive cliff that stretches almost all of the eastern side of the island. This is the lowest highest point of any Caribbean territory & thus the entire region.

There we have it, the highest peaks of every Caribbean territory.

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