Pic la Selle
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Pic la Selle also called Morne La Selle, is the highest peak in Haiti
with a height of 2,680 meters (8,793 feet) above sea level
. The mountain is part of the Chaîne de la Selle
mountain
range. It is located in the Ouest
administrative department.
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...
with a height of 2,680 meters (8,793 feet) above sea level
Sea level
Mean sea level is a measure of the average height of the ocean's surface ; used as a standard in reckoning land elevation...
. The mountain is part of the Chaîne de la Selle
Chaîne de la Selle
Chaîne de la Selle is the name of a mountain chain in Haiti. Part of it is Pic la Selle, which is the highest point of Haiti at a height of 2,680 meters above sea level....
mountain
Mountain
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range. It is located in the Ouest
Ouest Department
Ouest is one of the ten departments of Haiti. It is the jurisdictional seat of the national capital, the city of Port-au-Prince. It has an area of and a population of 3,093,698 . It borders the Dominican Republic to the east.It is the second largest department in Haiti after the Artibonite...
administrative department.