Talk:Blue Mountain Peak

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even the source referenced, peakbagger, listed the next closest higher mountain as Macaya, in Haiti. With Duarte, that would make it no better than third, and there are others like Pic La Salle in Haiti that are also higher.

About the only thing you could claim is that it is the second highest Ultra peak (as in the highest mountain on its landmass) in the caribbean, as the other higher ones are all on Hispañola, whether on the Haiti or Dominican side.

I removed the claim and replaced it with "one of the highest peaks in the Caribbean". Aapold (talk) 07:36, 10 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Aapold, you are absolutely correct. That was me who added that nonsense a couple years ago [1]. Eesh, I don't what I was thinking, must have misread the source. Totally on me. Good catch! --RacerX¹¹ Talk to me^{Stalk me} 13:20, 10 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Just some fyi's and fun facts:

• Blue Mountain Peak is the 6th highest peak in the Caribbean.
• It is the third most prominent ultra prominent peak in the Caribbean, though it would still only rank 6th in elevation among the group of seven ultras in the Caribbean. (That table is sortable to easily see this)
• It is the second highest island high point in the Caribbean. --RacerX¹¹ Talk to me^{Stalk me} 13:48, 10 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

In theory you could see Pico Turquino (Cuba's highest mountain) from Blue Mountain if they were 378 km apart. Cuba and Jamaica are 384 km distant at their closest, and when you have to add the distance from the coasts to the peaks the distance increases. Can you find a photo of Cuba from Jamaica (or vice versa)? I doubt one exists. More likely clouds on the horizon look like an island in the distance. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:280:C:D249:5C1F:4AFE:A917:99D8 (talk) 14:15, 24 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]