• Pico Turquino (Spanish pronunciation: [ˌpi.ko tuɾˈki.no]), sometimes erroneously spelled as Pico Torquino, is the highest point in Cuba. It is located...
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    Sierra Maestra, a range of steep mountains whose highest point is the Pico Turquino at 1,974 metres (6,476 ft). Havana is the largest city and capital;...
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    of the Caribbean. The summit of Pico Turquino is the highest point of the island and Republic of Cuba. Pico Turquino is the northernmost and westernmost...
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    Mariana), which join with others to the west. At 1,974 m (6,476 ft), Pico Turquino is the range's – and the country's – highest point. The area is rich...
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    Hispaniola, and Puerto Rico) and the tallest mountains (Pico Duarte, Blue Mountain, Pic la Selle, Pico Turquino) in the Caribbean. The islands of the Greater Antilles...
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    known from the Sierra Maestra and Sierra del Cobre. Its common name is Pico Turquino robber frog, in reference to its type locality. Eleutherodactylus intermedius...
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    in the Caribbean. The summit of Pico Turquino is the highest point of the island and Republic of Cuba. Pico Turquino is the northernmost and westernmost...
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    the Sierra Maestra mountains in the southeast, whose highest point is Pico Turquino (1,974 m or 6,476 ft). The second-largest island is Isla de la Juventud...
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    the Caribbean at 104,556 km2 (40,369 square miles). Highest point is Pico Turquino at 6,480 feet (1,980 m). Hispaniola 19°1′23″N 70°59′53″W / 19.02306°N...
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    Spring Mountains. The summit of Pico Turquino is the highest point of the island and Republic of Cuba. Pico Turquino is the northernmost and westernmost...
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    de Pío [es] further inland. The survivors continued to the foot of Pico Turquino in the Sierra Maestra to perform guerilla war. Initially, Batista did...
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    in the Caribbean. The summit of Pico Turquino is the highest point of the island and Republic of Cuba. Pico Turquino is the northernmost and westernmost...
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    third-lowest depression on Earth. It has yet to be determined whether Pico Cristóbal Colón or Pico Simón Bolívar is the highest point of the Sierra Nevada de Santa...
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  • Sierra Maestra, Sierra del Rosario, San Juan Hill, Cuchillas del Toa, Pico Turquino, El Yunque Other: Guanahacabibes Peninsula, Hicacos Peninsula, Viñales...
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  • of the University Militia in January 1960 was done with an ascent up Pico Turquino, where they were joined by Fidel Castro, Celia Sánchez and other revolutionary...
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  • Iceberg Peak 1,977 6,486 Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada Pico Turquino 1,975 6,480 Cuba – Highest point El Piveto Mountain 1,969 6,460 Vancouver...
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  • Eleutherodactylus leberi Oriente yellow-mottled frog, Eleutherodactylus ricordii Pico Turquino robber frog, Eleutherodactylus intermedius Pinar del Rio bromeliad frog...
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    de Coroa 1979 m 6493 ft 785 0.125  Cape Verde 77 Cuba (main island) Pico Turquino 1974 m 6476 ft 109884 0.0106  Cuba 78 Gran Canaria Morro de la Agujereada...
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  • by Edmund Reitter in 1880. It is known with some certainty only from Pico Turquino in the Sierra Maestra, Cuba—the type locality of Clinidium turquinense—the...
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    famous works are the Christ of Havana and the bust of José Martí on the Pico Turquino, which is the highest peak of Cuba. Born in La Victoria, Pinar del Río...
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    point in all 23 countries of North America, finishing in June 2015, on Pico Turquino, Cuba. In late summer of 2023, Eric Gilbertson and Andreas Frydensberg...
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    victory over them by early April. Within weeks, the rebels returned to Pico Turquino, supported by the local population. There they made efforts to combat...
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    coastal strip. The village, included in Turquino National Park's territory, is about 26 km east of Pico Turquino, the highest Cuban peak. It is 74 km east...
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    Maestra region having Cuba's highest mountain peak and elevation in Pico Turquino. Oriente Province is the cradle of much of Cuba's history being the...
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    found in cloud forest above 1,500 metres, and at the cloud scrub around Pico Turquino. The length of the forewings is 19–25 mm. Adults have been observed...
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  • Coccothrinax acunana, the sierra palm, is a palm which is endemic to Pico Turquino in Cuba. It grows at high elevations (above 900 m), reportedly higher...
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    elevation in Canada. The summit of Pico Turquino is the highest point of the island and Republic of Cuba. Pico Turquino is the northernmost and westernmost...
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    Grand Teton is the highest point of the Teton Range. The summit of Pico Turquino is the highest point of the island and Republic of Cuba. The summit...
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    La Uvita, Las Cuevas, Ocujal, Quiebra Seca, Río Seco and Uvero. The Pico Turquino, the highest Cuban peak, is located within the municipality. In 2022...
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