Key facts
- Peak
- Pico Turquino
- Elevation
- 1,974 m (6,476 ft)
- Coordinates
- 19°59′22″N 76°50′09″W / 19.98944°N 76.83583°W / 19.98944; -76.83583
- Length
- 240 km (150 mi)
- Width
- 30 km (19 mi)
- Country
- Cuba
- Provinces
- Granma Santiago de Cuba
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- mountain range
- Country
- Cuba
- Located in
- Santiago de Cuba Province
- Continent
- Americas
- Elevation
- 1974
- Highest point
- Pico Turquino
- Image
- Sierra Maestra Guamá 9A5538.jpg
- Width
- 30
- Length
- 240
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- Commons category
- Sierra Maestra
- described by source
- Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary
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Encyclopedic overview
Pico Turquino in the Sierra Maestra, Cuba's highest mountain.
The Sierra Maestra is a mountain range that runs westward across the south of the old Oriente Province in southeast Cuba, rising abruptly from the coast. The range falls mainly within the Santiago de Cuba and in Granma Provinces. Some view it as a series of connecting ranges (Vela, Santa Catalina, Quemado Grande, Daña Mariana), which join with others to the west. At 1,974 m (~6,500 ft), Pico Turquino is the range's – and the country's – highest point. The area is rich in minerals, especially copper, manganese, chromium, and iron.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sierra Maestra” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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