The Pico Duarte has the distinction of being the highest in the entire region of the Caribbean islands. The Pico Duarte is located in the largest range of Hispaniola, the Cordillera Central. 

His name is in honor of the patriarch Juan Pablo Duarte, founding father. Its height is about 3098 meters. At this point it is the tallest of the island, the temperature depends on the height, ranges between zero and five degrees, occasionally showing a minimum temperature of eight degrees, especially in the early morning, the weather is forest wet.