Morne Diablotin is the highest

mountain A mountain is an elevated portion of the Earth's crust, generally with steep sides that show significant exposed bedrock. Although definitions vary, a mountain may differ from a plateau in having a limited summit area, and is usually higher t ...

Dominica Dominica, officially the Commonwealth of Dominica, is an island country in the Caribbean. It is part of the Windward Islands chain in the Lesser Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean Sea. The capital, Roseau, is located on the western side of t ...

, an island-nation in the

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. It is the second highest mountain in the Lesser Antilles, after La Grande Soufrière in

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. Morne Diablotin is located in the northern interior of the island, about north of Dominica's capital

Roseau Roseau (Dominican Creole French, Dominican Creole: ''Wozo'') is the capital and largest city of Dominica, with a population of 14,725 as of 2011. It is a small and compact urban settlement, in the Saint George Parish, Dominica, Saint George Pa ...

and about southeast of

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, the island's second-largest town. It is located within Morne Diablotin National Park.“Caribbean Hiking” by M. Timothy O’Keefe, Google Books
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, and last erupted c. 30,000 years ago. There are no known historical eruptions. The source of the Toulaman River lies in the mountain area. Morne Diablotin shares its name with the local term for the rare black-capped petrel (''Pterodroma hasitata'').

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