Tiburon Peninsula

Location of the Tiburon Peninsula, shaded in green

The Tiburon Peninsula (French: Péninsule de Tiburon), or simply "the Tiburon" (le Tiburon), is a region of Haiti encompassing most of Haiti's southern coast.^[1] It starts roughly at the southernmost point of the Haiti-Dominican Republic border and extends westward near Cuba, forming a large headland. Three of Haiti's ten departments are located entirely within the region. They are the departments of Grand'Anse, Nippes and Sud. A large part of Ouest department is also located in the region, with the capital, Port-au-Prince serving as the line of demarcation between central Haiti and the south. Half of Sud-Est is also located within the Tiburon Peninsula. The mountains on the peninsula are known as the Massif de la Hotte. While all of these mountains formed a biodiversity hot-spot, it's the Occidental La Hotte in the extreme Southwest where cloud forests still exist, that is today famous for its remaining biodiversity. The Tiburon peninsula is an area from which various endemic species on the island originate.^{[citation needed]}

References[]

^ Hedges, S.B. (1999). "Biogeographic regions of Hispaniola". Caribherp: database of West Indian amphibians and reptiles. Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania. Archived from the original on 28 Jan 2008. Retrieved 4 September 2021.

Coordinates: 18°21′N 73°08′W / 18.350°N 73.133°W / 18.350; -73.133

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[1] Hedges, S.B. (1999). "Biogeographic regions of Hispaniola". Caribherp: database of West Indian amphibians and reptiles. Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania. Archived from the original on 28 Jan 2008. Retrieved 4 September 2021.

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