Editing Pico Duarte (section)

==Geography==
[[Image:Picoduartemap.jpg|thumb|Topographical map of the Pico Duarte massif and its location in the Dominican Republic]]

The mountain's elevation was debated for decades, up until the mid-1990s, when it was still held to be {{Convert|3,175|m}} high. In 2003, it was measured by a researcher using [[GPS]] technology, and it was found to be {{Convert|3,098|m}} tall.<ref name=Orvis/> The official elevation as recorded by Dominican government agencies is {{Convert|3,087|m}}, a measurement that has been confirmed by several groups of hikers using personal GPS consoles (the most recent verified one in January 2005). In 2021 a team of researchers using GSSM technology found that its altitude is {{Convert|3,101.1|m}} with a margin of error of {{Convert|0.3|m}}.<ref name=ojala/>

It is only a few meters taller than [[La Pelona]], its twin, which stands at {{Convert|3,097|m}}, and from which it is separated by a [[mountain pass|col]] between summits that is approximately {{Convert|1.5|km}} wide, and is officially named ''Valle del Baíto'', but unofficially called ''Valle de [[Ulises Heureaux|Lilís]]''. The col's mean elevation is {{Convert|2,950|m}}.