Terre-de-Haut
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Elevation | 309 |
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Area | 351 |
Capital | Fond-du-Curé, les Saintes |
City | Fond-du-Curé, les Saintes |
Island groups | Îles des Saintes |
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ID | 2014924 |
About Terre-de-Haut
Terre-de-Haut Island is the easternmost island in the Îles des Saintes, part of the archipelago of Guadeloupe. Like name of neighboring Terre-de-Bas, name Terre-de-Haut comes from the maritime vocabulary, which called the islands exposed to the "highland" winds and those protected from the wind, "lowlands".