Mocho Mountains

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Mocho Mountains
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Whitney Estate, 1820 The Mocho Mountains are in the background
Highest point
Coordinates 18°03′N77°21′W / 18.050°N 77.350°W / 18.050; -77.350
Geography
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Mocho Mountains
Country Jamaica
RegionSouth central

The Mocho Mountains are a mountain range in south-central Jamaica. [1]

The area was historically a site for bauxite mining, which led to deforestation in the area. [2]

Notes

  1. Merriam-Webster's Geographical Dictionary, Third Edition, p. 754.
  2. Brown, Desmond (December 2013). ""We in the Caribbean Are Living Climate Change"". IPS News.

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