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Dominica

Commonwealth of Dominica

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0115.320° N · 61.300° W
Place guide · Boiling LakeBoiling Lake

The second-largest boiling lake in the world, a churning cauldron of grey water in a volcanic crater in the interior of Dominica, reached by a demanding full-day hike through the Morne Trois Pitons National Park.

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0215.579° N · 61.474° W
Place guide · Fort ShirleyFort Shirley

A restored 18th-century British garrison at the tip of the Cabrits headland in the north of Dominica, commanding views across Prince Rupert's Bay and the Atlantic-Caribbean divide.

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0315.370° N · 61.320° W
Place guide · Morne Trois Pitons National ParkMorne Trois Pitons National Park

A UNESCO World Heritage Site of volcanic peaks, cloud forests, the Boiling Lake and Trafalgar Falls in the interior of Dominica, inscribed in 1997 and managed by the Dominica Forestry Service.

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0415.210° N · 61.390° W
Place guide · Scotts HeadScotts Head

A dramatic peninsula at Dominica's southern tip where the Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea meet, with a steep underwater cliff dropping to deep water immediately offshore and views that extend to Martinique on clear days.

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0515.331° N · 61.338° W
Place guide · Trafalgar FallsTrafalgar Falls

Dominica's most celebrated waterfall, a twin cascade in the Morne Trois Pitons, reached by a short forest trail from the village of Trafalgar on the west coast.

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0615.350° N · 61.330° W
Place guide · Waitukubuli National TrailWaitukubuli National Trail

Dominica's 185-kilometre island-spanning hiking trail, divided into 14 segments, running from the southern peninsula at Scotts Head to the Capuchin Nature Reserve in the north, traversing volcanic peaks, cloud forests, coastal cliffs and remote villages.

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