Tiburon Peninsula

Location of the Tiburon Peninsula, shaded in green
This article is about a peninsula in Haiti. For landmass in California also named "Tiburon Peninsula", see Tiburon Peninsula (California).

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. It starts roughly at the southernmost of the Haiti-Dominican Republic border and extends westward near Cuba, forming a large headland. Four of Haiti's ten departments are located entirely within the region. They are the departments of Grand'Anse, Nippes, the Sud, and the Sud-Est. A large part of the 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. The biological hot-spot of the Massif de la Hotte is located in the region (the extreme southwest) in which various endemic species on the island originate.

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

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