Mount Alvernia

Mount Alvernia (formerly Como Hill) is located on Cat Island in the Bahamas and is the highest point in the country at 63 metres (207 ft) above sea level. The mountain shares its name with a school in Montego Bay, Jamaica.

Mount Alvernia
The Hermitage on the summit of Mount Alvernia
Highest point
Elevation	63 m (207 ft)[1]
Prominence	63 m (207 ft)[1]
Listing	Country high point
Coordinates	24°17′39″N 75°24′30″W[1]
Geography
Mount Alvernia Location of Mount Alvernia in the Bahamas
Location	Bahamas

Originally named "Como Hill", it was renamed Mount Alvernia after La Verna, the hill in Tuscany where St. Francis of Assisi received the Wounds of the Cross.^[2] The mountain was given its name by a Catholic priest, Monsignor John Hawes, also known as Fra Jerome, who built a hermitage there. Hawes was an Englishman who spent the last 17 years of his life in the Bahamas. He was a qualified architect before entering the church, and known for designing and constructing church buildings in England, Western Australia and the Bahamas.

References

1. "Mount Avernia" on Peakbagger Retrieved 24 September 2021
2. "The Hermitage on Mount Alvernia" Retrieved 24 September 2011

• The CIA World Factbook