Mount Alvernia

{{Short description|Highest point in the Bahamas}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Mount Alvernia | image =The_Hermitage,_Cat_Island,_Bahamas.jpg | image_caption = The Hermitage on the summit of Mount Alvernia | elevation_m = 63 | elevation_ref = <ref name="pb">[http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=8216 "Mount Avernia" on Peakbagger] Retrieved 24 September 2021</ref> | prominence_m = 63 | prominence_ref = <ref name="pb"/> | map = Bahamas | map_caption = Location of Mount Alvernia in the Bahamas | map_size = 260 | label_position = right | listing = Country high point | location = The Bahamas | range = | coordinates = {{coord|24|17|39|N|75|24|30|W|type:mountain_region:BS_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | range_coordinates = | coordinates_ref = <ref name="pb"/> | topo = | type = | age = | first_ascent = | easiest_route = }}

'''Mount Alvernia''' (formerly '''Como Hill''') is located on Cat Island in The Bahamas and is the highest point in the country at {{convert|63|m|ft|0}} above sea level. The mountain shares its name with a school in Montego Bay, Jamaica.

Originally named "Como Hill", it was renamed Mount Alvernia after La Verna ({{langx|la|Alverna}}), the hill in Tuscany where Francis of Assisi received the stigmata.<ref>[http://www.greenwoodbeachresort.com/english/churches.htm "The Hermitage on Mount Alvernia"] Retrieved 24 September 2011</ref> 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.{{clear|left}}

==References== {{Reflist}} * The CIA World Factbook

Category:Landforms of the Bahamas Category:Cat Island, Bahamas Category:Highest points of countries