Highest Dutch mountain in the Caribbean has shrunk - DutchNews.nl

Mount Scenery on the Caribbean island of Saba, the highest mountain on Dutch territory, is officially some 17 metres lower than had been thought. The discovery was first made by surveyor Jochem Lesparre, who was on an expedition with the KNMI weather bureau to find locations for weather reference stations on the island. “I was getting some reference points to link map data of the island and satellite measurements and thought I might as well measure the highest point,” Lesparre...