title: Pic Paradis
text: # Pic Paradis
  
  Pic Paradis or Pic du Paradis (Paradise Peak in English) is the highest point in a chain of hills in the Collectivity of Saint Martin, an overseas collectivity of France on the island of Saint Martin, located in the Caribbean, with an elevation of 424 m (1,391 ft), making it the highest point on the island.
  
  ## Important Bird Area
  
  A 205 ha area, encompassing the forested western slopes of the peak from an altitude of 300 m to the summit, has been recognised as an Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International because it supports populations of bridled quail-doves, green and purple-throated caribs, Antillean crested hummingbirds, Caribbean elaenias, scaly-breasted and pearly-eyed thrashers and Lesser Antillean bullfinches.
  
  