Baoruco Mountain Range
The Bahoruco Mountain Range—Sierra de Bahoruco is a mountain range located in the far southwestern region of the Dominican Republic. It is within Pedernales, Independencia, Barahona, and Bahoruco Provinces.
The range is a continuation of the Massif de la Selle in Haiti.
Part of the area is protected within the Sierra de Bahoruco National Park, also a Biosphere reserve.Etymology
Granberry and Vescelius suggest a Macoris etymology for the name Bahoruco, comparing it with baho-ro-eku 'within the jungle' in the purportedly related Warao language of the Orinoco Delta.The Sierra de Bahoruco are noted for the blue colored concretions called larimar, which formed in the range's volcanic vesicles.
Larimar is the Dominican name for a mineral assemblage of acidic silicate hydrates of calcium and sodium. Larimar is a specific type of pectolite, a pyroxenoid mineral.
