Native name: Terre-de-Haut des Saintes | |||||||||||
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 Terre-de-Haut view from Chameau hill. | |||||||||||
 Terre-de-Haut Island on the right | |||||||||||
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| Geography | |||||||||||
| Location | Caribbean Sea | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 15°51′45″N 61°35′00″W / 15.86250°N 61.58333°W | ||||||||||
| Archipelago | Îles des Saintes | ||||||||||
| Area | 5.2 km2 (2.0 sq mi) | ||||||||||
| Highest elevation | 306 m (1004 ft) | ||||||||||
| Highest point | Chameau hill | ||||||||||
| Administration | |||||||||||
| Overseas department | Guadeloupe | ||||||||||
| Canton | Trois-Rivières | ||||||||||
| commune | Terre-de-Haut | ||||||||||
| Capital city | Fond-du-Curé | ||||||||||
| Largest settlement | Fond-du-Curé | ||||||||||
| Mayor | Louis Molinié | ||||||||||
| Demographics | |||||||||||
| Population | 1532 (2017) | ||||||||||
| Pop. density | 255/km2 (660/sq mi) | ||||||||||
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Terre-de-Haut Island (French pronunciation: [tɛʁ də ʔo]; Guadeloupean Creole: Tèdého; also formerly known as Petite Martinique) is the easternmost island in the Îles des Saintes, part of the archipelago of Guadeloupe. Like name of neighboring Terre-de-Bas Island, name Terre-de-Haut comes from the maritime vocabulary, which called the islands exposed to the "highland" winds and those protected from the wind, "lowlands".