Pennines in Scotland. Pennines The Pennines , also known as the Pennine Chain or Pennine Hills, are a range of mountains and hills in England separating North West England from Yorkshire and North East England. Often described as the "backbone of England", the Pennine Hills form a more-or-less continuous range stretching northwards from the Peak District in the northern Midlands, through the South Pennines, Yorkshire Dales and North Pennines up to the Tyne Gap, which separates the range from the Cheviot Hills. Some definitions of the Pennines also include the Cheviot Hills while excluding the southern Peak District. South of the
Baoruco Mountain Range Baoruco Mountain Range The Baoruco Mountain Range—Sierra de Baoruco (or Sierra de Bahoruco) is a mountain range located in the far southwestern region of the Dominican Republic. It is within Pedernales, Independencia, Barahona, and Baoruco 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 ("Parque Nacional Sierra de Bahoruco"), also a Biosphere reserve. The Sierra de Baoruco 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