The highest mountain on the island of Newfoundland is The Cabox. Just a few metres less, is Gros Morne, the second highest mountain. The third highest is Mount Musgrave east of Corner Brook.

The Cabox: Located on the western part of the island near the coastal town of Stephenville, it is the central peak of the Lewis Hills of the Long Range Mountains, which are a range in the Appalachian Mountains.

The mountain is 812 m (2,664.0 ft) high. It is located between two forks of Deadman's Brook. From the Caboxgeopark website one can learn the derivation of the name:

The name is derived from a phonetic for "cabos", the Portuguese and Spanish plural for "cabo", the English "cape".

Portuguese explorer Gaspar Corte Real may have been the first European since the Norse (as indicated by the 16th century Skálholt Map) to see the collection of capes and peaks surrounding the Bay of Islands Mountains, when in 1501 after discovering a strait between the "New Founde Land" and Cape Breton, he sent his brother Miguel and two of three caravels home to the Azores before heading north along Newfoundland's west coast to the previously discovered Strait of Belle Isle.

Used with permission from "Uncovering the Origin of 1001 Unique Place Names in Newfoundland and Labrador" 2021 Jennifer Leigh Hill

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