Mocho Mountains

{{Short description|Mountain range in Jamaica}}

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|name = Mocho Mountains

|photo = Hakewill, A Picturesque Tour of the Island of Jamaica, Plate 21.jpg

|photo_caption = Whitney Estate, 1820 The Mocho Mountains are in the background

|country = Jamaica

|region_type = Region

|region = South central

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|coordinates = {{coord|18|03|N|77|21|W|type:mountain_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

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The Mocho Mountains are a mountain range in south-central Jamaica.Merriam-Webster's Geographical Dictionary, Third Edition, p. 754.

The area was historically a site for bauxite mining, which led to deforestation in the area.{{cite web|url=http://www.ipsnews.net/2013/12/us-caribbean-living-climate-change/|title="We in the Caribbean Are Living Climate Change"|first=Desmond|last=Brown|publisher=IPS News|date=December 2013}}