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- Currently named Boggy PeakReuters: Antigua and Barbuda pays honor with "Mount Obama"
- Would be renamed Mount ObamaReuters: Antigua and Barbuda pays honor with "Mount Obama"
- Suggested by Baldwin Spencer, the prime minister of Antigua and BarbudaReuters: Antigua and Barbuda pays honor with "Mount Obama"
- Announcement made on November 5, 2008Reuters: Antigua and Barbuda pays honor with "Mount Obama"
- Located in Southwest AntiguaReuters: Antigua and Barbuda pays honor with "Mount Obama"
- 1,327 feet (402 meters) tallReuters: Antigua and Barbuda pays honor with "Mount Obama"
- Tallest peak in Antigua and BarbudaReuters: Antigua and Barbuda pays honor with "Mount Obama"
- Spencer wrote Obama to congratulate him on the presidency and to announce the name changeReuters: Antigua and Barbuda pays honor with "Mount Obama"
- Mountain houses a communications towerMSNBC: Antigua wants to rename peak 'Mount Obama'
- Popular hiking locationMSNBC: Antigua wants to rename peak 'Mount Obama'
- Majority of the 85,000 residents of Antigua descended from African slavesReuters: Antigua and Barbuda pays honor with "Mount Obama"
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As a tribute to Barack Obama's win in the 2008 presidential election, Baldwin Spencer, the prime minister of Antigua and Barbuda, announced on November 5, 2008, that he is in the process of changing the name of Boggy Peak, the highest peak on the islands, to "Mount Obama."Reuters: Antigua and Barbuda pays honor with "Mount Obama"
Backlash
Several Antigua residents oppose the name change, questioning what Obama had done for the nation to deserve such recognition and citing the accomplishments of founding fathers, pioneers and great leaders.SKNVibes.com: PM's 'Mount Obama' Tribute Irks Citizens It was not immediately known if Spencer would need approval from parliament to make the name change.MSNBC: Antigua wants to rename peak 'Mount Obama'Baldwin Spencer Quotes
"Your election will not only transform America, it can transform the world."The Hill: Antigua And Barbuda to Rename Peak 'Mount Obama'"In lasting tribute to your election, I shall take immediate measures for Antigua and Barbuda's highest mountain peak to be dedicated in your honour and renamed 'Mount Obama.'"The Hill: Antigua And Barbuda to Rename Peak 'Mount Obama'
"The people of Antigua and Barbuda and the rest of the Caribbean keenly anticipate your visit to our region for the Summit of the Americas, in the early months of your presidency."The Hill: Antigua And Barbuda to Rename Peak 'Mount Obama'
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