The Chaguaramas Peninsula and the off shore islands essentially comprise the western tip of the Northern Range mountain system of Trinidad and consequently, over seventy percent (70%) of the region consist of very steep slopes. The land rises over 515 metres (1700 ft.) at Morne Catherine on the mainland, and over 270 metres on the island of Monos. The entire region is characterized by hills that drop precipitously to the sea on the north and ridges with steep-sided valleys radiating in all other directions.
Flat land in the region is generally associated with the bays that have been formed along the indented coastlines. These bays occur along the southern coasts. A most significant exception to this pattern however, is the wide expanse of flat land in the Tucker Valley.
The Peninsula extends five and a half miles from East to West, and three and a half miles from North to South at its widest point. The area of the peninsula is approximately 12,000 acres (4,858 hectares).
The island of Gaspar Grande and Gasparillo are located just south of the western end of the peninsula. The islands of Monos, Huevos and Chacacahare extend westward from the western extremity of the peninsula the form of a chain, with narrow channels (bocas) separating then from each other.
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