[{SlideShowNav}] !!!Hispaniola [{Image src='110dr.jpg' width='426' height='640' caption='Photo courtesy of NASA. ' popup='false' alt='Hispaniola' class='image_left'}] [{SET customtitle='Hispaniola'}] \\ The Caribbean island of Hispaniola, jointly occupied by Haiti and the Dominican Republic, dominates this space station view of the earth. Haiti, with its northern and southern pincer-like peninsulas, takes up the western third of the island, while the Dominican Republic occupies the triangular eastern two-thirds.