4000 meter peaks of México

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The summit of Pico de Orizaba (Citlaltépetl), a stratovolcano on the boundary between Puebla and Veracruz, is the highest peak of Mexico.
Main article: List of mountains in Mexico

The following sortable table lists the nine mountain peaks of Mexico with at least 4,000 meters (13,123 ft) of topographic elevation and at least 500 meters (1,640 ft) of topographic prominence.

Topographic elevation is the vertical distance above the reference geoid, a precise mathematical model of the Earth's sea level as an equipotential gravitational surface. Topographic prominence is the elevation difference between the summit and the highest or key col to a higher summit. Topographic isolation is the minimum great circle distance to a point of higher elevation.

This article defines a major mountain peak as a summit with at least 500 meters (1,640 ft) of topographic prominence. An ultra prominent peak is a summit with at least 1,500 meters (4,921 ft) of topographic prominence.

Five of these highest major summits are located in Puebla, three in Mexico State, two in Veracruz, and one each in Morelos, Tlaxcala, Jalisco, and Chiapas. Volcán Tacaná lies on the international border between Mexico and Guatemala.

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4000 meter peaks

The Nine Mountain Peaks of Mexico with at least 4000 meters of Elevation and at least 500 meters of Prominence
Rank Mountain Peak State Mountain Range Elevation Prominence Isolation
1 Pico de Orizaba (Citlaltépetl)1 PB  Puebla
 Veracruz		 Cordillera Neovolcanica 5636.0005636 m
18,491 feet		 4922.0004922 m
16,148 feet		 02687.202687 km
1670 miles
2 Volcán Popocatépetl2 PB  Mexico State
 Morelos
 Puebla		 Cordillera Neovolcanica 5410.0005410 m
17,749 feet		 3040.0003040 m
9,974 feet		 00142.82143 km
89 miles
3 Volcán Iztaccíhuatl PB  Mexico State
 Puebla		 Cordillera Neovolcanica 5230.0005230 m
17,159 feet		 1560.0001560 m
5,118 feet		 00017.4117 km
11 miles
4 Nevado de Toluca PB  Mexico State Cordillera Neovolcanica 4690.0004690 m
15,387 feet		 2225.0002225 m
7,300 feet		 00117.58118 km
73 miles
5 Sierra Negra PB  Puebla Cordillera Neovolcanica 4580.0004580 m
15,026 feet		 0500.000500 m
1,640 feet		 00004.174 km
3 miles
6 Volcán la Malinche (Matlalcueitl)3 PB  Puebla
 Tlaxcala		 Cordillera Neovolcanica 4430.0004430 m
14,534 feet		 1940.0001940 m
6,365 feet		 00063.5064 km
39 miles
7 Nevado de Colima4 PB  Jalisco Cordillera Neovolcanica 4270.0004270 m
14,009 feet		 2720.0002720 m
8,924 feet		 00407.33407 km
253 miles
8 Cerro Cofre de Perote PB  Veracruz Cordillera Neovolcanica 4200.0004200 m
13,780 feet		 1320.0001320 m
4,331 feet		 00046.6347 km
29 miles
9 Volcán Tacaná5 PB  Chiapas
 Guatemala		 Chiapas
San Marcos		 4067.0004067 m
13,343 feet		 2273.0002273 m
7,457 feet		 00024.0324 km
15 miles

Gallery

The summit of Pico de Orizaba, a stratovolcano on the border between Puebla and Veracruz, is the highest peak of Mexico

The summit of Volcán Popocatépetl, a stratovolcano at the junction of Puebla, Mexico State, and Morelos, is the second highest peak of Mexico

The summit of Volcán Iztaccíhuatl, a stratovolcano on the border between Puebla and Mexico State, is the third highest peak of Mexico

Nevado de Toluca is a stratovolcano in Mexico State

The stratovolcano Sierra Negra in Puebla with Pico de Orizaba in the background

The stratovolcano Matlalcueitl straddles the border between Tlaxcala and Puebla.

Nevado de Colima is a stratovolcano in Jalisco

Cofre de Perote is a shield volcano in Veracruz

See also

References

  1. ^ The summit of Pico de Orizaba (Citlaltépetl) is the highest point of the state of Puebla and the state of Veracruz, and all of Mexico.
  2. ^ The summit of Volcán Popocatépetl on the border of the state of Puebla is the highest point of both Mexico State and the state of Morelos.
  3. ^ The summit of Volcán_la_Malinche (Matlalcueitl) on the border of the state of Puebla is the highest point of the state of Tlaxcala.
  4. ^ The summit of Nevado de Colima is the highest point of the state of Jalisco.
  5. ^ The summit of Volcán Tacaná lies on the international border between Guatemala and Mexico.

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