Pico de Orizaba (Citlaltépetl ), astratovolcano on the boundary between the states ofPuebla andVeracruz , is thehighest mountain peak ofMéxico .The following sortable table comprises the26ultra-prominent summits ofMéxico . Each of these peaks has at least 1,500 meters (5,000 feet) oftopographic prominence .[ 1]
Thesummit of a mountain or hill may be measured in three principal ways:
Thetopographic elevation of a summit measures the height of the summit above ageodetic sea level .[ 2] Thetopographic prominence of a summit is a measure of how high the summit rises above its surroundings.[ 3] [ 2] Thetopographic isolation (or radius of dominance) of a summit measures how far the summit lies from its nearest point of equal elevation.[ 4] Pico de Orizaba exceeds 4,000 meters (13,000 feet) of topographic prominence,Popocatépetl exceeds 3,000 meters (9,800 feet), andNevado de Colima exceeds 2,500 meters (8,200 feet). Seven mountain peaks of México exceed 2,000 meters (6,600 feet), the following 26 ultra-prominent summits exceed 1,500 meters (4,920 feet), and 42 summits exceed 1,000 meters (3,300 feet) of topographic prominence.
Ultra-prominent summits [ edit ] Of these 26 ultra-prominent summits of Mexico, four are located in Puebla, four in Oaxaca, four in Nuevo León, three in México, three in Jalisco, two in Veracruz, two in Michoacán, two in Baja California Sur, two in Coahuila, and one each in Morelos, Guerrero, Baja California, Tlaxcala, and Querétaro. Four of these peaks lie on a state border.
The 26 ultra-prominent summits of México Rank Mountain Peak State Mountain Range Elevation Prominence Isolation Location 1 Pico de Orizaba [ 5] [ 6] [ a] Citlaltépetl )Puebla Veracruz Cordillera Neovolcanica 19°01′50″N 97°16′11″W / 19.0305°N 97.2698°W /19.0305; -97.2698 (Pico de Orizaba ) 2 Popocatépetl [ 7] [ 8] [ b] [ c] México Morelos Puebla Cordillera Neovolcanica 19°01′21″N 98°37′40″W / 19.0225°N 98.6278°W /19.0225; -98.6278 (Popocatépetl ) 3 Nevado de Colima [ 9] [ 10] [ d] [ e] Jalisco Cordillera Neovolcanica 19°33′48″N 103°36′31″W / 19.5633°N 103.6087°W /19.5633; -103.6087 (Nevado de Colima ) 4 Nevado de Toluca [ 11] [ 12] [ f] Volcán Xinantécatl )México Cordillera Neovolcanica 19°06′07″N 99°46′04″W / 19.1020°N 99.7677°W /19.1020; -99.7677 (Nevado de Toluca ) 5 Cerro Teotepec [ 13] [ g] Guerrero Sierra Madre del Sur 17°28′06″N 100°08′11″W / 17.4682°N 100.1364°W /17.4682; -100.1364 (Cerro Teotepec ) 6 Cerro el Nacimiento [ 14] [ 15] [ h] Oaxaca Sierra Madre del Sur 16°12′41″N 96°11′48″W / 16.2115°N 96.1967°W /16.2115; -96.1967 (Cerro el Nacimiento ) 7 Picacho del Diablo [ 16] [ 17] [ i] [ j] Baja California Sierra de San Pedro Mártir 30°59′33″N 115°22′31″W / 30.9925°N 115.3753°W /30.9925; -115.3753 (Picacho del Diablo ) 8 Sierra de Minas Viejas [ 18] Nuevo León Sierra Madre Oriental 26°07′11″N 100°33′24″W / 26.1196°N 100.5568°W /26.1196; -100.5568 (Cerro Tia Chena ) 9 Cerro Las Conchas [ 19] [ 20] Michoacán Michoacán 18°43′17″N 102°58′26″W / 18.7215°N 102.9740°W /18.7215; -102.9740 (Cerro Las Conchas ) 10 La Malinche (volcano) [ 21] [ 22] [ k] [ l] Matlalcueye )Puebla Tlaxcala Cordillera Neovolcanica 19°13′52″N 98°01′56″W / 19.2310°N 98.0321°W /19.2310; -98.0321 (La Malinche ) 11 Sierra de la Laguna [ 23] [ 24] [ m] Baja California Sur Sierra de la Laguna 23°32′21″N 109°57′15″W / 23.5392°N 109.9542°W /23.5392; -109.9542 (Pico La Laguna ) 12 Sierra la Madera [ 25] Coahuila Mexican Plateau 27°02′04″N 102°23′32″W / 27.0345°N 102.3922°W /27.0345; -102.3922 (Sierra la Madera ) 13 Cerro la Joya [ 26] Querétaro Sierra Madre Oriental 21°25′51″N 99°07′57″W / 21.4309°N 99.1326°W /21.4309; -99.1326 (Cerro la Joya ) 14 Cerro El Potosí [ 27] [ 28] [ n] Nuevo León Sierra Madre Oriental 24°52′19″N 100°13′58″W / 24.8719°N 100.2327°W /24.8719; -100.2327 (Cerro el Potosí ) 15 Volcán Tancítaro [ 29] [ 30] [ o] Michoacán Cordillera Neovolcanica 19°25′00″N 102°19′11″W / 19.4166°N 102.3198°W /19.4166; -102.3198 (Volcán Tancítaro ) 16 Cerro El Centinela [ 31] Coahuila Mexican Plateau 25°08′09″N 103°13′49″W / 25.1359°N 103.2304°W /25.1359; -103.2304 (Cerro El Centinela ) 17 Picacho San Onofre [ 32] Sierra Peña Nevada )Nuevo León Sierra Madre Oriental 23°48′03″N 99°50′47″W / 23.8007°N 99.8464°W /23.8007; -99.8464 (Picacho San Onofre ) 18 El Aguacate Oeste [ 33] Oaxaca Sierra Madre del Sur 16°34′52″N 95°48′13″W / 16.5812°N 95.8035°W /16.5812; -95.8035 (El Aguacate Oeste ) 19 Volcán Las Tres Vírgenes [ 34] Baja California Sur Tres Virgenes 27°28′12″N 112°35′31″W / 27.4700°N 112.5919°W /27.4700; -112.5919 (Volcán Las Tres Vírgenes ) 20 Sierra de Santa Martha [ 35] Veracruz Cordillera Neovolcanica 18°20′44″N 94°51′27″W / 18.3455°N 94.8576°W /18.3455; -94.8576 (Sierra de Santa Martha ) 21 Cerro las Capillas [ 36] Jalisco Jalisco 19°33′19″N 104°08′50″W / 19.5552°N 104.1472°W /19.5552; -104.1472 (Cerro las Capillas ) 22 Cerro Zempoaltépetl [ 37] Oaxaca Sierra Madre de Oaxaca 17°07′57″N 96°00′45″W / 17.1324°N 96.0125°W /17.1324; -96.0125 (Cerro Zempoaltépetl ) 23 Iztaccíhuatl [ 38] [ 39] [ p] México Puebla Cordillera Neovolcanica 19°10′49″N 98°38′29″W / 19.1802°N 98.6415°W /19.1802; -98.6415 (Iztaccíhuatl ) 24 Volcán de Tequila [ 40] [ 41] Jalisco Jalisco 20°47′14″N 103°50′48″W / 20.7872°N 103.8468°W /20.7872; -103.8468 (Volcán de Tequila ) 25 Cerro Atravesado [ 42] Sierra el Cerro Azul )Oaxaca Oaxaca 16°45′55″N 94°27′05″W / 16.7652°N 94.4514°W /16.7652; -94.4514 (Cerro Atravesado ) 26 Sierra del Fraile [ 43] Nuevo León Sierra Madre Oriental 25°51′52″N 100°36′34″W / 25.8645°N 100.6095°W /25.8645; -100.6095 (Picachos el Fraile )
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19°01′50″N 97°16′11″W / 19.0305°N 97.2698°W /19.0305; -97.2698 (Pico de Orizaba )
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