List of extreme summits of Mexico
Further information: List of mountain peaks of Mexico
This article comprises four sortable tables of mountain summits of Mexico that are the higher than any other point north or south of their latitude or east or west their longitude in Mexico.
The summit of a mountain or hill may be measured in three principal ways:
- The topographic elevation of a summit measures the height of the summit above a geodetic sea level.[1]
- The topographic prominence of a summit is a measure of how high the summit rises above its surroundings.[1][2][3]
- The topographic isolation (or radius of dominance) of a summit measures how far the summit lies from its nearest point of equal elevation.[4]
Northernmost high summits
Rank | Mountain Peak | State | Mountain range | Elevation | Prominence | Isolation | Location |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
4 | Cerro las Capillas[5] | Jalisco | Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt | m 9,482 ft | 2890 m 5,217 ft | 1590 km 34.7 mi |
55.819°33′19″N 104°08′50″W / 19.5552°N 104.1472°W |
3 | La Malinche (volcano)[6][7][8][9] (Matlalcueye) |
Puebla Tlaxcala |
Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt | m 14,534 ft | 4430 m 6,299 ft | 1920 km 39.7 mi |
63.919°13′52″N 98°01′56″W / 19.2310°N 98.0321°W |
2 | Iztaccíhuatl[10][11][12] | México Puebla |
Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt | m 17,159 ft | 5230 m 5,118 ft | 1560 km 10.88 mi |
17.5119°10′49″N 98°38′29″W / 19.1802°N 98.6415°W |
1 | Pico de Orizaba[13][14][15] (Citlaltépetl) |
Puebla Veracruz |
Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt | m 18,491 ft | 5636 m 16,148 ft | 4922 km 1,672 mi |
2,69019°01′50″N 97°16′11″W / 19.0305°N 97.2698°W |
Southernmost high summits
Rank | Mountain Peak | State | Mountain range | Elevation | Prominence | Isolation | Location |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3 | Volcán Tacaná[16][17][18] | Chiapas Guatemala |
Sierra Madre de Chiapas | m 13,343 ft | 4067 m 3,402 ft | 1037 km 14.99 mi |
24.115°07′56″N 92°06′30″W / 15.1323°N 92.1084°W |
2 | Popocatépetl[19][20][21][22] | México Morelos Puebla |
Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt | m 17,749 ft | 5410 m 9,974 ft | 3040 km 88.8 mi |
143.019°01′21″N 98°37′40″W / 19.0225°N 98.6278°W |
1 | Pico de Orizaba[13][14][15] (Citlaltépetl) |
Puebla Veracruz |
Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt | m 18,491 ft | 5636 m 16,148 ft | 4922 km 1,672 mi |
2,69019°01′50″N 97°16′11″W / 19.0305°N 97.2698°W |
Easternmost high summits
Rank | Mountain Peak | State | Mountain range | Elevation | Prominence | Isolation | Location |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3 | Volcán Tacaná[16][17][18] | Chiapas Guatemala |
Sierra de Istatan | m 13,343 ft | 4067 m 3,402 ft | 1037 km 14.99 mi |
24.115°07′56″N 92°06′30″W / 15.1323°N 92.1084°W |
2 | Cofre de Perote[23][24][25] | Veracruz | Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt | m 13,812 ft | 4210 m 4,396 ft | 1340 km 32.9 mi |
52.919°29′38″N 97°08′53″W / 19.4940°N 97.1480°W |
1 | Pico de Orizaba[13][14][15] (Citlaltépetl) |
Puebla Veracruz |
Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt | m 18,491 ft | 5636 m 16,148 ft | 4922 km 1,672 mi |
2,69019°01′50″N 97°16′11″W / 19.0305°N 97.2698°W |
Westernmost high summits
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 Popocatépetl, a stratovolcano at the junction of Puebla, State of Mexico and Morelos, is the second highest peak of Mexico.
- The summit of Iztaccíhuatl, a stratovolcano on the border between Puebla and State of Mexico, is the third highest peak of Mexico.
- Nevado de Toluca is a stratovolcano in State of Mexico.
- Nevado de Colima is an stratovolcano in Jalisco near the border with Colima.
- Cofre de Perote is a shield volcano in Veracruz.
See also
- List of mountain peaks of North America
- List of mountain peaks of Greenland
- List of mountain peaks of Canada
- List of mountain peaks of the Rocky Mountains
- List of mountain peaks of the United States
- List of mountain peaks of Mexico
- List of the ultra-prominent summits of Mexico
- List of extreme summits of Mexico
- List of mountain peaks of Central America
- List of mountain peaks of the Caribbean
- Mexico
- Geography of Mexico
- Category:Mountains of Mexico
- Geography of Mexico
- Physical geography
References
- 1 2 If the elevation or prominence of a summit is calculated as a range of values, the arithmetic mean is shown.
- ↑ The topographic prominence of a summit is the topographic elevation difference between the summit and its highest or key col to a higher summit. The summit may be near its key col or quite far away. The key col for Denali in Alaska is the Isthmus of Rivas in Nicaragua, 7642 kilometers (4749 miles) away.
- ↑ This article defines a significant summit as a summit with at least 100 meters (328.1 feet) of topographic prominence, and a major summit as a summit with at least 500 meters (1640 feet) of topographic prominence. All summits in this article have at least 500 meters of topographic prominence. An ultra-prominent peak is a summit with at least 1500 meters (4921 feet) of topographic prominence.
- ↑ The topographic isolation of a summit is the great-circle distance to its nearest point of equal elevation.
- ↑ "Cerro las Capillas". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
- ↑ La Malinche (volcano) on the border of Puebla is the highest point of Tlaxcala.
- ↑ La Malintzin is the northernmost summit of its elevation in Mexico.
- ↑ "La Malinche (volcano)". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
- ↑ "La Malinche (volcano)". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
- 1 2 Iztaccíhuatl is the northernmost and westernmost 5000-meter (16,404-foot) summit of Mexico.
- 1 2 "Iztaccíhuatl". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
- 1 2 "Iztaccíhuatl". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 The summit of Pico de Orizaba is the highest point of Puebla, Veracruz, and all of Mexico.
- 1 2 3 4 "Pico de Orizaba". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 "Pico de Orizaba". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
- 1 2 Volcán Tacaná on the international border with Guatemala is the highest point of Chiapas.
- 1 2 "Volcán Tacaná". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
- 1 2 "Volcán Tacaná". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
- 1 2 Popocatépetl on the border of Puebla is the highest point of both State of Mexico and Morelos.
- 1 2 Popocatépetl is the southernmost 5000-meter (16,404-foot) summit of Mexico and greater North America.
- 1 2 "Popocatépetl". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
- 1 2 "Popocatépetl". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
- ↑ Cofre de Perote is the easternmost summit of its elevation in Mexico.
- ↑ "Cofre de Perote". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
- ↑ "Cofre de Perote". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
- ↑ The summit of Guadalupe Island is the westernmost 1000-meter (3281-foot) summit of Mexico.
- ↑ "Guadalupe Island high point". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
- ↑ The summit of Picacho del Diablo is the highest point of Sierra de San Pedro Mártir and the Baja California Peninsula.
- ↑ Picacho del Diablo is the northernmost and westernmost 3000-meter (9843-foot) summit and ultra-prominent summit of Mexico.
- ↑ "Picacho del Diablo". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
- ↑ "Picacho del Diablo". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
- ↑ The summit of Cerro Mohinora is the highest point of Chihuahua.
- ↑ Cerro Mohinora is the northernmost and westernmost summit of its elevation in Mexico.
- ↑ "Cerro Mohinora". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
- ↑ "Cerro Mohinora". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
- ↑ The summit of Cerro Gordo is the highest point of the Sierra Madre Occidental and Durango.
- ↑ Cerro Gordo is the westernmost summit of its elevation in Mexico.
- ↑ "Cerro Gordo". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
- ↑ "Cerro Gordo". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
- ↑ Volcán de Colima on the border of Jalisco is the highest point of Colima and the westernmost summit of its elevation in Mexico.
- ↑ "Volcán de Colima". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
- ↑ "Volcán de Colima". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
- ↑ The summit of Nevado de Colima is the highest point of Jalisco.
- ↑ Nevado de Colima is the northernmost and westernmost 4000-meter (13,123-foot) summit of Mexico.
- ↑ "Nevado de Colima". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
- ↑ "Nevado de Colima". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
- ↑ Nevado de Toluca is the westernmost summit of its elevation in Mexico.
- ↑ "Nevado de Toluca". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
- ↑ "Nevado de Toluca". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
External links
- Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática (INEGI)
- Bivouac.com
- Peakbagger.com
- Peaklist.org
- Peakware.com
- Summitpost.org
Coordinates: 19°01′50″N 97°16′11″W / 19.0305°N 97.2698°W
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