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{{Short description|Mountain in Honduras}}
{{About|the mountain peak in Honduras|the archaeological site in Oaxaca, Mexico|Cerro de las Minas}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name = Cerro Las Minas
| other_name = Montana de Celaque
| photo = Celaque.JPG
| photo_caption = The Cordillera de Celaque
| elevation_m = 2870
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| prominence_m = 2069
| prominence_ref = <ref>{{cite peakbagger |pid=8099 |name=Cerro Las Minas, Honduras |accessdate=2014-05-19}} This prominence value is based on an elevation of 2,849 m.</ref>
| range = [[Cordillera de Celaque]]
| listing = {{unbulleted list
|[[List of the most prominent summits of North America|North America prominent peaks]] 90th
|[[List of countries by highest point|Country high point]]
}}
| location = [[Lempira Department]], [[Honduras]]
| map = Honduras
| map_caption = Location of Cerro Las Minas in Honduras
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| label_position = right
| coordinates = {{coord|14|32|03|N|88|40|48|W|type:mountain_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_ref = <ref>[http://peaklist.org/WWlists/ultras/CentAm.html Central America and Caribbean Ultra-Prominence Page"]. Peaklist.org. Retrieved 2014-05-19.</ref>
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[[File:Amanecer_en_el_Cerro_Las_Minas,_el_punto_mas_alto_de_Honduras.JPG|thumb|Sunrise at Cerro Las Minas, the highest point in Honduras]]
'''Cerro Las Minas''' is the highest mountain in [[Honduras]]. Cerro Las Minas is located in the rugged and relatively isolated [[Lempira Department]] in the western part of the country. A Honduran [[national park]], the [[Celaque National Park]], was established in 1987 for the mountain and some {{convert|266|km2|acre|0}} of surrounding territory.

It is part of the [[Cordillera de Celaque]] mountain range and is given the name "Pico Celaque, 2849m" on local 1:50,000 topographic mapping, but [[SRTM]] data suggests that 2870 m is more accurate.<ref>{{cite journal |pages=276–283 |author=Southworth, Jane |author2=Catherine Tucker |date=August 2001 |title=The Influence of Accessibility, Local Institutions, and Socioeconomic Factors on Forest Cover Change in the Mountains of Western Honduras |url=http://www.bioone.org/doi/pdf/10.1659/0276-4741(2001)021%5B0276:TIOALI%5D2.0.CO%3B2 |format=PDF |journal=[[Mountain Research and Development]] |location=Boulder, CO |publisher=[[International Mountain Society]] and [[United Nations University]] |volume=21 |issue=3 |doi=10.1659/0276-4741(2001)021[0276:TIOALI]2.0.CO;2
 |issn=0276-4741 |oclc=107067006|doi-access=free }}</ref>

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[[Category:Mountains of Honduras|Las Minas]]
[[Category:Highest points of countries]]
[[Category:North American 2000 m summits]]


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