List of mountain peaks of Mexico
This article comprises three sortable tables of major mountain peaks[1] of Mexico.
The summit of a mountain or hill may be measured in three principal ways:
- The topographic elevation of a summit measures the height on the summit above a geodetic sea level.[2] The first table below ranks the 40 highest major summits of México by elevation.
- The topographic prominence of a summit is a measure of how high the summit rises above its surroundings.[3][2] The second table below ranks the 40 most prominent summits of México.
- The topographic isolation (or radius of dominance) of a summit measures how far the summit lies from its nearest point of equal elevation.[4] The third table below ranks the 40 most isolated major summits of México.
Highest major summits
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Of these 40 peaks, five are located in Jalisco, five in Coahuila, four in Oaxaca, six in Puebla, four in the state of Mexico, three in Chiapas, two in Nuevo León, two in Veracruz, two in Michoacán, two in Querétaro, two in Durango, two in Chihuahua, two in San Luis Potosí, and one each in Morelos, Tlaxcala, Mexico City, Colima, Guerrero, Guanajuato, Zacatecas, Baja California, Aguascalientes, Sinaloa, and Sonora. Volcán Tacaná lies on the international border between Chiapas and Guatemala, and nine other peaks lie on a state border.
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Most prominent summits
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Of these 40 peaks, five are located in Oaxaca, five in Baja California, four in Puebla, four in Jalisco, four in Nuevo León, four in Coahuila, three in Veracruz, three in México, three in Baja California Sur, two in Michoacán, two in Querétaro, and one each in Morelos, Guerrero, Tlaxcala, Guanajuato, Durango, Chiapas, and Distrito Federal. Five peaks lie on a state border.
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Most isolated major summits
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Of these 40 peaks, five are located in Coahuila, four in Baja California, four in Oaxaca, three in Puebla, three in Jalisco, three in Baja California Sur, two in Veracruz, two in Nuevo León, two in Chihuahua, two in Chiapas, two in México, two in Michoacán, two in Querétaro, and one each in Colima, Durango, Guerrero, Sonora, Morelos, Guanajuato, San Luis Potosí, Zacatecas, Tlaxcala, and Nayarit. Six peaks lie on a state border.
Gallery
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The summit of Pico de Orizaba, a stratovolcano on the border between Puebla and Veracruz, is the highest peak of Mexico.
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The summit of Volcán Popocatépetl, a stratovolcano at the junction of Puebla, México State, and Morelos, is the second highest peak of Mexico.
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The summit of Volcán Iztaccíhuatl, a stratovolcano on the border between Puebla and México State, is the third highest peak of Mexico.
See also
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- List of mountain peaks of North America
- Mexico
- Physical geography
Notes
References
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- ↑ This article defines a significant summit as a summit with at least Script error: No such module "convert". of topographic prominence, and a major summit as a summit with at least Script error: No such module "convert". on topographic prominence. All summits in this article have at least 500 meters of topographic prominence. An ultra-prominent summit is a summit with at least Script error: No such module "convert". of topographic prominence.
- ↑ a b 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, Script error: No such module "convert". away.
- ↑ The topographic isolation of a summit is the great-circle distance to its nearest point of equal elevation.
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External links
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- Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática (INEGI)
- Bivouac.com
- Peakbagger.com
- Peaklist.org
- Peakware.com
- Summitpost.org
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