Altzomoni is a volcanic peak located in the State of Mexico. Situated between the volcanoes

Popocatépetl Popocatépetl (; Nahuatl: ) is an active stratovolcano located in the states of Puebla, Morelos, and Mexico in central Mexico. It lies in the eastern half of the Trans-Mexican volcanic belt. At it is the second highest peak in Mexico, after C ...

and

Ixtaccíhuatl Iztaccíhuatl (alternative spellings include Ixtaccíhuatl, or either variant spelled without the accent) ( or, as spelled with the x, ), is a dormant volcanic mountain in Mexico located on the border between the State of Mexico and Puebla withi ...

in the northern portion of the

Paso de Cortés The Paso de Cortés is the mountain pass or saddle between the Popocatépetl and Ixtaccíhuatl volcanoes in central Mexico. It is part of the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt, where the normally southeast-trending continental divide turns north for ov ...

, Altzomoni rises above sea level. It is located inside Izta-Popo Zoquiapan National Park. The area is used as a base for those climbing Ixtaccíhuatl. It also is recognizable for its large television tower, used by

Televisa Grupo Televisa is a Mexican multimedia mass media company. A major Latin American mass media corporation, it often presents itself as the largest producer of Spanish-language content. In April 2021, Televisa and Univision Communications announce ...

for the transmission of analog television to Puebla and

Cuernavaca Cuernavaca (; nci-IPA, Cuauhnāhuac, kʷawˈnaːwak "near the woods", ) is the capital and largest city of the state of Morelos in Mexico. The city is located around a 90-minute drive south of Mexico City using the Federal Highway 95D. The na ...

. The

Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México The National Autonomous University of Mexico ( es, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, UNAM) is a public research university in Mexico. It is consistently ranked as one of the best universities in Latin America, where it's also the bigges ...

also maintains an atmospheric observatory on the mountain.

Television

Three digital television stations are based on the same tower. While each of them primarily serves Puebla, Cuernavaca and the state of

Tlaxcala Tlaxcala (; , ; from nah, Tlaxcallān ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Tlaxcala ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Tlaxcala), is one of the 32 states which comprise the Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into 60 municipaliti ...

, they are licensed to Altzomoni: *

XEX-TDT Canal 5 is a Mexican free-to-air television network owned by TelevisaUnivision. It traces its origins to the foundation of Channel 5 in Mexico City in 1952 (also known by its identification code XHGC-TDT). Canal 5's program lineup is generally tar ...

(channel 42) * XHTM-TDT (channel 36) * XHATZ-TDT (channel 47) Each of these stations has digital facilities which are on Televisa's tower in Puebla.

References

Mountains of Mexico Landforms of the State of Mexico Landforms of Puebla Landforms of Morelos Volcanoes of the State of Mexico {{MexicoState-geo-stub