Highest Major Summits Of Mexico

This article comprises three sortable tables of major mountain peaksThis article defines a significant summit as a summit with at least of topographic prominence, and a major summit as a summit with at least 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 of topographic prominence. 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.If the elevation or prominence of a summit is calculated as a range of values, the arithmetic mean is shown. 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.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, away. 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.The topographic isolation of a summit is the great-circle distance to its nearest point of equal elevation. The third table below ranks the 40 most isolated major summits of México.

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Highest major summits

Of the 40 highest major summits of Mexico, three peaks exceed elevation, eight peaks exceed , and 28 peaks exceed elevation.

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.

Most prominent summits

Of the 40 most prominent summits of México, only Pico de Orizaba exceeds of topographic prominence, Popocatépetl exceeds , five peaks exceed , and 26 peaks are ultra-prominent summits with at least of topographic prominence.

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.

Most isolated major summits

Of the 40 most isolated major summits of México, only Pico de Orizaba exceeds of topographic isolation. Four peaks exceed , 14 peaks exceed , and 33 peaks exceed of topographic isolation.

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

Pico Orizaba1.jpg, The summit of Pico de Orizaba, a stratovolcano on the border between Puebla and Veracruz, is the highest peak of Mexico.
Mexico-Popocatepetl.jpg, The summit of Volcán Popocatépetl, a stratovolcano at the junction of Puebla, México State, and Morelos, is the second highest peak of Mexico.
MountainIztaccihuatlMexico01.jpg, The summit of Volcán Iztaccíhuatl, a stratovolcano on the border between Puebla and México State, is the third highest peak of Mexico.
Nevado de Toluca.jpg, Nevado de Toluca is a stratovolcano in México State.
Nevado de Colima.JPG, Nevado de Colima is a stratovolcano in Jalisco near the border with Colima.
Cofre de Perote2.jpg, 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
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*** List of the ultra-prominent summits of México
*** List of extreme summits of México
**List of mountain peaks of Central America
**List of mountain peaks of the Caribbean
*Mexico
**Geography of Mexico
*** :Mountains of Mexico
**** commons:Mountains of Mexico
*Physical geography
**Topography
***Topographic elevation
***Topographic prominence
***Topographic isolation

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References

External links

Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática (INEGI)

Sistemas Nacionales Estadístico y de Información Geográfica (SNEIG)Bivouac.comPeakbagger.comPeaklist.orgSummitpost.org

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