The Cerro de las Mitras (Spanish for “Miters' Hill”), is a
mountain
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and a
protected area in the
Monterrey,
San Pedro Garza García
San Pedro Garza García ''(''also known as San Pedro or Garza García'')'' is a city-municipality of the Mexican state of Nuevo León and part of the Monterrey Metropolitan area. It is a contemporary commercial suburb of the larger metropolitan c ...
,
Santa Catarina and
García municipalities; state of
Nuevo León,
México
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. The mountain is part of the
Sierra Madre Oriental, the summit reaches 2,058
MASL, and has 1,303 meters of prominence, the topographic isolation is about 14.48 km. The ridge is about 21 km long stretching east to west. The name comes from the resemblance of the peaks in the ridge with a bishop's
mitre
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.
The Cerro de las Mitras is a popular hiking destination despite its difficulty. Several quarries dedicated to the extraction of limestone to produce concrete operate in the mountain despite its protected area designation.
Image:Cerro de las mitras Monterrey Mexico 3.jpg, Cerro de las Mitras from Cerro de Chipinque
Image:Cerro de las mitras Monterrey Mexico 2.jpg, El Cerro de las Mitras from Cerro del Obispado
Image:Cerro de las mitras Monterrey Mexico.jpg, Cerro de las Mitras in 2006
Image:Avenida las mitras.jpg, Several streets in the Monterrey metropolitan area
The Monterrey metropolitan area refers to the surrounding urban agglomeration of Monterrey, Nuevo León. Officially called ''Area Metropolitana de la Ciudad de Monterrey'' or AMM, the metropolitan area is the 2nd-largest in Mexico.
Overview
Th ...
are named after Cerro de las Mitras
Image:Cerro de las mitras desde el Topo Chico.jpg, Cerro de las Mitras from Cerro del Topo Chico
See also
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Cerro de la Silla
The Cerro de la Silla is a mountain and natural monument located within the metropolitan area of the city of Monterrey, Nuevo León, in northeastern Mexico. Named for its distinctive saddle-shaped profile when viewed from the west, it is a well-k ...
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Cerro de Chipinque
The Cerro de Chipinque is a mountain in the San Pedro Garza García, Monterrey and Santa Catarina municipalities; state of Nuevo León, Mexico. The mountain is part of the Sierra Madre Oriental range and the Cumbres de Monterrey National Park. ...
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Cerro del Topo Chico
The Cerro del Topo Chico (Spanish, 'Small Mole Hill', from the Latin ''talpa'' 'mole') is a mountain and a protected area in the Escobedo, San Nicolás and Monterrey municipalities; state of Nuevo León, Mexico. The summit reaches 1,178 meters ...
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Cerro del Obispado
The Cerro del Obispado (Spanish for Bishopric Hill) is a famous landmark in the city of Monterrey, Mexico, named after the building constructed in the middle of the slope by the end of the 18th century.
The hill is a popular recreational area tha ...
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Cerro de la Loma Larga
Cerro de la Loma Larga (literal English: ''Long Hill Mountain''), or Loma Larga (short version), is a lower extension of the Sierra Madre Oriental, particularly of Cerro de las Mitras. located in the Monterrey, Nuevo León metropolitan area. ...
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La Huasteca
La Huasteca is a geographical and cultural region located partially along the Gulf of Mexico and including parts of the states of Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Puebla, Hidalgo, San Luis Potosí, Querétaro and Guanajuato. It is roughly defined as the area ...
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Mountains of Mexico
Landmarks in Monterrey
Landforms of Nuevo León