List of mountains in Mexico
This article comprises three sortable tables of major mountain peaks of Mexico. This article defines a major mountain peak as a summit with a topographic prominence of at least 500 meters (1,640 ft). Topographic prominence is defined as the elevation difference between the summit and the highest or key col to a higher summit.
Highest peaks
The following sortable table lists the 25 highest major mountain peaks of Mexico. Each of the following peaks has a topographic prominence of at least 500 meters (1,640 ft). Topographic elevation is defined as the vertical distance above the reference geoid, a precise mathematical model of the Earth's sea level as an equipotential gravitational surface. A total of five of these highest peaks are located in Oaxaca, four in Puebla, three in Estado de México, three in Coahuila de Zaragoza, two in Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave, two in Nuevo León, three in Querétaro Arteaga, and one each in Morelos, Tlaxcala, Jalisco, Chiapas, Michoacán de Ocampo, Guerrero, Guanajuato, Durango, and Baja California.
Most prominent peaks
The following sortable table lists the 28 most topographically prominent mountain peaks of México, or all summits with a prominence of at least 1,500 meters (4,921.26 ft).[13] Topographic prominence is defined as the elevation difference between the summit and the highest or key col to a higher summit. A total of 4 of these most prominent peaks are located in Oaxaca, 3 in the Puebla, 3 in Estado de México, 3 in Nuevo León, 2 in Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave, 2 in Jalisco, 2 in Michoacán de Ocampo, 2 in Baja California Sur, 2 in Coahuila de Zaragoza, and 1 each in Morelos, Chiapas, Guerrero, Baja California, Tlaxcala, and Querétaro Arteaga.
Most isolated peaks
The following sortable table lists the 25 most topographically isolated major mountain peaks of México with a topographic prominence of at least 500 meters (1,640 ft). Topographic isolation is the minimum great circle distance to a point of higher elevation. A total of 4 of these most isolated peaks are located in Oaxaca, 3 in Baja California Sur, 3 in Baja California, 2 in the Puebla, 2 in Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave, 2 in Coahuila de Zaragoza, 2 in Nuevo León, 2 in Estado de México, 2 in Michoacán de Ocampo, and 1 each in Durango, Jalisco, Guerrero, Chiapas, Morelos, Guanajuato, and Querétaro Arteaga.
See also
- 4000 meter peaks of Alaska
- 4000 meter peaks of California
- 4000 metre peaks of Canada
- 4000 meter peaks of Colorado
- 4000 meter peaks of México
- 4000 meter peaks of North America
- 4000 meter peaks of the United States
- Geography of México
- List of volcanoes of México
- Lists of mountains
- Mountain peaks of Alaska
- Mountain peaks of California
- Mountain peaks of Canada
- Mountain peaks of Colorado
- Mountain peaks of North America
- Mountain peaks of the United States
- physical geography
- summit (topography)
- topographic elevation
- topographic isolation
- topographic prominence
- topography
- United Mexican States
- Category:Mountains of Mexico
References
- ^ a b c The summit of Pico de Orizaba (Citlaltépetl) is the highest point of the Estado Libre y Soberano de Puebla, the Estado Libre y Soberano de Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave, and all of México. Cite error: The named reference "Pico_de_Orizaba" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
- ^ a b c The summit of Volcán Popocatépetl on the border of the Estado Libre y Soberano de Puebla is the highest point of both the Estado Libre y Soberano de México and the Estado Libre y Soberano de Morelos.
- ^ a b The summit of Volcán_la_Malinche (Matlalcueitl) on the border of the Estado Libre y Soberano de Puebla is the highest point of the Estado Libre y Soberano de Tlaxcala.
- ^ a b c The summit of Nevado de Colima is the highest point of the Estado Libre y Soberano de Jalisco.
- ^ a b The summit of Volcán Tacaná on the border of México and Guatemala is the highest point of the Estado Libre y Soberano de Chiapas.
- ^ a b c The summit of Cerro Tancítaro is the highest point of the Estado Libre y Soberano de Michoacán de Ocampo.
- ^ a b c The summit of Cerro Nube Flan is the highest point of the Sierra Madre del Sur and the Estado Libre y Soberano de Oaxaca.
- ^ a b c The summit of Cerro San Rafael is the highest point of the Sierra Madre Oriental and the Estado Libre y Soberano de Coahuila.
- ^ a b c The summit of Cerro Teotepec is the highest point of the Estado Libre y Soberano de Guerrero.
- ^ a b The summit of Cerro el Zamorano is the highest point of both the Estado Libre y Soberano de Guanajuato and the Estado Libre y Soberano de Querétaro Arteaga.
- ^ a b The summit of Cerro Gordo is the highest point of the Sierra Madre Occidental and the Estado Libre y Soberano de Durango.
- ^ a b c The summit of Picacho del Diablo is the highest point of the Estado Libre y Soberano de Baja California.
- ^ The Mexican Ultras - A list of the mountain peaks of México with more than 1500 meters of topographic prominence