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List of ultras of Mexico

List of ultras of Mexico

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The following sortable table comprises the 26 ultra-prominent summits of México. Each of these peaks has at least 1,500 meters (5,000 feet) of topographic prominence.[1]

See also: List of the ultra-prominent summits of North America
Further information: List of mountain peaks of Mexico
Pico de Orizaba (Citlaltépetl), a stratovolcano on the boundary between the states of Puebla and Veracruz, is the highest mountain peak of México.

The summit of a mountain or hill may be measured in three principal ways:

  1. The topographic elevation of a summit measures the height of the summit above a geodetic sea level.[2]
  2. The topographic prominence of a summit is a measure of how high the summit rises above its surroundings.[3][2]
  3. The topographic isolation (or radius of dominance) of a summit measures how far the summit lies from its nearest point of equal elevation.[4]

Pico de Orizaba exceeds 4,000 meters (13,000 feet) of topographic prominence, Popocatépetl exceeds 3,000 meters (9,800 feet), and Nevado de Colima exceeds 2,500 meters (8,200 feet). Seven mountain peaks of México exceed 2,000 meters (6,600 feet), the following 26 ultra-prominent summits exceed 1,500 meters (4,920 feet), and 42 summits exceed 1,000 meters (3,300 feet) of topographic prominence.

Ultra-prominent summits

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Of these 26 ultra-prominent summits of Mexico, four are located in Puebla, four in Oaxaca, four in Nuevo León, three in México, three in Jalisco, two in Veracruz, two in Michoacán, two in Baja California Sur, two in Coahuila, and one each in Morelos, Guerrero, Baja California, Tlaxcala, and Querétaro. Four of these peaks lie on a state border.

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Notes

  1. The summit of Pico de Orizaba is the highest point of Estado Libre y Soberano de Puebla, Estado Libre y Soberano de Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave, and all of México.
  2. Popocatépetl on the border of Puebla is the highest point of both Estado Libre y Soberano de México and Estado Libre y Soberano de Morelos.
  3. Popocatépetl is the southernmost 5000-meter (16,404-foot) summit of México and greater North America.
  4. The summit of Nevado de Colima is the highest point of Estado Libre y Soberano de Jalisco.
  5. Nevado de Colima is the northernmost and westernmost 4000-meter (13,123-foot) summit of México.
  6. Nevado de Toluca is the westernmost summit of its elevation in México.
  7. The summit of Cerro Teotepec is the highest point of Estado Libre y Soberano de Guerrero.
  8. The summit of Cerro el Nacimiento is the highest point of Sierra Madre del Sur and Estado Libre y Soberano de Oaxaca.
  9. The summit of Picacho del Diablo is the highest point of Sierra de San Pedro Mártir and the Baja California Peninsula.
  10. Picacho del Diablo is the northernmost and westernmost 3000-meter (9843-foot) summit and ultra-prominent summit of México.
  11. La Malinche (volcano) on the border of Puebla is the highest point of Tlaxcala.
  12. La Malinche is the northernmost summit of its elevation in México.
  13. The summit of Sierra de la Laguna is the highest point of Sierra San Lazaro and Estado Libre y Soberano de Baja California Sur.
  14. The summit of Cerro El Potosí is the highest point of Estado Libre y Soberano de Nuevo León.
  15. The summit of Volcán Tancítaro is the highest point of Estado Libre y Soberano de Michoacán de Ocampo.
  16. Iztaccíhuatl is the northernmost and westernmost 5000-meter (16,404-foot) summit of México.

References

  1. [1]
    This article defines a significant summit as a summit with at least 100 meters (330 feet) of topographic prominence, and a major summit as a summit with at least 500 meters (1,600 feet) of topographic prominence. An ultra-prominent summit is a summit with at least 1,500 meters (5,000 feet) of topographic prominence.
  2. [2]
    If the elevation or prominence of a summit is calculated as a range of values, the arithmetic mean is shown.
  3. [3]
    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, 7,642 kilometers (4,749 miles) away.
  4. [4]
    The topographic isolation of a summit is the great-circle distance to its nearest point of equal elevation.
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19.0305°N 97.2698°W / 19.0305; -97.2698 (Pico de Orizaba)
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