List of mountain peaks of Mexico
This article comprises three sortable tables of major mountain peaks of Mexico.
The summit of a mountain or hill may be measured in three principal ways:
Of the 40 highest major summits of Mexico, three peaks exceed 5000 meters (16,404 feet) elevation, eight peaks exceed 4000 meters (13,123 feet), and 28 peaks exceed 3000 meters (9843 feet) 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, Distrito Federal, 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.
Of the 40 most prominent summits of México, only Pico de Orizaba exceeds 4000 meters (13,123 feet) of topographic prominence, Popocatépetl exceeds 3000 meters (9843 feet), five peaks exceed 2000 meters (6562 feet), and 26 peaks are ultra-prominent summits with at least 1500 meters (4921 feet) 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.
Of the 40 most isolated major summits of México, only Pico de Orizaba exceeds 2000 kilometers (1243 miles) of topographic isolation. Four peaks exceed 500 kilometers (310.7 miles), 14 peaks exceed 200 kilometers (124.3 miles), and 33 peaks exceed 100 kilometers (62.14 miles) 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.
The summit of Pico de Orizaba, a stratovolcano on the border between Puebla and Veracruz, is the highest peak of Mexico.
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