Nevado de Toluca
| Nevado de Toluca | |
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Nevado de Toluca as seen from the southeast (Lerma)
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| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 4,680 m (15,350 ft) |
| Prominence | 2,210 m (7,250 ft) |
| Isolation | 118.39 km (73.56 mi) |
| Parent peak | Popocatépetl |
| Listing | |
| Coordinates | 19°06′06″N 99°46′03″W / 19.10167°N 99.76750°WCoordinates: 19°06′06″N 99°46′03″W / 19.10167°N 99.76750°W |
| Geography | |
 Nevado de Toluca
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| Location | Texcaltitlán, México, Mexico |
| Geology | |
| Mountain type | Stratovolcano |
| Volcanic arc/belt | Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt |
| Last eruption | 1350 BCE (?) |
| Climbing | |
| Easiest route | road, hiking trail |
Nevado de Toluca (Spanish: 
ne'βado de to'luka ) is a large stratovolcano in central Mexico, located about 80 kilometres (50 mi) west of Mexico City near the city of Toluca. It is generally cited as the fourth highest of Mexico's peaks, after Pico de Orizaba, Popocatépetl and Iztaccíhuatl, although by some measurements, Sierra Negra is slightly higher.
It is often called by the Nahuatl name Xinantecatl which is usually translate as The Naked Lord, Señor Desnudo in Spanish, although other etymologies have been suggested such as "Lord of the Corn Stalks", Tzinacantecatl or Zinacantepec (Mountain of the Bats). Recently other evidence regarding the etymologies of this mountain have surfaced and after many archeology discoveries in and around the area. It has been concluded that its correct etymology is Chicnauhtecatl meaning "nine lakes" as the top of the cone has various deep lakes.
The volcano has a 1.5-kilometre (0.93 mi) wide summit caldera which is open to the east. The highest summit, 4,680-metre (15,354 ft) Pico del Fraile (Friar's Peak), is on the southwest side of the crater and the second highest, 4,640-metre (15,223 ft) Pico del Aguila (Eagle's Peak), is on the northwest. There are two crater lakes on the floor of the basin at about 4,200 m (13,800 ft), the larger Lago del Sol (Sun Lake) and the smaller, but deeper, Lago de la Luna (Moon Lake). A road formerly ran into the caldera to the lakes, making this perhaps the most accessible major Mexican peak. The road is now gated 2 km before the lakes.
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