List of mountain peaks of Mexico

This article comprises three sortable tables of major mountain peaksThis article defines a significant summit as a summit with at least of topographic prominence, and a major summit as a summit with at least on topographic prominence. All summits in this article have at least 500 meters of topographic prominence. An ultra-prominent summit is a summit with at least of topographic prominence. of Mexico.

The summit of a mountain or hill may be measured in three principal ways: The topographic elevation of a summit measures the height on the summit above a geodetic sea level.If the elevation or prominence of a summit is calculated as a range of values, the arithmetic mean is shown. The first table below ranks the 40 highest major summits of México by elevation. The topographic prominence of a summit is a measure of how high the summit rises above its surroundings.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, away. The second table below ranks the 40 most prominent summits of México. The topographic isolation (or radius of dominance) of a summit measures how far the summit lies from its nearest point of equal elevation.The topographic isolation of a summit is the great-circle distance to its nearest point of equal elevation. The third table below ranks the 40 most isolated major summits of México.

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Highest major summits

Of the 40 highest major summits of Mexico, three peaks exceed elevation, ten peaks exceed , and 38 peaks exceed 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, Mexico City, 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.

+The 40 highest summits of Mexico with at least 500 meters of topographic prominenceRankMountain peakStateMountain rangeElevationProminenceIsolationLocation1Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt2Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt3Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt4Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt5Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt6Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt7Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt8Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt9Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt10Sierra Madre de Chiapas11Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt12Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt13Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt14Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt15Sierra Madre Oriental16Sierra Madre Oriental17Sierra Madre del Sur18Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt19Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt20Sierra Madre del SurSierra Madre Oriental22Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt23Mexican Plateau24Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt25Sierra Madre de OaxacaTrans-Mexican Volcanic Belt27Mexican Plateau28Sierra Madre del Sur29Sierra Madre Occidental30Sierra Madre Occidental31Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt32Mexican Plateau33Mexican Plateau34Mexican Plateau35Sierra de San Pedro Mártir36Mexican Plateau37Sierra Madre Occidental38Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt39Mexican West Coast Ranges40Sierra Madre Occidental

Most prominent summits

Of the 40 most prominent summits of México, only Pico de Orizaba exceeds of topographic prominence, Popocatépetl exceeds , five peaks exceed , and 26 peaks are ultra-prominent summits with at least 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.

+The 40 most topographically prominent summits of MéxicoRankMountain peakStateMountain rangeElevationProminenceIsolationLocation1Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt2Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt3Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt4Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt5Sierra Madre del Sur6Sierra Madre del Sur7Sierra de San Pedro Mártir8Sierra Madre Oriental9Michoacán10Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt11Sierra La Laguna12Mexican Plateau13Sierra Madre Oriental14Sierra Madre Oriental15Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt16Mexican Plateau17Sierra Madre OrientalSierra Madre del Sur19Tres Vírgenes20Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt21Jalisco22Sierra Madre del Sur23Trans-Mexican Volcanic BeltJalisco25OaxacaSierra Madre Oriental27Mexican Plateau28Sierra Madre del Sur29Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt30Sierra Madre Oriental31Baja California PeninsulaSierra de la Giganta33Sierra Madre Occidental34Sierra Madre de Chiapas35Mexican West Coast Ranges36Mexican Plateau37Isla Guadalupe38Sierra de la Giganta39Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt40Isla Cedros

Most isolated major summits

Of the 40 most isolated major summits of México, only Pico de Orizaba exceeds of topographic isolation. Four peaks exceed , 14 peaks exceed , and 33 peaks exceed 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 40 most topographically isolated summits of México with at least 500 meters of topographic prominenceRankMountain peakStateMountain rangeElevationProminenceIsolationLocation1Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt2Sierra Madre Oriental3Sierra Madre Oriental4Isla Socorro5Sierra Madre Occidental6Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt7Sierra La Laguna8Tres Virgenes9Isla Guadalupe10Sierra de San Pedro Mártir11Sierra Madre del Sur12Sierra Madre Occidental13Sierra Madre Occidental14Mexican Plateau15Mexican Plateau16Sierra Madre del Sur17Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt18Sierra Madre del Sur19Isla Cedros20Sierra Madre de Chiapas21Mexican Plateau22Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt23Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt24Baja California Peninsula25Sierra Madre de Chiapas26Sierra Madre Oriental27Sierra de la Giganta28Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt29Oaxaca30Mexican Plateau31Michoacán32Sierra Madre del Sur33Mexican Plateau34Mexican West Coast Ranges35Mexican Plateau36Mexican Plateau37Sierra de la Giganta38Sierra Madre Oriental39Jalisco40Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt

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