List of extreme summits of Mexico explained

This article comprises four sortable tables of mountain summits of Mexico that are higher than any other point north or south of their latitude or east or west their longitude in Mexico.

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.[1]
  2. The topographic prominence of a summit is a measure of how high the summit rises above its surroundings.[1] [2] [3]
  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]

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Northernmost high summits

The northernmost summits of their elevation in Mexico

!Rank!Mountain Peak!State!Mountain range!Elevation!Prominence!Isolation!Location
4Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt19.5552°N -104.1472°W
3
Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt19.231°N -98.0321°W
2
Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt19.1802°N -98.6415°W
1
Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt19.0305°N -97.2698°W

Southernmost high summits

The southernmost summits of their elevation in Mexico

!Rank!Mountain Peak!State!Mountain range!Elevation!Prominence!Isolation!Location
3
Sierra Madre de Chiapas15.1323°N -92.1084°W
2

Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt19.0225°N -98.6278°W
1
Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt19.0305°N -97.2698°W

Easternmost high summits

The easternmost summits of their elevation in Mexico

!Rank!Mountain Peak!State!Mountain range!Elevation!Prominence!Isolation!Location
3
Sierra de Istatan15.1323°N -92.1084°W
2Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt19.494°N -97.148°W
1
Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt19.0305°N -97.2698°W

Westernmost high summits

The westernmost summits of their elevation in Mexico

!Rank!Mountain Peak!State!Mountain range!Elevation!Prominence!Isolation!Location
10Guadalupe Island29.1016°N -118.3132°W
9Sierra de San Pedro Mártir30.9925°N -115.3753°W
8Sierra Madre Occidental25.956°N -107.0476°W
7Sierra Madre Occidental23.206°N -104.9442°W
6
Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt19.5132°N -103.6174°W
5Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt19.5633°N -103.6087°W
4Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt19.102°N -99.7677°W
3
Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt19.1802°N -98.6415°W
2

Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt19.0225°N -98.6278°W
1
Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt19.0305°N -97.2698°W

See also

External links

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Notes and References

  1. If the elevation or prominence of a summit is calculated as a range of values, the arithmetic mean is shown.
  2. 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, 7642km (4,749miles) away.
  3. This article defines a significant summit as a summit with at least 100m (300feet) of topographic prominence, and a major summit as a summit with at least 500m (1,600feet) of topographic prominence. All summits in this article have at least 500 meters of topographic prominence. An ultra-prominent peak is a summit with at least 1500m (4,900feet) of topographic prominence.
  4. The topographic isolation of a summit is the great-circle distance to its nearest point of equal elevation.

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