List of ultras of Mexico explained

See also: List of the ultra-prominent summits of North America.

See also: List of mountain peaks of Mexico.

The following sortable table comprises the 26 ultra-prominent summits of México. Each of these peaks has at least 1500abbr=off-3abbr=off of topographic prominence.[1]

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 4000m (13,000feet) of topographic prominence, Popocatépetl exceeds 3000m (10,000feet), and Nevado de Colima exceeds 2500m (8,200feet). Seven mountain peaks of México exceed 2000m (7,000feet), the following 26 ultra-prominent summits exceed 1500abbr=off-1abbr=off, and 42 summits exceed 1000m (3,000feet) of topographic prominence.

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Ultra-prominent summits

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.

The 26 ultra-prominent summits of México

!Rank!Mountain Peak!State!Mountain Range!Elevation!Prominence!Isolation!Location
1
Cordillera Neovolcanica19.0305°N -97.2698°W
2

Cordillera Neovolcanica19.0225°N -98.6278°W
3Cordillera Neovolcanica19.5633°N -103.6087°W
4Cordillera Neovolcanica19.102°N -99.7677°W
5Sierra Madre del Sur17.4682°N -100.1364°W
6Sierra Madre del Sur16.2115°N -96.1967°W
7Sierra de San Pedro Mártir30.9925°N -115.3753°W
8Sierra Madre Oriental26.1196°N -100.5568°W
9Michoacán18.7215°N -102.974°W
10
Cordillera Neovolcanica19.231°N -98.0321°W
11Sierra de la Laguna23.5392°N -109.9542°W
12Mexican Plateau27.0345°N -102.3922°W
13Sierra Madre Oriental21.4309°N -99.1326°W
14Sierra Madre Oriental24.8719°N -100.2327°W
15Cordillera Neovolcanica19.4166°N -102.3198°W
16Mexican Plateau25.1359°N -103.2304°W
17Sierra Madre Oriental23.8007°N -99.8464°W
18Sierra Madre del Sur16.5812°N -95.8035°W
19Tres Virgenes27.47°N -112.5919°W
20Cordillera Neovolcanica18.3455°N -94.8576°W
21Jalisco19.5552°N -104.1472°W
22Sierra Madre de Oaxaca17.1324°N -96.0125°W
23
Cordillera Neovolcanica19.1802°N -98.6415°W
24Jalisco20.7872°N -103.8468°W
25Oaxaca16.7652°N -94.4514°W
26Sierra Madre Oriental25.8645°N -100.6095°W

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Notes and References

  1. 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. An ultra-prominent summit is a summit with at least 1500abbr=off-3abbr=off of topographic prominence.
  2. If the elevation or prominence of a summit is calculated as a range of values, the arithmetic mean is shown.
  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, 7642abbr=off0abbr=off away.
  4. The topographic isolation of a summit is the great-circle distance to its nearest point of equal elevation.

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