Cerro Las Minas Explained

Cerro Las Minas
Other Name:Montana de Celaque
Elevation M:2870
Prominence M:2069
Prominence Ref:[1]
Range:Cordillera de Celaque
Location:Lempira Department, Honduras
Map:Honduras
Label Position:right
Coordinates:14.5342°N -88.68°W
Coordinates Ref:[2]

Cerro Las Minas is the highest mountain in Honduras. Cerro Las Minas is located in the rugged and relatively isolated Lempira Department in the western part of the country. A Honduran national park, the Celaque National Park, was established in 1987 for the mountain and some 266km2 of surrounding territory.

It is part of the Cordillera de Celaque mountain range and is given the name "Pico Celaque, 2849m" on local 1:50,000 topographic mapping, but SRTM data suggests that 2870 m is more accurate.[3]

Notes and References

  1. 8099 . Cerro Las Minas, Honduras . 2014-05-19. This prominence value is based on an elevation of 2,849 m.
  2. http://peaklist.org/WWlists/ultras/CentAm.html Central America and Caribbean Ultra-Prominence Page"
  3. 276–283 . Southworth, Jane . Catherine Tucker . August 2001 . The Influence of Accessibility, Local Institutions, and Socioeconomic Factors on Forest Cover Change in the Mountains of Western Honduras . PDF . . Boulder, CO . . 21 . 3 . 10.1659/0276-4741(2001)021[0276:TIOALI]2.0.CO;2 . 0276-4741 . 107067006. free .