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Cordillera Neovolcanica

Range Type	Mountain range with well-recognized name
Highest Point	Pico de Orizaba (5636 m/18,491 ft)
Countries	Mexico
States/Provinces	Michoacán (25%), Veracruz (19%), Puebla (15%), México (13%), Jalisco (9%), Guerrero (7%), Morelos (3%), Oaxaca (2%), Tlaxcala (2%), Hidalgo (2%), Guanajuato (2%), Ciudad de México (1%) (numbers are approximate percentage of range area)
Area	170,619 sq km / 65,876 sq mi Area may include lowland areas
Extent	355 km / 220 mi North-South 1,019 km / 633 mi East-West
Center Lat/Long	18° 59' N; 99° 15' W
Map Link	Microsoft Bing Map
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Map of Cordillera Neovolcanica
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Other Ranges: To go to pages for other ranges either click on the map above, or on range names in the hierarchy snapshot below, which show the parent, siblings, and children of the Cordillera Neovolcanica.

Central Mexican Ranges	Level 2 (Parent)
Sierra Madre Occidental	Level 3 (Sibling)
Mexican Plateau	Level 3 (Sibling)
Sierra Madre Oriental	Level 3 (Sibling)
Mexican West Coast Ranges	Level 3 (Sibling)
Cordillera Neovolcanica	Level 3
Western Neovolcanica	Level 4 (Child)
Central Neovolcanica	Level 4 (Child)
Eastern Neovolcanica	Level 4 (Child)
Sierra Madre del Sur	Level 3 (Sibling)

Major Peaks of the Cordillera Neovolcanica

Ten Highest Peaks
Rank	Peak Name	m	ft	Range4
1.	Pico de Orizaba	5636	18,491	Eastern Neovolcanica
2.	Volcán Popocatépetl	5413	17,759	Central Neovolcanica
3.	Volcán Iztaccíhuatl	5213	17,103	Central Neovolcanica
4.	Pico el Fraile	5000+	16,404+	Central Neovolcanica
5.	Pico Refugio FGG Sur	4780+	15,682+	Eastern Neovolcanica
6.	Pico Refugio FGG	4760+	15,617+	Eastern Neovolcanica
7.	Nevado de Toluca	4680+	15,354+	Central Neovolcanica
8.	Izta Norte	4660+	15,289+	Central Neovolcanica
9.	Pico de Aguila	4620	15,157	Central Neovolcanica
10.	Cerro Colorado Noreste	4480+	14,698+	Eastern Neovolcanica
Sub-peaks are excluded from this list. List may not be complete, since only summits in the PBC Database are included.

Child Range High Points
Rank	Peak Name	m	ft	Range4
1.	Pico de Orizaba	5636	18,491	Eastern Neovolcanica
2.	Volcán Popocatépetl	5413	17,759	Central Neovolcanica
3.	Nevado de Colima	4260+	13,976+	Western Neovolcanica

Photos of Peaks in the Cordillera Neovolcanica

Pico de Orizaba Pico de Orizaba from the Piedra Grande Hut (2012-03-02). Photo by Craig Barlow. Click here for larger-size photo.	Volcán Popocatépetl The white snows of Popo rise above Tlamacas Lodge, in this picture from before the recent eruptive cycle began in 1994 (1993-01).
Volcán Iztaccíhuatl The summit area of Iztaccíhuatl holds a large, flat snowfield at 5200 meters elevation (2012-01-13). Click here for larger-size photo.	Iztaccíhuatl - Las Rodillas Ixta route planning (2014-04-24). Photo by Ted Bauer. Click here for larger-size photo.
Nevado de Toluca The summit ridge of Nevado de Toluca provides the most challenging scrambing on a Mexican volcano "ruta normal" (2012-01-07). Click here for larger-size photo.	Pico de Aguila a subpeak of Nevado de Toluca, did not reach the true summit (2014-05-10). Photo by John Statz. Click here for larger-size photo.
Cerro Colorado Cerro Colorado (2017-12-28). Photo by Eli Boardman. Click here for larger-size photo.	Volcán La Malinche Malinche volcano in Mexico with a light cap of recent winter snow (2012-01-09). Click here for larger-size photo.
Cofre de Perote Cofre de Perote Photo by Scott Patterson. Click here for larger-size photo.	Nevado de Colima Nevado de Colima on the left and the active Volcan de Colima on the right. Taken from the southwest on the Sierra Manantlan Plateau (2010-01-24). Photo by Ben Lostracco. Click here for larger-size photo.

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