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Central Neovolcanica

Range Type	Geographically-defined sub-range
Highest Point	Volcán Popocatépetl (5413+ m/17,759+ ft)
Countries	Mexico
States/Provinces	México (39%), Guerrero (20%), Michoacán (15%), Morelos (9%), Puebla (7%), Hidalgo (5%), Ciudad de México (3%), Guanajuato (1%), Tlaxcala (1%) (numbers are approximate percentage of range area)
Area	55,515 sq km / 21,434 sq mi Area may include lowland areas
Extent	270 km / 168 mi North-South 294 km / 182 mi East-West
Center Lat/Long	19° 6' N; 99° 38' W
Map Link	Microsoft Bing Map
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Map of Central 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 Central Neovolcanica.

Cordillera Neovolcanica	Level 3 (Parent)
Western Neovolcanica	Level 4 (Sibling)
Central Neovolcanica	Level 4
Popo-Izta Range	Level 5 (Child)
Eastern Neovolcanica	Level 4 (Sibling)

Major Peaks of the Central Neovolcanica

Ten Highest Peaks
Rank	Peak Name	m	ft	Range5
1.	Volcán Popocatépetl	5413+	17,759+	Popo-Izta Range
2.	Volcán Iztaccíhuatl	5213+	17,103+	Popo-Izta Range
3.	Pico el Fraile	5000+	16,404+	Popo-Izta Range
4.	Nevado de Toluca	4680+	15,354+
5.	Izta Norte	4660+	15,289+	Popo-Izta Range
6.	Pico de Aguila	4620	15,157
7.	Pico de Humboldt	4480+	14,698+
8.	Cerro del Ombugo	4320+	14,173+
9.	Cerro Tláloc	4158	13,642	Popo-Izta Range
10.	Cerro Telapón	4060+	13,320+	Popo-Izta Range
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	Range5
1.	Volcán Popocatépetl	5413+	17,759+	Popo-Izta Range

Photos of Peaks in the Central Neovolcanica

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.
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.	Cerro Ajusco Summit from the Northern side (2017-03-19). Photo by Salvador Monroy. Click here for larger-size photo.

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