Nevado de Toluca

Nevado de Toluca
Nevado de Toluca as seen from Lerma (southeast).
Highest point
Elevation4,680 m (15,350 ft)[1][2]
Prominence2,210 m (7,250 ft)[1][2]
Parent peakPopocatépetl[2]
Isolation118.39 km (73.56 mi)[1][2]
Listing
Coordinates19°06′06″N 99°46′03″W / 19.10167°N 99.76750°W / 19.10167; -99.76750[1]
Geography
Nevado de Toluca is located in State of Mexico
Nevado de Toluca
Nevado de Toluca
Location in Mexico
Nevado de Toluca is located in Mexico
Nevado de Toluca
Nevado de Toluca
Nevado de Toluca (Mexico)
LocationTexcaltitlán, México, Mexico
Geology
Mountain typeStratovolcano
Volcanic arc/beltTrans-Mexican Volcanic Belt
Last eruption1350 BCE (?)
Climbing
Easiest routeroad, hiking trail

Nevado de Toluca (Spanish: [neˈβaðo ðe toˈluka] ) is a stratovolcano in central Mexico, located about 80 kilometres (50 mi) west of Mexico City near the city of Toluca. It is the fourth highest of Mexico's peaks, after Pico de Orizaba, Popocatépetl and Iztaccíhuatl. The volcano and the area around it is now a national park.

  1. ^ a b c d "Mexico Ultras" Peaklist.org. Retrieved 2012-01-29.
  2. ^ a b c d "Nevado de Toluca, Mexico" Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2012-01-29.