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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 266 square kilometres (65,730 acres) of surrounding territory.
It includes Honduras’ tallest peak, called Cerro Las Minas or Pico Celaque, which reaches approximately 2,870 metres (9,416 ft) above mean sea level. It has an elevation ranging from 975 to 2,870 metres (3,199 to 9,416 ft). Celaque's terrain is very rugged, two-thirds of the area has a slope greater than 60 degrees.
Of these 25 peaks, nine are located in Honduras, eight in Guatemala, four in El Salvador, three in Costa Rica, two in Panama, and one in Nicaragua. Volcán Tacaná lies on the Guatemala-Mexico border, Cerro El Pital lies on the El Salvador-Honduras border, and Pico Mogotón lies on the Nicaragua-Honduras border.
The western mountains have the highest peaks, with the Pico Congolón at an elevation of 2,500 metres (8,202 ft) and the Cerro Las Minas at 2,850 m (9,350 ft). [1] The Honduran border with El Salvador crosses the peak of Cerro El Pital, the highest point in El Salvador at over 2,730 m (8,957 ft). [2]
Lempira is a rugged department, and it is relatively isolated from the rest of the country. The highest mountain peak in Honduras, Cerro las Minas, is in Lempira. The department was named after Lempira, a local chieftain of the Lenca people who fought against the Spanish conquistadores in the early 16th century.
Each of these peaks has at least 1500 meters (4921 feet) of topographic prominence. [1] This article defines Central America as the seven nations of Belize , Costa Rica , El Salvador , Guatemala , Honduras , Nicaragua , and Panamá .
Montaña de Erapuca, commonly known as "Erapuca", is the highest point of the "Sierra de Merendón" in Honduras. Erapuca has an altitude of 2,690 meters above sea level. [ 1 ] The Sierra del Merendón , to which this peak belongs, is located in the south of the department of Copán , between the Valle de Cucuyagua and Valle de Sensenti , and ...
Pages in category "Mountains of Honduras" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C. Cayman Ridge;