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Sierra Negra (also, and perhaps more properly, Cerro La Negra) is an extinct volcano located in the Mexican state of Puebla, close to the border with Veracruz. At officially 4,580 metres (15,030 ft) above sea level, it is the fifth-highest peak in Mexico. Sierra Negra is overshadowed by nearby Pico de Orizaba (5,610 m/18,406 ft).
Iztaccíhuatl or Ixtaccíhuatl (both forms also spelled without the accent) (Nahuatl pronunciation: [istakˈsiwat͡ɬ] ⓘ or, as spelled with the x, [iʃtakˈsiwat͡ɬ]) is a 5,230 m (17,160 ft) [1] dormant volcanic mountain in Mexico located on the border between the State of Mexico and Puebla within Izta-Popo Zoquiapan National Park.
The telescope is located at an altitude of 4,850 metres (15,910 ft) on top of Sierra Negra, the fifth-highest peak in Mexico and an extinct volcanic companion to Mexico's highest mountain Pico de Orizaba, inside the National Park Pico de Orizaba in the state of Puebla.
Español: Vista panorámica desde la parroquia de Ciudad Serdán, cabecera del municipio de Chalchicomula de Sesma, Puebla, México. Hacia el oriente se observan los volcanes Citlaltépetl (5747 msnm), Sierra Negra (4621 msnm)y en cima de esta el Gran Telescopio Milimétrico (GTM), el radiotelescopio más grande del mundo en su tipo.
Pico de Orizaba (Citlaltépetl), a stratovolcano on the boundary between the states of Puebla and Veracruz, is the highest mountain peak of Mexico.. This article comprises three sortable tables of major mountain peaks [1] of Mexico.
A companion peak lying about six km to the southwest of Pico de Orizaba is the Sierra Negra, at 4,640 metres (15,223 ft). This subsidiary peak is significantly lower than its massive neighbour, but the road to the observatory on its summit is the highest road in North America.
Sierra Negra [r] (Tliltépetl) Puebla: Cordillera Neovolcanica: 4590 m 15,059 ft: 520 m 1,706 ft: 4.58 km 2.85 mi 20 Mount Hubbard Alaska Yukon: Saint Elias Mountains: 4557 m 14,951 ft: 2457 m 8,061 ft: 34.4 km 21.3 mi
Located within the Parque Nacional La Malinche at the border of Tlaxcala and Puebla states, this volcano is part of the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt. The park is the fifth largest of the 85 peaks in México. It covers an area of 458.52 square kilometres (177.04 sq mi), of which roughly two thirds belong to Tlaxcala and one third to Puebla.