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The park covers an area of 65.55 km 2, and covers the upper slopes of two adjacent volcanic mountains, Nevado de Colima (4330 m) and Volcán de Colima (3958 m), also known as Volcán de Fuego. The park boundary follows the 3200-meter contour. Nevado de Colima is older and inactive. Volcán de Fuego is Mexico's most active volcano. [2]
The state park is located in the state of Jalisco, on the slopes of the volcanic peaks Nevado de Colima and Volcán de Colima. The park covers 72.14 km 2, and is composed of four separate enclaves. The two northern enclaves lie east and west of Nevado de Colima, and adjoin Nevado de Colima National Park. The southern enclaves lie east and west ...
The protected area is on the lower slopes of two volcanic peaks, Volcán de Colima and Nevado de Colima, which rise to the northeast, and it adjoins Volcán Nevado de Colima National Park. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Elevations range from 1200 to 2300 meters, generally decreasing from east to west.
Despite its name, only a fraction of the volcano's surface area is in the state of Colima; the majority of its surface area lies over the border in the neighboring state of Jalisco, toward the western end of the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt. It is about 485 km (301 mi) west of Mexico City and 125 km (78 mi) south of Guadalajara, Jalisco.
Los Nevados National Natural Park (Spanish: Parque Nacional Natural Los Nevados) is a national park located in the Cordillera Central of the Colombian Andes.The park features Colombia's highest and northernmost active volcanoes including the glacier-capped Nevado del Ruiz, Nevado del Tolima, and Nevado de Santa Isabel, and the glacier-free superpáramo peaks (paramillos) of Cisne, Santa Rosa ...
The Nevado de Toluca National Park (NTNP) was established in 1936, with the aim of preserving a 51,000-ha area surrounding the Xinantécatl, or Nevado de Toluca volcano. [6] This park is one of the most important protected areas in Mexico. [2]
It is surrounded by an area of extraordinary biodiversity, which includes 471 species of birds (the Andean condor included), bears, deer and pumas. [ 4 ] The summit of Dona Juana consists of a number of peaks, which afford a number of views, including of Laguna del Silencio, one of 42 lakes in the national park. [ 4 ]
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 four sortable tables of mountain summits of Mexico that are higher than any other point north or south of their latitude or east or west their longitude in Mexico.