List of volcanoes in Mexico
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This is a list of active and extinct volcanoes in Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
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Name | Elevation | Location | Last eruption | |
meters | feet | Coordinates | ||
Los Atlixcos | 800 | 2625 | 19.809°N 96.526°W | — |
Volcán Bárcena Volcán Bárcena The Bárcena volcano is classified as a dormant, or historical, cinder cone type volcano that encompasses the southern end of the San Benedicto Island, Mexico. It is grouped with a chain of volcanic islands known as the Revillagigedo Islands, Mexico. These islands are situated in close proximity to... |
332 | 1089 | 19.30°N 110.82°W | 1953 |
Ceboruco Ceboruco (volcano) Ceboruco is a dacitic stratovolcano located in Nayarit, Mexico, northwest of the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt. The largest eruption, the Jala Plinian eruption, was around 930 AD ±200, VEI 6, releasing of tephra... |
2280 | 7480 | 21.125°N 104.508°W | 1875 |
Cerro Prieto Cerro Prieto Cerro Prieto is a small rural town located in the county of La Misión in the northwestern part of the Mexican state of Hidalgo.... |
223 | 732 | 32.418°N 115.305°W | Holocene |
Chichinautzin | 3930 | 12,894 | 19.08°N 99.13°W | — |
El Chichón El Chichón El Chichón, also known as El Chichonal is an active volcano in Francisco León Municipality in northwestern Chiapas, Mexico. Its only recorded eruptive activity was on March 29, April 3 and April 4, 1982 , when it produced a one km-wide caldera that then filled with an acidic crater lake... |
1060 | 3478 | 17.33°N 93.20°W | 1982 |
Cofre de Perote Cofre de Perote Cofre de Perote, originally Naupa-Tecutépetl , is known also as Nauhcampatépetl. Both Nahuatl names mean something like 'Place of Four Mountain' or 'Mountain of the Lord of Four Places'... |
4282 | 14,049 | 19.492°N 97.15°W | — |
Colima Colima (volcano) The Colima Volcano is currently one of the most active volcanos in Mexico and in North America. It has erupted more than 40 times since 1576.... |
4330 | 14,306 | 19.51°N 103.62°W | 2009 (continuing) |
Comondú-La Purísima | 780 | 2559 | 26.00°N 111.92°W | — |
Coronado Coronado (volcano) Coronado is a volcano on Isla Coronado, in the state of Baja California, Mexico.Located in the Bahia de los Angeles , Isla Coronado is just off the eastern shoreline of Mexico’s Baja California Peninsula, in the Gulf of California... |
440 | 1444 | 29.08°N 113.513°W | — |
Cuexcomate Cuexcomate Cuexcomate is an inactive volcano in Puebla city, Puebla state, Mexico. It stands at 13 metres with a diameter of 23 metres and is thought to be the smallest volcano on Earth.... |
13 | 43 | 19.07°N 98.24°W | — |
Las Cumbres | 3940 | 12,926 | 19.15°N 97.27°W | ~3940 BC |
Las Derrumbadas | ~1500 | ~4921 | 19.20°N 97.30°W | — |
Durango Volcanic Field | 2075 | 6808 | 24.15°N 104.43°W | — |
La Gloria Volcanic Field | 3600 | 11,483 | 19.33°N 97.25°W | — |
Guadalupe | 1100 | 3609 | 29.07°N 118.28°W | — |
Los Humeros | 3150 | 10,335 | 19.68°N 97.45°W | Holocene |
Iztaccihuatl Iztaccíhuatl Iztaccíhuatl , is the third highest mountain in Mexico, after the Pico de Orizaba, , and Popocatépetl, . Its name is Nahuatl for "White woman".... |
5286 | 17,342 | 19.2°N 98.6°W | — |
Jaraguay Volcanic Field | 960 | 3150 | 29.33°N 114.50°W | Holocene |
Jocotitlan Jocotitlán Jocotitlán is a town and municipality located in the northwestern part of the State of Mexico on the central highlands of the country of Mexico. The town is located at the foot of the Jocotitlán or Xocotépetl volcano, while most of the rest of the municipality is in the Ixtlahuaca Valley... |
3900 | 12,795 | 19.724°N 99.757°W | 1270 ± 75 years |
Jorullo | 3170 | 10,397 | 19.48°N 102.25°W | 1774 |
La Malinche (volcano) | 4461 | 14,636 | 19.23°N 98.03°W | — |
Mascota Volcanic Field | 2540 | 8399 | 20.62°N 104.83°W | Holocene |
Michoacan-Guanajuato | 3860 | 12,664 | 19.48°N 102.25°W | 1952 |
Naolinco Volcanic Field | 2000 | 6562 | 19.67°N 96.75°W | Holocene |
Nevado de Toluca Nevado de Toluca Nevado de Toluca is a large stratovolcano in central Mexico, located about west of Mexico City near the city of Toluca. It is generally cited as the fourth highest of Mexico's peaks, after Pico de Orizaba, Popocatépetl and Iztaccíhuatl, although by some measurements, Sierra Negra is slightly... |
4690 | 15,354 | 19.108°N 99.758°W | 1350 BC |
Papayo | 3600 | 11,811 | 19.308°N 98.70°W | Holocene |
Parícutin Paricutín Parícutin is a cinder cone volcano in the Mexican state of Michoacán, close to a lava-covered village of the same name. It appears on many versions of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World... |
2800 | 2800 metres (9,186 ft) | 19.5°N 102.2°W | 1952 |
Pico de Orizaba Pico de Orizaba The Pico de Orizaba, or Citlaltépetl , is a stratovolcano, the highest mountain in Mexico and the third highest in North America. It rises above sea level in the eastern end of the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt, on the border between the states of Veracruz and Puebla... |
5700 | 18,701 | 19.017°N 97.27°W | 1687 |
Pinacate Peaks Pinacate Peaks The Pinacate Peaks are a volcanic group of volcanic peaks and cinder cones located mostly in the Mexican state of Sonora along the international border adjacent to the U.S... |
1200 | 3937 | 31.772°N 113.498°W | — |
Popocatepetl Popocatépetl Popocatépetl also known as "Popochowa" by the local population is an active volcano and, at , the second highest peak in Mexico after the Pico de Orizaba... |
5426 | 17,802 | 19.023°N 98.622°W | 2006 |
San Borja Volcanic Field | 1360 | 4462 | 28.50°N 113.75°W | Holocene |
Isla San Luis | 180 | 591 | 29.814°N 114.384°W | Holocene |
San Martin Tuxtla | 1650 | 5413 | 18.57°N 95.320°W | 1796 |
San Quintin Volcanic Field | 260 | 853 | 30.468°N 115.996°W | Holocene |
Sanganguey | 2353 | 7677 | 21.45°N 104.73°W | 1742 |
Serdan-Oriental | 3485 | 11,434 | 19.27°N 97.47°W | Holocene |
Socorro | 1050 | 3445 | 18.78°N 110.95°W | 1993 |
Tacaná | 4060 | 13,320 | 15.13°N 92.11°W | 1986 |
Tilzapotla | — | — | — | — |
Isla Tortuga | 210 | 689 | 27.392°N 111.858°W | Holocene |
Tres Virgenes Tres Virgenes Tres Virgenes is a complex of volcanoes located Mulegé Municipality in the state of Baja California Sur, on the Baja California Peninsula in northwestern Mexico... |
1940 | 6365 | 27.42°N 112.59°W | 1857 |
Zitacuaro-Valle de Bravo | 3500 | 11,483 | 19.40°N 100.25°W | — |
See also
- Central America Volcanic Arc
- List of volcanoes in Guatemala
- List of volcanoes in the United States
Category: Volcanism of Mexico