Mountains in Puebla

The Mountains 8

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  Paso de Cortés · Mountain · 26 km from Huejotzingo
  The high pass between Popocatépetl and Iztaccíhuatl, at about 3,700 m, inside the Izta-Popo national park.
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  Cerro Pizarro · Mountain · Tepeyahualco
  A 3,080 m rhyolite volcano beside the Amozoc–Xalapa highway; a half-day climb of about 6 km and 650 m of ascent.
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  Cerro de San Juan · Mountain · Municipio de Puebla
  The hill of Puebla's La Paz district, west of downtown: Forey's camp in 1863 and Porfirio Díaz's in 1867, now topped by the Iglesia del Cielo.
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  Cuexcomate · Mountain · Municipio de Puebla
  The "world's smallest volcano", actually an extinct 13 m geyser cone on the square of La Libertad in Puebla city; a spiral staircase leads inside.
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  Las Derrumbadas · Mountain · Guadalupe Victoria
  Twin rhyolite volcanic domes, the Red (3,480 m) and the Blue (3,420 m), on the Llanos de San Juan; among Mexico's 30 highest peaks.
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  Otzelotzi · Mountain · Vicente Guerrero
  Extinct 3,087 m volcano northeast of Tehuacán whose lava dammed the three San Bernardino lakes, with boats and fishing below.
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  Pico Teyotl · Mountain · San Salvador el Verde
  A summit of about 4,600 m on the Iztaccíhuatl massif, "where stones are born", inside Izta-Popo national park, in San Salvador el Verde.
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  Tecajete · Mountain · San Jerónimo Tecuanipan
  A 2,460 m cinder cone by San Miguel Papaxtla in the Puebla valley; a short, steep path climbs to its crater and two peaks.

On the map

Distances are in a straight line; roads add about a third.

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