Iztaccihuatl

The third one in Top 10 Highest Mountains in Mexico that Toplist would like to introduce to you is Iztaccihuatl. Iztaccíhuatl is a 5,230 m (17,160 ft) dormant volcanic mountain in Mexico located within Izta-Popo Zoquiapan National Park on the border between the states of Mexico and Puebla. It is the third highest peak in Mexico, after Pico de Orizaba (5,636 m/18,491 ft) and Popocatépetl (5,426 m) (17,802 ft).

The name "Iztaccíhuatl" is Nahuatl for "White woman," and it refers to the four individual snow-capped peaks that, when viewed from the east or west, resemble the head, chest, knees, and feet of a sleeping female. Iztaccíhuatl is located to the north of Popocatépetl, with which it is linked by the high altitude Paso de Cortés. Depending on atmospheric conditions, Iztaccíhuatl can be seen from Mexico City, 70 kilometers (43 miles) to the northwest, for much of the year. The first recorded ascent was in 1889, though archaeological evidence suggests that the Aztecs and other cultures climbed it prior to that. It is Mexico's lowest peak with permanent snow and glaciers.

The massive 450 km3 (110 cu mi) volcano's summit ridge is a series of overlapping cones built along a NNW-SSE line to the south of the Pleistocene Llano Grande caldera. There have been Pleistocene and Holocene andesitic and dacitic eruptions from vents at or near the summit. Flows and tuff beds post-dating glaciation, approximately 11,000 years ago, cover areas near the El Pecho summit vent. El Pecho and a depression at 5,100 m (16,700 ft) along the summit ridge midway between El Pecho and Los Pies are the most recent vents.

Location: México and Puebla, Mexico

Elevation: 5,230 m (17,160 ft)