Nevado de Toluca

The fourth one in Top 10 Highest Mountains in Mexico that Toplist would like to introduce to you is Nevado de Toluca. The Nevado de Toluca is a stratovolcano in central Mexico, about 80 kilometers (50 miles) west of Mexico City and near the city of Toluca. It is Mexico's fourth highest peak, after Pico de Orizaba, Popocatépetl, and Iztaccíhuatl. The volcano and the surrounding area have been designated as a national park.

The summit caldera of the volcano is 1.5 kilometers (0.93 miles) wide and open to the east. The highest peak, Pico del Fraile (Friar's Peak), is located on the southwest side of the crater, and the second highest, Pico del Aguila (Eagle's Peak), is located on the northwest.

On the basin's floor, at about 4,200 m (13,800 ft), there are two crater lakes: the larger Lago del Sol (Sun Lake) and the smaller, but deeper, Lago de la Luna (Moon Lake).

A road used to run into the caldera and to the lakes, but it is now gated 2 kilometers before the lakes.

Nevado de Toluca appears flat-topped from the southeast, like shoulders without a head. A mythical explanation is provided by a Nahuatl legend (recounted as part of the legends of Popocatépetl and Iztaccíhuatl).

Location: Texcaltitlán, México, Mexico

Elevation: 4,680 m (15,350 ft)