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Sierra Madre Oriental

Range Type	Mountain range with well-recognized name
Highest Point	Cerro el Potosí (3720 m/12,205 ft)
Countries	Mexico
States/Provinces	Coahuila (27%), Tamaulipas (27%), Nuevo León (22%), San Luis Potosí (9%), Veracruz (8%), Hidalgo (5%), Puebla (2%), Querétaro (1%) (numbers are approximate percentage of range area)
Area	297,819 sq km / 114,988 sq mi Area may include lowland areas
Extent	1,116 km / 694 mi North-South 641 km / 399 mi East-West
Center Lat/Long	24° 51' N; 99° 58' W
Map Link	Microsoft Bing Map
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Map of Sierra Madre Oriental
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Other Ranges: To go to pages for other ranges either click on the map above, or on range names in the hierarchy snapshot below, which show the parent, siblings, and children of the Sierra Madre Oriental.

Central Mexican Ranges	Level 2 (Parent)
Sierra Madre Occidental	Level 3 (Sibling)
Mexican Plateau	Level 3 (Sibling)
Sierra Madre Oriental	Level 3
Mexican West Coast Ranges	Level 3 (Sibling)
Cordillera Neovolcanica	Level 3 (Sibling)
Sierra Madre del Sur	Level 3 (Sibling)

Major Peaks of the Sierra Madre Oriental

Ten Highest Peaks
Rank	Peak Name	m	ft	Range4
1.	Cerro el Potosí	3720	12,205
2.	Cerro San Rafael	3720+	12,205+
3.	Sierra de la Marta	3705	12,156
4.	Cerro El Morro	3700	12,139
5.	Picacho San Onofre	3540+	11,614+
6.	Cerro Peña Nevada	3500+	11,483+
7.	Sierra El Viejo	3500+	11,483+
8.	Sierra El Borrado	3420	11,220
9.	Picacho El Venado	3300+	10,827+
10.	Sierra El Pedregoso	3280+	10,761+
Sub-peaks are excluded from this list. List may not be complete, since only summits in the PBC Database are included.

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