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Nevado de Colima, Mexico

Prominence: 2700 m, 8858 ft

Elevation: 4260+ meters, 13,976+ feet

True Isolation: 405.16 km, 251.75 mi

Elevation Info:	Elevation range: 4260 - 4280 m (20-meter closed contour)
Local or Alternate Name(s)	Indigenous Name: Tzapotépetl
Subpeaks	Cerro La Calle (3960 m/12,992 ft)
Peak Type	Volcano
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)	19° 33' 48'' N, 103° 36' 31'' W 19.563259, -103.608691 (Dec Deg) 645947 E 2163746 N, Zone 13 (UTM)
Country	Mexico
State/Province	Jalisco (Highest Point)
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Ascent Info Total successful ascents logged by registered Peakbagger.com users: 28 Show all viewable ascents/attempts (Total: 28) Selected Trip Reports from this site: 1999-02-08 by Ben Lostracco 2011-12-27 by Adam Helman 2011-12-27 by Rob Woodall (GPS Track) 2014-12-12 by David Howells (GPS Track) 2016-01-08 by Stefan Messing 2017-01-16 by Adam Walker 2018-12-08 by Ted Ehrlich (GPS Track) 2019-12-23 by Jose M Martínez (GPS Track) 2021-04-19 by becklectic _ (GPS Track)
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Nevado de Colima on the left and the active Volcan de Colima on the right. Taken from the southwest on the Sierra Manantlan Plateau (2010-01-24). Photo by Ben Lostracco.
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Prominence

Key Col Page  (Detailed prominence information)
  Clean Prominence: 2700 m/8858 ft
  Optimistic Prominence: 2740 m/8988 ft
  Line Parent: Pico de Aguila
  Key Col: 1560 m/5118 ft

Isolation

Isolation Page  (Detailed isolation information)
   Distance: 405.16 km/251.75 mi
   Isolation Limit Point: 19.11, -99.7825
Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database:
    Cerro Prieto  (E)

Ranges

Continent: North America
Range2: Central Mexican Ranges
Range3: Cordillera Neovolcanica
Range4: Western Neovolcanica (Highest Point)

Drainage Basins

Pacific-Central America/Mexico
Pacific Ocean

Laguna Zapotlan
Internal Drainage-N.A.
Worldwide Internal Drainage

Ownership