# Cofre de Perote

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Inactive volcano in Veracruz, Mexico

Cofre de Perote Cofre de Perote Highest point Elevation 4,220 m (13,850 ft)[1] Prominence 1,340 m (4,400 ft) Listing North America highest peaks 77th Mexico highest major peaks 8th Coordinates 19°29.52′N 97°9′W / 19.49200°N 97.150°W / 19.49200; -97.150 Geography Location Perote Municipality, Veracruz, Mexico Geology Mountain type Shield volcano Volcanic belt Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt Last eruption 1150 CE ± 100 years Climbing Easiest route rock climb

**Cofre de Perote**, also known by its [Nahuatl](/source/Nahuatl) names **Naupa-Tecutépetl** (from *Nāuhpa-Tēuctēpetl*) and **Nauhcampatépetl**, both meaning something like "Place of Four Mountains" or "Mountain of the Lord of Four Places", is an inactive [volcano](/source/Volcano) located in the [Mexican](/source/Mexico) state of [Veracruz](/source/Veracruz), at the point where the [Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt](/source/Trans-Mexican_Volcanic_Belt), home to all of Mexico's highest peaks, joins the [Sierra Madre Oriental](/source/Sierra_Madre_Oriental). With an elevation of 4,220 metres (13,850 ft) above sea level, Cofre de Perote is Mexico's eighth highest mountain summit.

Cofre de Perote is a [shield volcano](/source/Shield_volcano), shaped very differently from the [stratovolcanic](/source/Stratovolcano) [Pico de Orizaba](/source/Pico_de_Orizaba), which lies about 50 km (31 mi) to the southwest. A *cofre* is a [coffer](/source/Chest_(furniture)), and the name alludes to a volcanic outcropping on the shield which constitutes the peak of the mountain. To the north is the town of [Perote, Veracruz](/source/Perote%2C_Veracruz), after which the mountain is named.

The area surrounding the volcano was protected by the Mexican government as a [national park](/source/National_park), known as **Cofre de Perote National Park** ([Spanish](/source/Spanish_language): *Parque Nacional Cofre de Perote*), in 1937.

Cofre de Perote in the winter

## Climate

Cofre de Perote features a [humid alpine climate](/source/Alpine_climate) (Köppen climate classification *ET*), without a dry season but having a rainier season in summer and autumn.

Climate data for Cofre de Perote Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 2.2 (36.0) 4.8 (40.6) 6.1 (43.0) 7.3 (45.1) 8.4 (47.1) 6.7 (44.1) 6.0 (42.8) 7.1 (44.8) 6.8 (44.2) 6.0 (42.8) 5.4 (41.7) 4.5 (40.1) 5.9 (42.7) Daily mean °C (°F) −0.1 (31.8) 2.7 (36.9) 3.4 (38.1) 5.1 (41.2) 6.6 (43.9) 5.2 (41.4) 4.1 (39.4) 4.8 (40.6) 5.0 (41.0) 4.2 (39.6) 3.3 (37.9) 2.1 (35.8) 3.9 (39.0) Mean daily minimum °C (°F) −2.3 (27.9) 0.7 (33.3) 0.8 (33.4) 3.0 (37.4) 4.9 (40.8) 3.6 (38.5) 2.3 (36.1) 2.6 (36.7) 3.2 (37.8) 2.4 (36.3) 1.2 (34.2) −0.3 (31.5) 1.8 (35.3) Average precipitation mm (inches) 41.2 (1.62) 44.2 (1.74) 44.7 (1.76) 61.7 (2.43) 100.7 (3.96) 360.0 (14.17) 422.2 (16.62) 397.6 (15.65) 426.9 (16.81) 200.0 (7.87) 69.0 (2.72) 54.1 (2.13) 2,222.3 (87.48) [citation needed]

## See also

- [North America portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:North_America)
- [Mexico portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Mexico)
- [Mountains portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Mountains)
- [Volcanoes portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Volcanoes)

- [List of mountain peaks of North America](/source/List_of_mountain_peaks_of_North_America) - [List of mountain peaks of Mexico](/source/List_of_mountain_peaks_of_Mexico) - [List of volcanoes in Mexico](/source/List_of_volcanoes_in_Mexico)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** INEGI. Anuario Estadístico de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos 2010. Consultado el 16 de Septiembre de 2014. ["Archived copy"](https://web.archive.org/web/20150402141331/http://www.inegi.gob.mx/prod_serv/contenidos/espanol/bvinegi/productos/integracion/pais/aeeum/2010/Aeeum10_1.pdf) (PDF). Archived from [the original](http://www.inegi.gob.mx/prod_serv/contenidos/espanol/bvinegi/productos/integracion/pais/aeeum/2010/Aeeum10_1.pdf) (PDF) on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2014-09-16.{{[cite web](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_web)}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_archived_copy_as_title))

- ["Cofre de Perote"](https://volcano.si.edu/volcano.cfm?vn=341096). *[Global Volcanism Program](/source/Global_Volcanism_Program)*. [Smithsonian Institution](/source/Smithsonian_Institution).

## External links

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- [Programa de manejo del Parque nacional Cofre de Perote, Universidad Veracruzana](https://web.archive.org/web/20050510065122/http://www.uv.mx/cofrep/)

v t e The 126 highest major summits of greater North America Denali Mount Logan Pico de Orizaba Mount Saint Elias Volcán Popocatépetl Mount Foraker Mount Lucania Volcán Iztaccíhuatl King Peak Mount Bona Mount Steele Mount Blackburn Mount Sanford Mount Wood Mount Vancouver Mount Slaggard Nevado de Toluca Mount Fairweather Sierra Negra Mount Hubbard Mount Bear Mount Walsh Mount Hunter Volcán La Malinche Mount Whitney Mount Alverstone University Peak Mount Elbert Mount Massive Mount Harvard Mount Rainier Mount Williamson McArthur Peak Blanca Peak La Plata Peak Uncompahgre Peak Crestone Peak Mount Lincoln Castle Peak Grays Peak Mount Antero Mount Blue Sky Longs Peak Mount Wilson White Mountain Peak North Palisade Mount Princeton Mount Yale Mount Shasta Maroon Peak Mount Wrangell Mount Sneffels Capitol Peak Pikes Peak Windom Peak/Mount Eolus Mount Augusta Handies Peak Culebra Peak Cofre de Perote San Luis Peak Mount of the Holy Cross Nevado de Colima Grizzly Peak Mount Humphreys Mount Keith Mount Strickland Mount Ouray Vermilion Peak Avalanche Peak Atna Peaks Volcán Tajumulco Regal Mountain Mount Darwin Mount Hayes Mount Silverheels Rio Grande Pyramid Gannett Peak Mount Kaweah Grand Teton Mount Cook Mount Morgan Mount Gabb Bald Mountain Mount Oso Mount Jackson Mount Tom Bard Peak Cerro Tláloc West Spanish Peak Mount Powell Hagues Peak Mount Dubois Tower Mountain Treasure Mountain Kings Peak North Arapaho Peak Mount Pinchot Mount Natazhat Mount Jarvis Parry Peak Bill Williams Peak Sultan Mountain Mount Herard Volcán Tacaná West Buffalo Peak Mount Craig Tressider Peak Summit Peak Middle Peak/Dolores Peak Antora Peak Henry Mountain Hesperus Mountain Mount Silverthrone Jacque Peak Bennett Peak Wind River Peak Mount Waddington Conejos Peak Mount Marcus Baker Cloud Peak Wheeler Peak Francs Peak Twilight Peak South River Peak Mount Ritter Red Slate Mountain

v t e The 32 highest major summits of México Pico de Orizaba Popocatépetl Iztaccíhuatl Nevado de Toluca Sierra Negra Malinche Nevado de Colima Cofre de Perote Mount Tlaloc Volcán Tacaná Ajusco Volcán Tancítaro Volcán de Colima Cerro San Rafael Cerro Potosí Cerro el Nacimiento Cerro Teotepec Picacho San Onofre Cerro El Jabalín Peñón del Rosario Cerro Zempoaltépetl Cerro El Zamorano Cerro la Muralla Cerro Gordo Cerro Mohinora El Pinal Cerro El Refugio Cerro Grande El Centinela Picacho del Diablo Sierra la Madera Sierra Fría

v t e National parks of Mexico Archipiélago Espíritu Santo Arrecife Alacranes Arrecife de Puerto Morelos Arrecifes de Cozumel Arrecifes de Xcalak Bahía de Loreto Barranca del Cupatitzio Basaseachic Falls Benito Juárez Bosencheve Cabo Pulmo Cañón del Río Blanco Cañón del Sumidero Cerro de Garnica Cerro de la Estrella Cerro de Las Campanas Cofre de Perote Constitution 1857 Costa Occidental de Isla Mujeres Cumbres de Majalca Cumbres de Monterrey Cumbres del Ajusco Desierto de los Leones Desierto del Carmen Dzibilchantun El Cimatario El Gogorrón El Histórico Coyoacán El Potosí El Sabinal El Tepeyac El Tepozteco El Veladero Fuentes Brotantes de Tlalpan General Juan N. Álvarez Grutas de Cacahuamilpa Huatulco Insurgente José María Morelos y Pavón Insurgente Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla (La Marquesa) Isla Contoy Isla Isabel Islas Marietas Iztaccíhuatl–Popocatépetl La Malinche (Matlalcuéyatl) Lago de Camécuaro Lagunas de Chacahua Lagunas de Montebello Lagunas de Zempoala Lomas de Padierna Los Mármoles Los Novillos Los Remedios Mineral del Chico Molino de Flores Nezahualcóyotl Nevado de Toluca Palenque Pico de Orizaba Rayon Sacromonte San Lorenzo Marine Archipelago Sierra de San Pedro Mártir Sierra de Órganos Tula Tulum Veracruz Reef System Volcán Nevado de Colima Xicoténcatl

v t e State of Veracruz Xalapa (capital) Municipalities of Veracruz Huasteca Alta Region Chalma Chiconamel Chinampa de Gorostiza El Higo Naranjos Amatlán Ozuluama de Mascareñas Pánuco Platón Sánchez Pueblo Viejo Tamalín Tamiahua Tampico Alto Tantima Tantoyuca Tempoal de Sánchez Huasteca Baja Region Álamo Temapache Benito Juárez Castillo de Teayo Cerro Azul Chicontepec de Tejeda Chontla Citlaltépetl Huayacocotla Ilamatlán Ixcatepec Ixhuatlán de Madero Tancoco Tepetzintla Texcatepec Tlachichilco Tuxpan Zacualpan Zontecomatlán de López y Fuentes Totonaca Region Cazones de Herrera Chumatlán Coahuitlán Coatzintla Coxquihui Coyutla Espinal Filomeno Mata Gutiérrez Zamora Mecatlán Papantla Poza Rica Tecolutla Tihuatlán Zozocolco de Hidalgo Nautla Region Atzalán Colipa Juchique de Ferrer Martínez de la Torre Misantla Nautla San Rafael Tenochtitlán Tlapacoyan Vega de Alatorre Yecuatla Capital Region Acajete Acatlán Actopan Alto Lucero Altotonga Apazapan Ayahualulco Banderilla Chiconquiaco Coacoatzintla Coatepec Cosautlán de Carvajal Emiliano Zapata (Dos Ríos) Ixhuacán Jalacingo Jalcomulco Jilotepec Landero y Coss Las Minas Las Vigas de Ramírez Miahuatlán Naolinco Perote Rafael Lucio Tatatila Teocelo Tepetlán Tlacolulan Tlalnelhuayocan Tonayán Villa Aldama Xalapa Xico Sotavento Region Boca del Río Cotaxtla Jamapa La Antigua (José Cardel) Manlio Fabio Altamirano Medellín Paso de Ovejas Puente Nacional Soledad de Doblado Tlalixcoyan Úrsulo Galván Veracruz Mountains Region Acultzingo Alpatláhuac Amatlán de los Reyes Aquila Astacinga Atlahuilco Atoyac Atzacan Calcahualco Camarón de Tejeda Camerino Z. Mendoza Carrillo Puerto (Tamarindo) Chocamán Coetzala Comapa Córdoba Coscomatepec Cuichapa Cuitláhuac Fortín de las Flores Huatusco Huiloapan de Cuauhtémoc Ixhuatlán del Café Ixhuatlancillo Ixtaczoquitlán La Perla Los Reyes Magdalena Maltrata Mariano Escobedo Mixtla de Altamirano Naranjal Nogales Omealca Orizaba Paso del Macho Rafael Delgado Río Blanco San Andrés Tenejapan Sochiapa Soledad Atzompa Tehuipango Tenampa Tepatlaxco Tequila Texhuacán Tezonapa Tlacotepec de Mejía Tlaltetela Tlaquilpa Tlilapan Tomatlán Totutla Xoxocotla Yanga Zentla Zongolica Papaloapan Region Acula Ángel R. Cabada Alvarado Amatitlán Carlos A. Carrillo Chacaltianguis Cosamaloapan de Carpio Ignacio de la Llave Isla Ixmatlahuacan José Azueta Juan Rodríguez Clara Lerdo de Tejada Otatitlán Playa Vicente Saltabarranca Santiago Sochiapan (Xochiapa) Tierra Blanca Tlacojalpan Tlacotalpan Tres Valles Tuxtilla Los Tuxtlas Region Catemaco San Andrés Tuxtla Santiago Tuxtla Hueyapan de Ocampo Olmeca Region Acayucan Agua Dulce Chinameca Coatzacoalcos Cosoleacaque Hidalgotitlán Ixhuatlán del Sureste Jáltipan Jesús Carranza Las Choapas Mecayapan Minatitlán Moloacán Nanchital Oluta Oteapan Pajapan San Juan Evangelista Sayula de Alemán Soconusco Soteapan Tatahuicapan Texistepec Uxpanapa Zaragoza

Authority control databases: Geographic Global Volcanism Program

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