Cofre de Perote

Cofre de Perote or in Nahuatl Nauhcampatépētl

The Cofre de Perote (sometimes called Nauhcampatépetl ) is an extinct shield volcano in the Sierra Madre Oriental mountain range between Xalapa and Perote. The name in Nahuatl means something like "place of the four mountains ".

The mountain forms part of the Sierra Nevada of Mexico, a mountain range, part of the Pico de Orizaba or even the Popocatepetl. Often the still of the Sierra Madre Oriental is added. Roughly speaking Cofre de Perote is the halfway between Puebla and Veracruz on the border between the highlands of Puebla and the coastal region of Veracruz.

The mountain top (actually there are two peaks ) has the shape of a chest or a suitcase (Spanish Cofre ). It is overbuilt with antennas.

The name comes from the town of Perote, the Cofre de Perote is north of the. In addition, the mountain of Xalapa from is good to see. Cofre de Perote The name is also the name of the national park, where the mountain is.

In some cold winter days in January and February falls on the mountain peak precipitation in the form of snow, which enveloped the mountain top in white a few days.

Western slope of the Cofre

Cofre seen from the center of Xalapa from

Cofre de Perote of Perote (north) from