# Cofre de Perote

- **Country:** Mexico
- **Coordinates:** 19.492000, -97.150000
- **Type:** Shield volcano
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- **Location:** Perote Municipality, Veracruz, Mexico
- **Prominence:** 1340 m
- **Elevation M:** 4220
- **Easiest Route:** rock climb
- **Last Eruption:** 1150 CE ± 100 years
- **Volcanic Belt:** Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt

Cofre de Perote, also known by its 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 located in the Mexican state of Veracruz, at the point where the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt, home to all of Mexico's highest peaks, joins the Sierra Madre Oriental. With an elevation of above sea level, Cofre de Perote is Mexico's eighth highest mountain summit.

![Photo of Cofre de Perote](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/24/Perote_volcano.jpg)

**Source:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cofre_de_Perote (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)