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Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt

The Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt, also known as the Transvolcanic Belt and locally as the Sierra Nevada, is an active volcanic belt that covers central-southern .
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  • Type: Mountain with an elevation of 2,596 metres
  • Description: arc of volcanic mountains across central-southern Mexico
  • Also known as: “Cordillera Neo-Volcanica”, “Cordillera Neo-Volcánica”, “Eje Volcánico Transversal”, and “Sierra de los Volcanes”

Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt

Latitude
19.5° or 19° 30′ north
Longitude
-100° or 100° west
Elevation
2,596 metres (8,517 feet)
Open location code
76F2G222+22
Geo­Names ID
3522766
Wiki­data ID
Q278070
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Satellite Map

Discover Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Welsh—“Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Տրանս-Մեքսիկական հրաբխային գոտի”
  • Basque: “Zeharkako Sumendi-ardatza”
  • Belarusian: “Трансмэксыканскі вульканічны пояс”
  • Breton: “Ahel ar menezioù-tan”
  • Bulgarian: “Транс-Мексикански вулканичен пояс”
  • Bulgarian: “Транс-Мексиканския вулканичен пояс”
  • Bulgarian: “Трансмексикански вулканичен пояс”
  • Catalan: “Cordillera Neovolcánica”
  • Catalan: “Eix Volcànic Transversal”
  • Catalan: “Serralada Neo-volcànica”
  • Catalan: “Serralada Neovolcànica”
  • Catalan: “Sierra Nevada Mexicana”
  • Catalan: “sierra Nevada”
  • Catalan: “Sierra Nevada”
  • Cebuano: “Cordillera Neo-Volcánica”
  • Chinese: “跨墨西哥火山帶”
  • Czech: “Cordillera Neovolcánica”
  • Czech: “Eje Volcánico”
  • Czech: “Neovolcanické pohoří”
  • Czech: “Neovulkanické pohoří”
  • Dutch: “Eje Volcanico Transversal”
  • Dutch: “Eje Volcánico Transversal”
  • Dutch: “Sierra Nevada”
  • Dutch: “Trans-Mexicaanse Vulkanengordel”
  • Esperanto: “Novvulkana Montaro”
  • Esperanto: “Sierra Nevada”
  • Finnish: “Eje Neovolcánico”
  • French: “Axe Néovolcanique”
  • French: “Axe volcanique transversal”
  • French: “Cordillera Volcánica”
  • French: “Cordillere neovolcanique”
  • French: “Cordillère néovolcanique”
  • French: “Cordillère Néovolcanique”
  • French: “Sierra Nevada”
  • Galician: “Eixo Neovolcánico”
  • Georgian: “განივი ვულკანური სიერა”
  • Georgian: “ტრანს-მექსიკური ვულკანური სარტყელი”
  • German: “Sierra Volcánica Transversal”
  • Greek: “Σιέρα Νεβάδα Μεξικού”
  • Greek: “Υπερμεξικανική Ηφαιστειακή Ζώνη”
  • Hausa: “Yankin Dutsen wuta na Trans-Mexican”
  • Hebrew: “החגורה הגעשית הטרנס-מקסיקנית”
  • Hungarian: “Vulkáni-kereszthegység”
  • Icelandic: “Sierra Nevada (Mexíkó)”
  • Icelandic: “Sierra Nevada”
  • Italian: “Fascia Vulcanica Trasversale”
  • Italian: “Sierra Nevada”
  • Japanese: “エヘ・ネオボルカニコ”
  • Japanese: “トランスメキシカン火山帯”
  • Japanese: “トランスメキシコ火山帯”
  • Japanese: “メキシコ横断火山帯”
  • Ladin: “Fascia Vulcanica Trans-Mexicana”
  • Lithuanian: “Neovulkaninė ašis”
  • Lithuanian: “Neovulkaninė Kordiljera”
  • Lithuanian: “Vulkaninė Siera”
  • Macedonian: “Трансмексикански Вулкански Појас”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Cordillera Neovolcánica”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Det transmeksikanske vulkanbeltet”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Transmeksikanske vulkanbelte”
  • Norwegian: “Det transmeksikanske vulkanbeltet”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Sierra Nevada”
  • Persian: “کمربند آتشفشانی سراسری مکزیک”
  • Polish: “Cordillera Neovolcánica”
  • Polish: “Eje Neovolcánico”
  • Polish: “Eje Volcánico Transversal”
  • Polish: “Kordyliera Wulkaniczna”
  • Portuguese: “Cintura vulcânica transmexicana”
  • Portuguese: “Eixo Neovulcânico”
  • Portuguese: “Eje Volcánico Tranversal”
  • Romanian: “Cordiliera neovulcanică”
  • Romanian: “Sierra Nevada”
  • Russian: “Поперечная Вулканическая Сьерра”
  • Russian: “Транс-мексиканский вулканический пояс”
  • Russian: “Трансмексиканский вулканический пояс”
  • Serbian: “Transmeksički vulkanski pojas”
  • Serbian: “Сијера Невада”
  • Serbian: “Трансмексички вулкански појас”
  • Slovenian: “Transmehiški ognjeniški pas”
  • Slovenian: “Transmehiški vulkanski pas”
  • Slovenian: “Vulkanska Kordiljera”
  • Spanish: “Cordillera Neovolcanica”
  • Spanish: “Cordillera Neovolcánica”
  • Spanish: “Cordillera Volcanica”
  • Spanish: “Cordillera Volcánica”
  • Spanish: “Eje Neovolcanico Transversal”
  • Spanish: “Eje Neovolcánico Transversal”
  • Spanish: “Eje Neovolcanico”
  • Spanish: “Eje Neovolcánico”
  • Spanish: “Eje Volcanico Transversal”
  • Spanish: “Eje Volcánico Transversal”
  • Spanish: “Eje Volcanico”
  • Spanish: “Eje Volcánico”
  • Spanish: “Sierra Nevada”
  • Spanish: “Sistema Volcanico Transversal”
  • Spanish: “Sistema Volcánico Transversal”
  • Swedish: “Cordillera Neo-Volcánica”
  • Ukrainian: “Трансмексиканський вулканічний пояс”
  • Venetian: “Fascia Vulcanica Trasversale”
  • Vietnamese: “Vành đai núi lửa México”
  • Welsh: “Gwregys Folcanig Traws-Mecsico”

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