Paso de Cortés
Paso de Cortés is a mountain pass between the Popocatépetl and Iztaccihuatl volcanoes in central Mexico. It is part of the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt, at a point where the southeast-trending continental divide turns north for over 16 km.Photo: Joaquín Martínez Rosado, Public domain.
- Type: Pass with an elevation of 3,665 metres
- Description: mountain pass in Mexico
- Also known as: “Paso de Cortes”
Paso de Cortés
- Categories: mountain pass and landform
- Location: Tlaxcala, Central Mexico, Mexico, North America
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Paso de Cortés” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Paso de Cortés (gintang)”
- Cebuano: “Paso de Cortés”
- Chinese: “科尔特斯山口”
- Dutch: “Pas van Cortés”
- Esperanto: “Kortesa Trapasejo”
- French: “Paso de Cortés”
- German: “Paso de Cortés”
- Korean: “코르테스고개”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Paso de Cortés”
- Norwegian: “Paso de Cortés”
- Polish: “Paso de Cortés”
- Spanish: “Paso de Cortes”
- Spanish: “Paso de Cortés”
- Swedish: “Paso de Cortés (bergspass)”
- Swedish: “Paso de Cortés”
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