Sierra Madre Oriental
The Sierra Madre Oriental is a mountain range located in northeastern Mexico. The Sierra Madre Oriental is part of the American Cordillera, a chain of mountain ranges that consists of an almost continuous sequence of mountain ranges that form the western "backbone" of North America, Central America, South America, and Antarctica.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Cerro Potosí.
Cerro Potosí
Peak
Cerro El Potosí is the highest mountain in the Sierra Madre Oriental mountain range of northeast Mexico. It is located in the state of Nuevo León, about 80 km south of Monterrey.
Sierra Madre Oriental
- Type: Mountain range
- Description: mountain range in Mexico
- Category: landform
- Location: Nuevo León, Northern Mexico, Mexico, North America
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Latitude
24.89° or 24° 53′ 24″ northLongitude
-100.23° or 100° 13′ 48″ westOpen location code
75PXVQR9+2XOpenStreetMap ID
node 5121878823OpenStreetMap feature
natural=mountain_rangeWikidata ID
Q144040
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Sierra Madre Oriental” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “سييرا مادري الشرقية”
- Armenian: “Արևելյան Սիեռա Մադրե”
- Basque: “Ekialdeko Sierra Madre”
- Belarusian: “Усходняя Сьера-Мадрэ”
- Breton: “Sierra Madre Oriental”
- Bulgarian: “Източна Сиера Мадре”
- Catalan: “Sierra Madre Oriental”
- Cebuano: “Sierra Madre Oriental”
- Chinese: “東馬德雷山脈”
- Croatian: “Sierra Madre Oriental”
- Czech: “Sierra Madre Oriental”
- Czech: “Východní Sierra Madre”
- Dutch: “Oostelijke Sierra Madre”
- Egyptian Arabic: “سييرا مادرى الشرقيه”
- Esperanto: “Orienta Patrinmontaro”
- Esperanto: “Sierra Madre Oriental”
- French: “Sierra Madre orientale”
- Galician: “Serra Madre Oriental”
- Georgian: “აღმოსავლეთი სიერა-მადრე”
- German: “Sierra Madre Oriental”
- Hebrew: “סיירה מדרה אוריינטל”
- Italian: “Sierra Madre Orientale”
- Japanese: “シエラ・マドレ・オリエンタル”
- Japanese: “東シエラマドレ山脈”
- Japanese: “東マドレ山脈”
- Korean: “동시에라마드레 산맥”
- Ladin: “Sierra Madre Oriental”
- Latvian: “Austrumu Sjerramadre”
- Lithuanian: “Rytų Siera Madrė”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Østlige Sierra Madre”
- Norwegian: “Østlige Sierra Madre”
- Persian: “سیرا مادره خاوری”
- Polish: “Sierra Madre Wschodnia”
- Portuguese: “Sierra Madre Oriental”
- Russian: “Восточная Сьерра-Мадре”
- Russian: “Сьерра-Мадре Восточная”
- Slovak: “Východná Sierra Madre”
- Slovenian: “Sierra Madre Oriental”
- Slovenian: “Vzhodna Sierra Madre”
- Spanish: “Sierra Madre Oriental”
- Swedish: “Sierra Madre Oriental”
- Ukrainian: “Східна Сьєрра-Мадре”
- Venetian: “Siera Madre Orientale”
- Welsh: “Sierra Madre Oriental”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Las Placetas and San Jose de la Joya.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include El Apaste and Reserva Natural Estatal Cerro El Potosí.
Nuevo León: Must-Visit Destinations
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