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“Nevado
de Toluca” is a large stratovolcano in central Mexico, located
about 80 kilometres (50 mi) west of Mexico City near
the city of Toluca.
It is generally cited as the fourth highest of Mexico's peaks, after Pico de
Orizaba, Popocatépetl and Iztaccíhuatl.
It is often called by the Nahuatl name Xinantecatl which
is usually translated as “The Naked Lord”.
The
volcano has a 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) wide summit caldera which
is open to the east. The highest summit, 4,680 metres (15,354 ft) Pico del
Fraile (Friar's Peak), is on the southwest side of the crater and
the second highest, 4,640 metres (15,223 ft) Pico del Aguila (Eagle's
Peak), is on the northwest. There are two crater lakes on
the floor of the basin at
about 4,200 m (13,800 ft), the larger Lago del Sol (Sun Lake) and the
smaller, but deeper, Lago de la Luna (Moon Lake). [Wiki]
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