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Cerro de la Viga

Cerro de la Viga

Mountain in Nuevo León, Mexico

The Cerro de la Viga is a mountain located in the municipalities of Arteaga, Coahuila and Santiago, Nuevo León in northeastern Mexico. Its peak named Cerro San Rafael culminates at 3,712 m above the sea level and has a prominence of 1,395 m. It is the highest point in Coahuila and the second highest point in the Sierra Madre Oriental and in northern Mexico.[1][2] The mountain is surrounded by the Cerro Rancho Nuevo, Sierra El Álamo, Sierra San Isidro, Sierra Mauricio, Sierra El Muerto (Santiago), El Coahuilón, Sierra Las Alazanas and Cerro La Mina.

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Its 40-km-long ridge is the border between Coahuila and Nuevo León over 22 km.

In June 2011, a fire affected the southern side of the mountain.[3]

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References

  1. [1]
    "Cerro San Rafael". peakbagger.com. November 1, 2004. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
  2. [2]
    "Cerro San Rafael". bivouac.com. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
  3. [3]
    "Incontrolable el incendio". El Diario de Coahuila (in Spanish). Archived from the original on April 11, 2019. Retrieved April 11, 2019.


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