Cofre de Perote, Mexico

Shield volcano · 4,282 m (14,049 ft)

Cofre de Perote is a shield volcano in Mexico, 4,282 m (14,049 ft) high. Its last known eruption: aD 1 to 1499. NOAA records no significant eruption here.

Cofre de Perote on the map

Cofre de Perote and the volcanoes within 300 km, colored by when each last erupted.

Since 1964
1900 to 1963
1800s
AD 1 to 1799
Before AD 1, or undated

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The volcano

Type: Shield volcano
Elevation: 4,282 m (14,049 ft)
Country: Mexico
Summit: 19.492° N, 97.150° W
Last known eruption: AD 1 to 1499
Holocene activity known from: Radiocarbon
Smithsonian volcano number: 341096

Significant eruptions

NOAA records eruptions that killed, did damage, were very large, or set off a tsunami or earthquake.

None on record.

Around it

The volcanoes within 300 km.

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Sources

Volcanoes and significant eruptions from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Hazard Database, cited as NCEI/WDS, doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7. Public domain. Read 2026-09-24. Volcano numbers are the Smithsonian Institution’s Global Volcanism Program’s.