Ma ka panalāʻau ʻo Mexico he nui nā luaipele a me nā kuahiwi. Kuhi pinepine mākou iā lākou ma ka inoa a ka Paniolo i hāʻawi ai iā lākou: ʻike ʻoe i nā inoa kumu o nā mauna kiʻekiʻe loa ma Mekiko?
NAUHCAMPATÉPETL: KA MOKUAHI MAUAHI
Kaulana kaulana ʻia e like me ka Pahu o PeroteʻAi ʻia kēia inoa i kahi koa o Hernán Cortés, ʻo Pedro ka inoa a kapa ʻia ʻo Perote, ʻo ia ka Sepania mua i piʻi aʻe. Aia ma ka mokuʻāina ʻo Veracruz, he kiʻekiʻe kona 4,282 mika ma luna o ke kai a ʻo ia kekahi o nā kuahiwi nani loa ma ka Sierra Madre Oriental. He mau awawa hohonu kona a me kahi mau pali basalt ʻelua, nona nā kahawai i uhi ʻia me nā pine a me nā ʻoka.
IZTACCIHUATÉPETL (A I ʻole IZTACCÍHUATL): KA Wahine MOKUAHI
Ua bapetizo ʻia e ka poʻe Paniolo me ka inoa o Sierra Nevada; He 5,286 kiʻekiʻe kona kiʻekiʻe ma luna o ka ʻilikai a me 7 km ka lōʻihi, a nona ka 6 e uhi ʻia e ka hau mau. Mai ke kūkulu ʻākau a hiki i ka hema e hōʻike ana i nā kūlana kiʻekiʻe ʻekolu: poʻo (5,146 m), pahu (5,280 m) a me nā kapuaʻi (4,470 m). ʻO kāna hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana ma mua o ka Popocatepetl. Aia ia ma nā palena o nā mokuʻāina ʻo Mekiko a me Puebla.
MATLALCUÉYATL (A I ʻole MATLALCUEYE): KA ME ME KA SKIRT BLUE
Aia ma ka mokuʻāina ʻo Tlaxcala, i kēia lā ʻike mākou iā ia ma ka inoa ʻo "La Malinche", a ʻo ka mea maoli he ʻelua mau kiʻekiʻena i hoʻokaʻawale ʻia e kekahi poʻe kālaihonua me La Malinche, me 4,073 mau mika ma luna o ka ʻilikai, a me "Malintzin", me 4,107.
He mea pono e hoʻomanaʻo ʻia ua kau ʻia ka inoa ʻo "Malinche" e nā kamaʻāina ma Hernán Cortés, ʻo Malintzin ka inoa ʻo Doña Marina, kāna mea unuhi ʻōlelo kaulana.
Ua manaʻo ka lāhui Tlaxcala kahiko i kēia mauna ma ke ʻano he wahine na ke akua ua.
ʻO CITLALTÉPETL, KA CERRO DE LA ESTRELLA
ʻO ia ka mea kaulana Pico de Orizaba, ka luaipele kiʻekiʻe loa ma Mekiko, me 5,747 mau mika ma luna o ka ʻilikai a nona ka kiʻekiʻe e hōʻailona i nā palena ma waena o nā mokuʻāina ʻo Puebla a me Veracruz. Ua hū i loko o 1545, 1559, 1613 a me 1687, a mai ka hopena ʻaʻole i hōʻike i nā ʻōuli o ka hana. He elliptical kona lua pele a kūlike ʻole ke kae, me nā kiʻekiʻe like ʻole.
ʻO ka ʻimi like like a kahi hōʻike e lawe ʻia ma 1839 e Enrique Galeotti. I ka 1873, ua hōʻea ʻo Martin Tritschler i ka piko loa a kau i ka hae Mekiko ma luna.
POPOCATÉPETL: KA MOKU I PUHI
I nā manawa ma mua o ka Hispanic ua mahalo ʻia ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he akua a hoʻolauleʻa ʻia kāna hoʻolauleʻa i ka mahina o Teotlenco, e pili ana i ka iwakāluakumamālua o ka makahiki. ʻO ia ka lua pele kiʻekiʻe loa ma ka ʻāina, me kahi kiʻekiʻe o 5452 mau mika ma luna o ka pae kai. Ma kona kaʻe kiʻekiʻe aia ʻelua mau piko: ʻo Espinazo del Diablo a me Pico Mayor.
ʻO ka piʻi mua i hiki ke hoʻopaʻa ʻia ʻo Diego de Ordaz i ka makahiki 1519, ka mea i hoʻouna ʻia e Cortés e lawe i ka luaipele, i hoʻohana ʻia i ka hana ʻana o ka pauda.
XINANTÉCATL: KA HAKU NAKI
ʻO ia ka lua pele a kākou e ʻike nei ʻo Nevado de Toluca; i loko o kona lua he ʻelua wai lagoon wai inu i hoʻokaʻawale ʻia e kahi puʻu liʻiliʻi, a aia lākou ma 4,150 mau mika ma luna o ka ʻilikai. Inā lawe ʻia ke kiʻekiʻe o ka lua pele mai ka Pico del Fraile, aia ia ma 4 558 mau mika ma luna o ka ʻilikai. Ma kona piko aia he hau mau a uhi ʻia kona mau pali, a hiki i kahi kiʻekiʻe o 4,100 m, e nā ulu lāʻau coniferous a ʻoka.
COLIMATÉPETL: CERRO DE COLIMAN
ʻO ka huaʻōlelo "colima" kahi palaho o ka leo "colliman", o colli, "lima" a me ke kanaka "lima", no laila ʻo nā huaʻōlelo ʻo Coliman lāua ʻo Acolman i mea like, no ka mea, ʻo ia mau manaʻo "wahi pio e ka Acolhuas". ʻO 3,960 mika ke kiʻekiʻe o ka lua pele a hoʻokaʻawale i nā mokuʻāina ʻo Jalisco a me Colima.
I Iulai Iulai 1994 hana ia i mau detonations nui, kahi i hoʻonāukiuki i waena o nā kaona kokoke.
