page_title: Nevado de Toluca
section_title: Description
hierarchical_section_title: Nevado de Toluca / Description
caption_attribution_description: English: 360° panoramic view from crater rim of Nevado Toluca, 120 km to the east the Popocatépetl rises out of the clouds Deutsch: 360°-Panoramablick vom Kraterrand des Nevado Toluca, 120 km östlich steigt der Popocatépetl aus den Wolken Español: vista panorámica de 360° desde el borde del cráter del Nevado de Toluca, 120 km al este el Popocatépetl se levanta de las nubes Français&#160;: Vue panoramique à 360° du cratère du volcan Nevado de Toluca, à 120 km à l'est le Popocatépetl émerge des nuages
context_page_description: Nevado de Toluca is a stratovolcano in central Mexico, located about 80 kilometres west of Mexico City near the city of Toluca. It is the fourth highest of Mexico's peaks, after Pico de Orizaba, Popocatépetl and Iztaccíhuatl. The volcano and the area around it is now a national park.
context_section_description: The volcano has a 1.5-kilometre (0.93 mi) wide summit caldera which is open to the east. The highest summit, the 4,680-metre (15,354 ft) Pico del Fraile (Friar's Peak), is on the southwest side of the crater and the second highest, the 4,640-metre (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).
  A road formerly ran into the caldera to the lakes, but is now gated 2 km before the lakes.
  From the southeast, Nevado de Toluca looks flat-topped, like shoulders without a head. A Nahuatl legend (recounted as part of the legend of Popocatépetl and Iztaccíhuatl) provides a mythical explanation.
caption: 360° panoramic view from crater rim of Nevado Toluca, 120 km to the east the Popocatépetl rises out of the clouds
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