Cerro Las Minas

This article is about the mountain peak in Honduras. For the archaeological site in Oaxaca, Mexico, see Cerro de las Minas.

Cerro Las Minas is the highest mountain in Honduras. Cerro Las Minas is located in the rugged and relatively isolated Lempira Department in the western part of the country. A Honduran national park, the Celaque National Park, was established in 1987 for the mountain and some 266 square kilometres (65,730 acres) of surrounding territory.

Cerro Las Minas
Montana de Celaque
The Cordillera de Celaque
Highest point
Elevation	2,870 m (9,420 ft)
Prominence	2,069 m (6,788 ft)[1]
Listing	North America prominent peaks 90th Country high point
Coordinates	14°32′03″N 88°40′48″W[2]
Geography
Cerro Las Minas Location of Cerro Las Minas in Honduras
Location	Lempira Department, Honduras
Parent range	Cordillera de Celaque

Sunrise at Cerro Las Minas, the highest point in Honduras

It is part of the Cordillera de Celaque mountain range and is given the name "Pico Celaque, 2849m" on local 1:50,000 topographic mapping, but SRTM data suggests that 2870 m is more accurate.^[3]