Pico de Orizaba

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dormant volcano mountain natural monument stratovolcano ultra-prominent peak

Pico de Orizaba is a dormant stratovolcano on the border of Puebla and Veracruz that is both Mexico’s tallest mountain and the third-highest peak in North America.

Aliases (3)

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	dormant volcano → mountain → natural monument → stratovolcano → ultra-prominent peak →
activityStatus	dormant →
climbingDifficultyStandardRoute	Alpine PD →
continent	North America →
country	Mexico →
elevation	18491 ft → 5636 m →
etymologyLanguage	Nahuatl →
firstRecordedAscentBy	F. Maynard → William F. Raynolds →
firstRecordedAscentYear	1848 →
hasGlacier	yes →
hasSummitCrater	yes →
highestPointOf	Mexico → Sierra Madre de Oaxaca region → Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt →
is	tallest mountain in Mexico → tallest volcano in North America → third-highest peak in North America →
isPartOf	Ring of Fire →
isPopularFor	high-altitude trekking → mountaineering →
lastEruption	1846 →
latitude	19.029° N →
locatedIn	Puebla → Veracruz →
locatedOn	North American Plate → Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt →
longitude	97.269° W →
nameMeaning	Star Mountain →
nearCity	Ciudad Serdán → Orizaba →
notableGlacier	Gran Glaciar Norte →
otherName	Citlaltépetl →
prominence	16148 ft → 4922 m →
protectedArea	Pico de Orizaba National Park →
rankInMexicoByElevation	1 →
rankInNorthAmericaByElevation	3 →
standardRoute	Jamapa Glacier route →
summitCraterDiameter	approximately 500 m →
topographicIsolation	1108 km →
volcanicArcOrBelt	Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt →
volcanoType	stratovolcano →

Referenced by (29)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Mexico → Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt → Veracruz →	highestPoint
Sierra Nevada (Mexico) → Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt →	contains
Star Mountain ("Citlaltépetl") → Star Mountain →	isAlsoKnownAs
Ciudad Serdán → Ciudad Serdán ("Citlaltépetl") →	locatedNear
Pico de Orizaba ("Citlaltépetl") →	alsoKnownAs
Star Mountain ("Citlaltépetl") →	hasOriginalNameInNahuatl
Star Mountain →	hasSpanishName
Cofre de Perote ("Pico de Orizaba summit") →	hasViewOf
Veracruz →	hasVolcano
Sierra Nevada (Mexico) →	highestPeak
Ultra-prominent peaks of Europe →	includes
Ultras of North America →	includesPeak
Gran Glaciar Norte →	isClimbingRouteFeatureOn
Gran Glaciar Norte →	isLargestGlacierOn
Gran Glaciar Norte →	isMostProminentGlacierOn
Cofre de Perote →	isVolcanicNeighborOf
Gran Glaciar Norte →	locatedOn
Orizaba →	namedAfter
La Pluviosilla →	near
Orizaba →	nearby
Gran Glaciar Norte →	onStratovolcano
Gran Glaciar Norte →	onVolcano
Pico de Orizaba ("Citlaltépetl") →	otherName
Pico de Orizaba ("Pico de Orizaba National Park") →	protectedArea