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Pico de Orizaba, Mexico

5636 meters, 18,491 feet

Alternate Name(s)Citlaltépetl
SubpeaksSierra Negra (4553 m/14,938 ft)
Chichimeco (4160 m/13,648 ft)
Ilamatzin (4060 m/13,320 ft)
Peak TypeVolcano
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)19° 2' N; 97° 16' W
19.030498, -97.269848 (Dec Deg)
682087E 2105099N Zone 14 (UTM)
CountryMexico (Highest Point)
State/ProvincePuebla (Highest Point)
Veracruz (Highest Point)
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Lists that contain Pico de Orizaba:
     World Peaks with 4000 meters of Prominence (Rank #7)
     North America 14,000-foot Peaks (Rank #7)
     World Peaks with 1000 km of Isolation (Rank #15)
     World Country High Points (Rank #21)
     North America Country High Points (Rank #3)
     North America Range3 High Points (Rank #3)
     North America Peaks with 2000 meters of Prominence (Rank #3)
     World Top 50 by Prominence (Rank #7)
     Mexico State High Points (Rank #1)
     World Top 100 by Prominence (Rank #7)
     Country High Points of the Americas (Rank #9)
     The Volcanic Seven Summits (Rank #4)

Selected Trip Reports from this site:
     1977-02-15 by Don Raether (Unsuccessful)
     1978-12-30 by Petter Bjørstad
     1995-05-07 by Tim Boelter (Unsuccessful)
     1996-11-30 by Adam Helman
     2004-02-06 by Ben P Lostracco
     2007-01-04 by Christian Rodriguez

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RangesContinent: North America
Range2: Central Mexican Ranges (Highest Point)
Range3: Cordillera Neovolcanica (Highest Point)
Range4: Eastern Neovolcanica (Highest Point)
Range5: Orizaba Massif (Highest Point)
Drainage BasinsMinor Streams of Mexico
Gulf of Mexico
Atlantic Ocean
OwnershipLand: Parque nacional del Pico de Orizaba (Highest Point)
Topo Map 115 A/16 1:50,000
ProminenceClean Prominence: 4922 m/16,148 ft
Optimistic Prominence: 4922 m/16,148 ft
Line Parent: Mount Logan
Key Col: Champagne, YT, Canada 714 m/2343 ft
    Topo Map: 115 A/16 1:50,000
    Key Col Lat/Long: 60° 48' N; 136° 28' W
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Isolation2690.27 km/1672.02 mi
Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database:
    Pico Bolívar  (ESE)
Isolation distance is based on NHN and is slightly overstated.
First Ascent1848
F. Maynard
William Raynolds



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