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Pico de Orizaba, Mexico

5636 meters, 18,491 feet

Alternate Name(s)	Citlaltépetl
Subpeaks	Sierra Negra (4553 m/14,938 ft) Chichimeco (4160 m/13,648 ft) Ilamatzin (4060 m/13,320 ft)
Peak Type	Volcano
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)	19° 2' N; 97° 16' W 19.030498, -97.269848 (Dec Deg) 682087E 2105099N Zone 14 (UTM)
Country	Mexico (Highest Point)
State/Province	Puebla (Highest Point) Veracruz (Highest Point)
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Ranges

Continent: North America
Range2: Central Mexican Ranges (Highest Point)
Range3: Cordillera Neovolcanica (Highest Point)
Range4: Eastern Neovolcanica (Highest Point)
Range5: Orizaba Massif (Highest Point)

Drainage Basins

Minor Streams of Mexico
Gulf of Mexico
Atlantic Ocean

Ownership

Land: Parque nacional del Pico de Orizaba (Highest Point)

Topo Map

115 A/16 1:50,000

Prominence

Clean 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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Isolation

2690.27 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 Ascent

1848
F. Maynard
William Raynolds

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