Volcán Popocatépetl, Mexico

Elevation Info:	Elevation range: 5400 - 5420 m     (20-meter closed contour)
Alternate Name(s)	Popo
Highest Summit	Pico Anáhuac
Peak Type	Volcano
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)	19° 1' 21'' N, 98° 37' 40'' W 19.022472, -98.627807 (Dec Deg) 539168 E 2103355 N, Zone 14 (UTM)
Country	Mexico
State/Province	México (Highest Point) Morelos (Highest Point) Puebla
Links Search Engines - search the web for "Volcán Popocatépetl":      Wikipedia Search      Microsoft Bing Search      Google Search      Yahoo Search Other Web Sites      Popocatepetl at SummitPost.org      Weather for Popocatepetl at Mountain-Forecast.com Lists that contain Volcán Popocatépetl:      North America 14,000-foot Peaks (Rank #10)      North America Peaks with 2000 meters of Prominence (Rank #17)      Mexico State High Points (Rank #3)      World Top 100 by Prominence (Rank #90)      World Drainage Basin High Points over 5000 m high (Rank #34)      Combined USA-Canada-Mexico State/Province High Points (Rank #5)      1500-meter Prominence Peak with Ascents (Rank #118)      Ultras of North America (Rank #17)      Ultras of Mexico (Rank #2) Selected Guidebook(s) for this Peak:        Mexico's Volcanoes (Secor) Selected Trip Reports from this site:      1979-01-02 by Petter Bjørstad      1987-04-24 by David Olson      1989-01 by Rob Hiemstra      1989-04-29 by David Olson      1990-01-11 by Paul McClellan      1991-01-15 by Eric John Behnke      1991-02-08 by Jonathan Wunrow      1992-01-23 by John Havranek (Unsuccessful)      1993-01-13 by Greg Slayden (Unsuccessful) View ascents of peak by registered Peakbagger.com members (43 total) Nearby Peak Searches:      Radius Search - Nearest Peaks to Volcán Popocatépetl      Elevation Ladder from Volcán Popocatépetl      Prominence Ladder from Volcán Popocatépetl

The white snows of Popo rise above Tlamacas Lodge, in this picture from before the recent eruptive cycle began in 1994 (1993-01).
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Prominence	Key Col Page  (Detailed prominence information)   Clean Prominence: 3020 m/9909 ft   Optimistic Prominence: 3060 m/10,039 ft   Line Parent: Pico de Orizaba   Key Col: Erúndia    2380 m/7808 ft
Isolation	Isolation Page  (Detailed isolation information)    Distance: 142.6 km/88.61 mi    Isolation Limit Point: 19.03, -97.2733 Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database:     Pico de Orizaba  (E)
Ranges	Continent: North America Range2: Central Mexican Ranges Range3: Cordillera Neovolcanica Range4: Central Neovolcanica (Highest Point) Range5: Popo-Izta Range (Highest Point)
Drainage Basins	Balsas (HP) Pacific Ocean
Ownership	Land: Parque nacional Iztaccíhuatl-Popocatépetl (Highest Point)
First Ascent	October, 1520 Diego de Ordaz
Route #1	Snow Climb: Las Cruces Trailhead: Tlamacas Lodge (Paved Road) 3947 m/12,949 ft Vertical Gain: 1453 m/4768 ft Distance (one way): 4.99 km/3.1 mi
Data Source	1:50,000 Topographic Survey Map
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Other Photos

Popocatépetl's cone at sunrise from Iztaccíhuatl (2008-03-26). Photo by Ben Lostracco. Click here for larger-size photo.

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