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“Composite volcanoes or stratovolcanoes, make up some of the world’s most memorable mountains: Mount Rainier, Mount Fuji, and Mount Cotopaxi.” [1] These volcanoes are very steep sided and symmetrical, in a cone shape. They have a conduit system which allows the magma to flow from deep within the Earth’s surface.
It contains 1400 vents, mostly cinder cones. The shield volcanoes are mostly Pleistocene in age. [citation needed] The field includes Siete Luminarias, a group of seven maars in and around Valle de Santiago in Guanajuato. Other volcanoes in the field include Alberca de los Espinos in Michoacán and Cerro Culiacán in Guanajuato. [1]
The volcano has a 1.5-kilometre (0.93 mi) wide summit caldera which is open to the east. The highest summit , the 4,680-metre (15,354 ft) Pico del Fraile (Friar's Peak), is on the southwest side of the crater and the second highest, the 4,640-metre (15,223 ft) Pico del Aguila (Eagle's Peak), is on the northwest.
This is the only volcano in Mexico with crater lakes. [1] These lakes are among the highest of their type in the world. [4] The two lakes are called the Laguna del Sol (Lake of the Sun) and the Laguna de la Luna (Lake of the Moon). The Lake of the Sun is larger and deeper. The water extends hundreds of meters deep is clear with green tones.
Location and Notes Tacora: 5,980: 19,619: ... Mexico – highest volcano in North America; ... Volcanoes Meters Mauna Kea: 10203 meters
Pico de Orizaba is located at 19°1′48″N 97°16′12″W, about 110 kilometres (68 mi) west of the Gulf of Mexico and 200 kilometres (120 mi) east of Mexico City, on the border between the states of Veracruz and Puebla.
Still, the volcano's long history of destructive explosions and the 24 million people who reside within 60 miles of its crater make Popocatépetl an acute threat.
At 5,393 m (17,694 ft) [1] it is the second highest peak in Mexico, after Citlaltépetl (Pico de Orizaba) at 5,636 m (18,491 ft). It is linked to the twin volcano of Iztaccihuatl to the north by the high saddle known as the "Paso de Cortés". [5] Izta-Popo Zoquiapan National Park, wherein the two volcanoes are located, is named after them. [6] [7]