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Yes, the Pico de Orizaba is classified as a "composite volcano" (also known as a stratovolcano) because its peak was raised by added material from each subsequent eruption. Pico de Orizaba reached its current height during its latest eruption in the year 1687.
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Is Pico De Orizaba a volcano?
Pico de Orizaba is a stratovolcano, it is the highest mountain in Mexico and the third highest in North America.
A volcano in Mexico?
Popocatepetl, Iztaccihuatl, Nevado de Toluca, Cofre de Perote, and Pico de Orizaba
What is Mexico's Highest point?
Pico de Orizaba Volcano: 5,636 m (18,479 ft)
What is the name of the large volcano in the central plateau of Mexico?
There are at least three: Pico de Orizaba, Popocatepetl and Iztaccihuatl.
What area has Mexico's highest peaks?
Central Mexico, where mountains such as Pico de Orizaba or the Popocatepetl volcano stand.
What is the tallest volcano in North America?
Pico de Orizaba, or Citlaltépetl, in Mexico, at 5,636 meters (18,490 feet).
What boundary is Pico de Orizaba?
It is the tallest volcano in Mexico, and sits right between the states of Puebla and Veracruz.
Is Haleakala a composite volcano?
Popocatépetl is an active volcano and, at 5,426 m , the second highest peakin Mexico after the Pico de Orizaba . Popocatépetl is linked to theIztaccíhuatl volcano to the north by the high saddle known as the Paso de Cortés, and lies in the eastern half of the Trans-Mexican volcanic belt. It is a stratovolcano.
What is the highest point in Mexico and how high is it?
It is the dormant volcano the Pico de Orizaba at 5636m or 18 490 ft.6268 m, Chimborazo - volcano :)
Is Mount Pico De Orizaba a volcano in Mexico or North America?
Pico de Orizaba is located in between the states of Puebla and Veracrúz, in México. Although geographically México is located in the zone called North America (as America the continent).
What is the elevation of Pico de Orizaba?
Pico de Orizaba is 5,636 metres (18,490 ft) above sea level. It is the seventh highest mountain in the world.
What is the difference in the elevation of Mount Everest and Pico de Orizaba?
Mount Everest is 29.028ft high and Pico de Orizaba is 18,491ft high. The difference is 10,537ft
