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  • Commonly referred to as Pop, El Popo, Don Goyo, or Popo.
  • An Active volcano and the second highest peak in Mexico.
  • Popocatépetl comes from the Nahuatl words popōca 'it smokes' and tepētl 'mountain', thus Smoking Mountain.
  • Only 70km to the southeast of Mexico City.
  • Has a steep-walled 400x600m wide crater
  • Popo's magma is a mixture of dacite and basaltic andesite
  • Elevation-5426m
  • Approximately 730,000yrs old
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15y ago

Popocatepetl is active.People that live in Mexico better watch out.

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9y ago

The Popocatepetl volcano is located in central Mexico. It has been fairly active since 1994 after being dormant for over 50 years. It is the second biggest volcano in North America.

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14y ago

Well, I know why Popocatepetl was called that... It meant 'Smoking Mountain'

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