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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.
Is pico de orizaba a composite volcano?
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.
What is Mexico's Highest point?
Pico de Orizaba Volcano: 5,636 m (18,479 ft)
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 :)
How many miles high is Orizaba the volcano?
3.5 miles high (5,636 metres or 18,490 feet)
A volcano in Mexico?
Popocatepetl, Iztaccihuatl, Nevado de Toluca, Cofre de Perote, and Pico de Orizaba
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.
How much distance lies between Paricutin Volcano and Orizaba?
the correct answer would be 400 miles apart from each other
Was Pico de Orizaba dangerous when active?
Yes. Right now it is 'dormant' (not inactive) so it may pose a severe threat to the communities close to the volcano. The most dangerous aspect of such kind of volcano is the pyroclastic flows: ash, gas and debris with temperatures of about 1,000 °C (1,830 °F).
