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Popocatépetl (UK: / ˌ p ɒ p ə ˈ k æ t ə p ɛ t əl, ˌ p ɒ p ə k æ t ə ˈ p ɛ t əl / POP-ə-KAT-ə-pet-əl, -kat-ə-PET-əl, US: / ˌ p oʊ p-/ POHP-, Spanish: [popokaˈtepetl] ⓘ; Nahuatl languages: Popōcatepētl [popoːkaˈtepeːt͡ɬ] ⓘ) is an active stratovolcano located in the states of Puebla, Morelos, and Mexico in central Mexico.
View of the Puebla Valley, with Popocatépetl and Iztaccíhuatl in the distance, 1906. Popocatépetl and Iztaccíhuatl refers to the volcanoes Popocatépetl ("the Smoking Mountain") and Iztaccíhuatl ("white woman" in Nahuatl, sometimes called the Mujer Dormida "sleeping woman" in Spanish) [1] in Iztaccíhuatl–Popocatépetl National Park, [2] [3] which overlook the Valley of Mexico and the ...
Iztaccíhuatl or Ixtaccíhuatl (both forms also spelled without the accent) (Nahuatl pronunciation: [istakˈsiwat͡ɬ] ⓘ or, as spelled with the x, [iʃtakˈsiwat͡ɬ]) is a 5,230 m (17,160 ft) [1] dormant volcanic mountain in Mexico located on the border between the State of Mexico and Puebla within Izta-Popo Zoquiapan National Park.
According to one popular myth, they were formed after ill-fated lovers — the warrior Popocatepetl and the princess Iztaccihuatl — died tragic deaths and were turned into stone.
The northern portion of the park covers the Sierra de Río Frío, made up of three volcanic peaks – Mount Tláloc at (4,120 m), Telapón (4060 m), and Papayo (3,600 m) Tláloc and Telapón, the northern and middle peaks, formed between 5 and 2 million years ago. Papayo, the southernmost peak in the Sierra de Río Frío, formed more recently.
Popocatépetl, the country’s largest active volcano, is located in the states of Puebla, Morelos, and the state of Mexico in central Mexico.
Volcanoes in Mexico form a significant part of the country's geological landscape, with numerous active and extinct volcanoes scattered throughout the nation. These volcanoes are primarily located within the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt, a major volcanic arc in North America that extends across central-southern Mexico.
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