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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.
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 ...
The park extends north and south, following a line of volcanic peaks. Popocatépetl is the southernmost peak, the highest in the park at 5,426 m (17,802 ft), and the second-highest in Mexico. It is volcanically active, with the latest eruptive period extending from 2005 to the present. [7]
Los Volcanes Biosphere Reserve (established 2010) is a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve located within the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt of south-central Mexico. The 171,774.4 hectares (663.225 sq mi) reserve surrounds the volcanoes of Popocatépetl and Ixtaccíhuatl and marks the biogeographical boundary between the Nearctic and Neotropical realms.
Map this section's coordinates using OpenStreetMap. Download coordinates as: KML; ... Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt: 5636 m 18,491 ft: 4922 m 16,148 ft: 2,690 km 1,672 mi
Notable volcanoes in Mexico include Popocatépetl, one of the country's most active and dangerous volcanoes, Pico de Orizaba (Citlaltépetl), the highest peak in Mexico, and Parícutin, a cinder cone volcano that famously emerged from a cornfield in 1943. Mexican volcanoes play a significant role in the country's geography, climate, and culture ...
Paso de Cortés is a mountain pass between the Popocatépetl and Iztaccihuatl volcanoes in central Mexico.It is part of the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt, at a point where the southeast-trending continental divide turns north for over 16 km (10 mi).
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] Popocatépetl is 70 km (43 mi) southeast of Mexico City, from where it can be seen regularly, depending on atmospheric conditions.