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Popocatépetl (Mexico)

LC control no.sh 95001509
Geographic headingPopocatépetl (Mexico)
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Geographic subdivision usageMexico--Popocatépetl
Variant(s)Volcán Popocatépetl (Mexico)
See alsoMountains--Mexico
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Volcanoes--Mexico
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Transverse Volcanic Range (Mexico)
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Found inWork cat.: Vega-López, A.A. La herpetofauna de los volcanes Popocatépetl e Iztaccíhuatl, 1992: abstr. ("... and finally was compared the local herpetofauna with the other five volcanoes in the Neovolcanic Transversal Belt.")
Web. geog. (Popocatépetl. Volcano, Puebla state, SE cen. Mexico, 30 m. W of Puebla; 17,887 ft.; contains crater over 1/2 m. in circumference and 250 ft. deep)
Lippincott (Popocatepetl [Aztec, =smoking mountain], dormant volcano (17,887 ft.), central Mexico, on Puebla-Mexico state border, 45 mi. SE of Mexico city, S of Ixtacihuatl; 19⁰01ʹN 98⁰37ʹW. Second in height only to Pico de Orizaba among Mex. peaks)
GEOnet, Nov. 20, 1998 (Popocatépetl, Volcán, vln., 19⁰02ʹN 98⁰38ʹW)
GEOnet (summit; 19°02ʹ00ʺN 098°38ʹ00ʺW)