Pico de Orizaba, Mexico

Alternate Name(s)	Citlaltépetl
Subpeaks	Sierra Negra (4580 m/15,026 ft) Cerro Colorado (4460 m/14,633 ft) Chichimeco (4160 m/13,648 ft)
Peak Type	Volcano
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)	19° 1' 50'' N, 97° 16' 11'' W 19.030498, -97.269848 (Dec Deg) 682087 E 2105099 N, Zone 14 (UTM)
Country	Mexico (Highest Point)
State/Province	Puebla (Highest Point) Veracruz (Highest Point)
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Pico de Orizaba from the Piedra Grande Hut (2012-03-02). Photo by Craig Barlow. Click here for larger-size photo.
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Prominence	Key Col Page  (Detailed prominence information)   Clean Prominence: 4922 m/16,148 ft   Optimistic Prominence: 4922 m/16,148 ft   Line Parent: Mount Logan-East Peak   Key Col: Summit Lake, BC     714 m/2343 ft
Isolation	Isolation Page  (Detailed isolation information)    Distance: 2690.14 km/1671.58 mi    Isolation Limit Point: 10.83504, -73.692621 Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database:     Pico Bolívar  (ESE)
Ranges	Continent: North America Range2: Central Mexican Ranges (Highest Point) Range3: Cordillera Neovolcanica (Highest Point) Range4: Eastern Neovolcanica (Highest Point) Range5: Orizaba Massif (Highest Point)
Ridges/Divides	Continental Divide of N.A.
Drainage Basins	Gulf of Mexico Atlantic Ocean Rio Salado Internal Drainage-N.A. Worldwide Internal Drainage
Ownership	Land: Parque nacional del Pico de Orizaba (Highest Point)
Topo Map	115 A/16 1:50,000
First Ascent	1848 F. Maynard William Raynolds
Data Source	1:50,000 Topographic Survey Map
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Other Photos

Jeff & Ken on Summit (2012-03-31). Photo by Ken Curtis. Click here for larger-size photo.

Gail and Richard at the summit (1991-12-29). Photo by Richard Carey. Click here for larger-size photo.

Citlaltépetl from the NW (OMG’s base in Zoapan, Tlachichuca) (2017-10-26). Photo by Peter Stone. Click here for larger-size photo.

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