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Pico de Orizaba, Mexico
Prominence: 4922 m, 16148 ft
Elevation: 5636 meters, 18,491 feet
True Isolation: 2690.14 km, 1671.58 mi
Local or Alternate Name(s)
Indigenous Name: Citlaltépetl
Subpeaks
El Sarcofago
(5170 m/16,962 ft)
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)
Links
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Other Web Sites
Pico de Orizaba at SummitPost.org
Weather for Pico de Orizaba at Mountain-Forecast.com
Pico de Orizaba at Summits on the Air (Amateur Radio)
Footnote on Elevation or Orizaba
Lists that contain Pico de Orizaba:
Fred Beckey's Great Peaks of the Continent
(Rank #2)
Combined USA-Canada-Mexico State/Province High Points
(Rank #3)
North America 14,000-foot Peaks
(Rank #7)
North America Range3 High Points
(Rank #3)
World Peaks with 4000 meters of Prominence
(Rank #7)
North America Peaks with 200 km of Isolation
(Rank #3)
The Volcanic Seven Summits
(Rank #4)
North America Peaks with 2000 meters of Prominence
(Rank #3)
World Peaks with 1000 km of Isolation
(Rank #16)
World Top 50 by Prominence
(Rank #7)
Ultras of North America
(Rank #3)
World Top 100 by Prominence
(Rank #7)
UN Member State High Points
(Rank #21)
North America UN Member High Points
(Rank #3)
World Peaks with 300 km of Isolation
(Rank #16)
World Country High Points
(Rank #21)
Ultras of Mexico
(Rank #1)
Mexico State High Points
(Rank #1)
North America Country High Points
(Rank #3)
Country High Points of the Americas
(Rank #9)
(Peak is on over 20 lists; Not all shown here.)
Selected Guidebook(s) for this Peak:
Mexico's Volcanoes (Secor)
Ascent Info
Total ascents/attempts logged by registered Peakbagger.com users:
432
Show all viewable ascents/attempts
(Total: 408)
Selected Trip Reports:
1993-12-10 by David Olson
2001-12-05 by Dennis Stewart (Unsuccessful)
2004-02-06 by Ben Lostracco
2008-10-26 by Matthias Ihl
2011-12-12 by Alexandra Marcu
2012-01-11 by Greg Slayden (GPS Track)
2012-01-11 by Rob Woodall (GPS Track)
2013-01-01 by Kelsey Backen
2013-12-11 by Darren Knezek
2014-02-22 by James Barlow
2014-03-16 by David Howells (GPS Track)
2015-01-15 by Mark McCormick (GPS Track)
2015-02-06 by Bradley R (GPS Track)
2015-02-27 by Chase DuPont (GPS Track)
2015-11-06 by Sean Caulfield (GPS Track)
2015-12-31 by Greg Gerlach (GPS Track)
2016-01-16 by Dave Dunham (Unsuccessful) (GPS Track)
2016-02-09 by Connor McEntee
2016-02-09 by Scott Larson (GPS Track)
2017-02-18 by Benjamin Dansereau-Leclerc
2018-04-08 by Rafee Memon (GPS Track)
2018-11-24 by Douglas Harris
2018-12-21 by Emily Cheng (GPS Track)
2018-12-22 by Nick Magill
2019-06-16 by Jonathan Scislow
2019-12-25 by Gene Mattos (GPS Track)
2020-01-20 by Sam Grant (GPS Track)
2020-12-12 by Parker Pavlicek
2020-12-12 by Brett Murrey
2021-12-14 by Spencer Busby
2022-02-05 by Garret Stoops (GPS Track)
2022-02-05 by Thomas Brennan (GPS Track)
2022-03-06 by Matt Dougherty (GPS Track)
2022-03-15 by Joel Wilner
2022-04-01 by Marco Rohrer
Nearby Peak Searches:
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Elevation Ladder from Pico de Orizaba
Prominence Ladder from Pico de Orizaba
Pico de Orizaba from the Piedra Grande Hut (2012-03-02). Photo by
Craig Barlow
.
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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
Americas Continental Divide
Drainage Basins
Major Triple Divide Point
Gulf of Mexico
Atlantic Ocean
Rio Salado
Internal Drainage-N.A.
Worldwide Internal Drainage
Orizaba Crater
Internal Drainage-N.A.
Worldwide Internal Drainage
Ownership
Land: Parque nacional del Pico de Orizaba (Highest Point)
Topo Map
Coscomatepec E14B46 1:50,000
First Ascent
1848
Maynard, F.
(United States)
Raynolds, William
(United States)
Data Source
1:50,000 Topographic Survey Map
Dynamic Map
Pico de Orizaba
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Other Photos
Jeff & Ken on Summit (2012-03-31). Photo by
Ken Curtis
.
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Gail and Richard at the summit (1991-12-29). Photo by
Richard Carey
.
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Citlaltépetl from the NW (OMG’s base in Zoapan, Tlachichuca) (2017-10-26). Photo by
Peter Stone
.
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Frigid sunrise at the summit of Orizaba (2018-12-21). Photo by
Emily Cheng
.
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Pico de Orizaba with Derek Stone - V7S #3 (2014-11-11). Photo by
James Stone
.
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Esta muy bonita vista del Orizaba! (1991-12-28). Photo by
Mark Adrian
.
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The Summit volcano at Pico de Orizaba (2021-12-27). Photo by
Jacob D
.
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Climbers on the Jamapa Glacier on route to the summit (2021-12-27). Photo by
Jacob D
.
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