Volcanoes: El Popocatepetl

Location: Mexico City, Puebla Border

Type: Glacier-clad stratovolcano (composite volcano) About

Stratovolcanoes Xalitzintla (photos) About El Popo

Composite or Stratovolcanoes

Xalitzintla

Located about 12 km from El Popo

Closest town to the volcano; in high risk zone for effects of volcanic activity

Shows a typical daily fumarole that occurs

XalitzintlaShaun and the Volcano

El Popocatepetl

More than 2,000 Volcanoeslocated in Mexico

El Popocatepetl

El Popocatepetl is an Aztec word meaning smoking mountain

An example of an active stratovolcano

Crater is 900 m in diameter, 250 - 450 m deep

Second highest volcano in North America

El Popo in the “Big picture”

El Popo continues to spew ash and debris from times to time. Also seismic activity continues.

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