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Pico de Orizaba
Pico de Orizaba is a 5,564 m stratovolcano in Mexico, last erupted in 1846.
- Type
- Stratovolcano (composite landform)
- Summit
- 5,564 m above sea level
- Rock
- Andesite / Basaltic Andesite
- Setting
- Subduction zone, continental, over 25 km
- Last eruption
- 1846
- Largest known
- VEI 5, paroxysmal, 6710 BCE
- Eruptions
- 23 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 19.03°N 97.27°W · Mexico
- Region
- Trans-Mexican Volcanic Arc, Middle America-Caribbean Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 341100
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).