Pico de Orizaba: Meaning (information, definition, explanation, facts)

Pico de Orizaba
Elevation:	5,610 metres (18,405 ft)
Latitude:	19° 01′ N
Longitude:	97° 16′ W
Location:	Veracruz, Mexico
Type:	volcano (dormant)
First ascent:	1848 by F. Maynard & G. Reynolds
Easiest route:	snow/ice climb

The Citlaltépetl or Pico de Orizaba (in English: Orizaba's Peak) is the highest mountain in Mexico and the third highest volcano in the Western Hemisphere. Its last eruptions occurred in 1687, 1630, 1613, 1569, 1566, 1545-65? and 1537.