Volcanoes: El Popocatepetl

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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

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1. Volcanoes: El Popocatepetl • Location: Mexico City, Puebla Border • Type: Glacier-clad stratovolcano (composite volcano) • About Stratovolcanoes • Xalitzintla (photos) • About El Popo

2. Composite or Stratovolcanoes

3. 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

4. Xalitzintla Shaun and the Volcano

5. El Popocatepetl More than 2,000 Volcanoes located in Mexico

6. 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

7. El Popo in the “Big picture” El Popo continues to spew ash and debris from times to time. Also seismic activity continues.

8. Thank You!