Mountains & Volcanoes

Cuexcomate Geyser

The "world's smallest volcano" has been used to store meals and dispose of dead bodies.  Cuexcomate is an inactive geyser in Puebla City. The crater [...]

Pico de Orizaba

Pico de Orizaba, also known as Citlaltépetl is a stratovolcano, the highest mountain in Mexico and the third highest in North America, after Denali of [...]

Popocatépetl

Popocatépetl (Popōcatepētl in Nahuatl) is an active stratovolcano, located in the states of Puebla, Mexico, and Morelos, in Central Mexico. The volcano lies in the [...]

Volcano of Parícutin

Parícutin (or Paricutín) is a cinder cone volcano located in the state of Michoacán. Volcano Paricutín surged suddenly from the cornfield of local farmer Dionisio [...]