Popocatépetl

Popocatépetl is an active stratovolcano located in the states of , , and in central . It lies in the eastern half of the .
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  • Type: Volcano with an elevation of 5,426 metres
  • Description: North America volcano
  • Also known as: Popocatepetl”, “Volcan Popocatepetl”, and “Volcon Popocatepetl

Popocatépetl

Latitude
19.02341° or 19° 1′ 24″ north
Longitude
-98.62344° or 98° 37′ 24″ west
Elevation
5,426 metres (17,802 feet)
Open location code
76F329FG+9J
Open­Street­Map ID
node 58989127
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­volcano
Geo­Names ID
3521275
Wiki­data ID
Q181157
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Popocatépetl” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: Popocatépetl
  • Amharic: ፖፖኬትፔትል
  • Arabic: بوبوكاتبتبيل
  • Armenian: Պոպոկատեպետլ
  • Asturian: Popocatépetl
  • Azerbaijani: Popokatepetl
  • Basque: Popocatepetl
  • Basque: Popocatépetl
  • Belarusian: Папакатэпетль
  • Bhojpuri: पोपोकैटेपिटल
  • Bosnian: Popocatépetl
  • Breton: Popocatépetl
  • Bulgarian: Попокатепетъл
  • Catalan: Popo
  • Catalan: Popocatépetl
  • Cebuano: Az Zaytīyah
  • Cebuano: Volcán Popocatepetl
  • Cebuano: Volcán Popocatépetl
  • Central Bikol: Popocatépetl
  • Chinese: 波波加特別山
  • Chinese: 波波卡特佩特火山
  • Croatian: Popocatepetl
  • Croatian: Popocatépetl
  • Czech: Popocatepetl
  • Czech: Popocatépetl
  • Czech: Popokatepetl
  • Danish: Popocatépetl
  • Dutch: Popocatepetl
  • Dutch: Popocatépetl
  • Dutch: Popocateptl
  • Egyptian Arabic: بوبوكاتبتبيل
  • Esperanto: Popocatepetl
  • Esperanto: Popocatépetl
  • Esperanto: Popokatepetlo
  • Esperanto: Vulkano Popokatepetl
  • Estonian: Popocatepetl
  • Estonian: Popocatépetl
  • Estonian: Popocatepetli vulkaan
  • Finnish: Popocatepetl
  • Finnish: Popocatépetl
  • French: Chichinauhuiua
  • French: Pico Anáhuac
  • French: Popocatepec
  • French: Popocatépec
  • French: Popocatepelt
  • French: Popocatepetl
  • French: Popocatépetl
  • French: Popocatzin
  • French: Ventorrillo
  • French: Volcán Popocatépetl
  • French: Xalliquehuac
  • Galician: Popocatépetl
  • Georgian: პოპოკატეპეტლი
  • German: Don Goyo
  • German: El Popo
  • German: Popocatepetl
  • German: Popocatépetl
  • German: Popokatepetl
  • Greek: Ποποκατεπέτλ
  • Greek: Ποποκατέπετλ
  • Hebrew: פופוקטפטל
  • Hindi: पोपोकटेपेटल
  • Hindi: पोपोकैटेपिटल
  • Hungarian: Popocatépetl
  • Icelandic: Popocatépetl
  • Indonesian: Popocatépetl
  • Italian: Popocatepetl
  • Italian: Popocatépetl
  • Japanese: ポポカテペトル
  • Japanese: ポポカテペトル山
  • Javanese: Popocatépetl
  • Kazakh: Попокатепетль
  • Korean: 포포카테페틀산
  • Ladino: Popocatepetl
  • Latvian: Popokatepetls
  • Lithuanian: Popokatepetlis
  • Luxembourgish: Popocatépetl
  • Macedonian: Попокатепетл
  • Malayalam: പൊപൊകാറ്റെപെറ്റൽ
  • Mazanderani: پوپوکاتپتل
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Don Goyo
  • Norwegian Bokmål: El Popo
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Popocatepetl
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Popocatépetl
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Popōcatepētl
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Popocatépetl
  • Norwegian: Popocatépetl
  • Occitan (post 1500): Popocatepetl
  • Ossetian: Попокатепетль
  • Persian: پوپوکاتپتل
  • Polish: Popocatepetl
  • Polish: Popocatépetl
  • Portuguese: Popocatepetl
  • Portuguese: Popocatépetl
  • Portuguese: Vulcão Popocatépetl
  • Romanian: Popocatepetl
  • Russian: Попокатепетль
  • Serbian: Popocatépetl
  • Serbian: Popokatepetl
  • Serbian: Попокатепетл
  • Serbo-Croatian: Popocatépetl
  • Serbo-Croatian: Popocatepl
  • Serbo-Croatian: Popokatepetl
  • Slovak: Popocatepetl
  • Slovak: Popocatépetl
  • Slovenian: Popocatepetl
  • Slovenian: Popocatépetl
  • Spanish: El Popo
  • Spanish: Popocatepetl
  • Spanish: Popocatépetl
  • Spanish: Volcan Popocatepetl
  • Spanish: Volcan Popocatépetl
  • Spanish: Volcán Popocatepetl
  • Spanish: Volcán Popocatépetl
  • Swahili: Popocatepetl
  • Swedish: Don Goyo
  • Swedish: El Popo
  • Swedish: Mount Popocatepetl
  • Swedish: Popacatapetl
  • Swedish: Popo
  • Swedish: Popocatapetl
  • Swedish: Popocatepetl
  • Swedish: Popocatepétl
  • Swedish: Popocatépetl
  • Swedish: Popocateptl
  • Swedish: Popocatéptl
  • Swedish: Popokatepetl
  • Swedish: Volcán Popocatepetl
  • Swedish: Volcán Popocatépetl
  • Tagalog: Popocatepetl
  • Turkish: Don Goyo
  • Turkish: El Popo
  • Turkish: Popocatepeti
  • Turkish: Popocatépetl Yanardağı
  • Turkish: Popocatepetl
  • Turkish: Popocatépetl
  • Ukrainian: Попокатепетль
  • Uzbek: Popokatepetl
  • Vietnamese: Popocatépetl
  • Waray (Philippines): Popocatépetl
  • Welsh: Popocatépetl
  • Wu Chinese: 波波卡特佩特火山
  • Yue Chinese: 波波加特別山
  • Popocatepetl
  • Popocatépetl
  • Popōcatepētl
  • पोपोकैटेपिटल

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