![]() ![]() The gods covered them with snow and changed them into mountains. When Popocatépetl returned to find his love dead, he took her body to a spot outside Tenochtitlan and knelt by her grave. Iztaccíhuatl was falsely told that Popocatépetl had died in battle, and believing the news, she died of grief. The emperor sent Popocatépetl to war in Oaxaca, promising him Iztaccíhuatl as his wife when he returned (which Iztaccíhuatl's father presumed he would not). In Aztec mythology, Iztaccíhuatl was a princess who fell in love with one of her father's warriors, Popocatépetl. Legend of Popocatépetl and Iztaccíhuatl įorshortened view of Iztaccíhuatl and Popocatépetl from the Polanco district of Mexico City The most recent vents are at El Pecho and a depression at 5,100 m (16,700 ft) along the summit ridge midway between El Pecho and Los Pies. Areas near the El Pecho summit vent are covered in flows and tuff beds post-dating glaciation, approximately 11,000 years ago. There have been andesitic and dacitic Pleistocene and Holocene eruptions from vents at or near the summit. The summit ridge of the massive 450 km 3 (110 cu mi) volcano is a series of overlapping cones constructed along a NNW-SSE line to the south of the Pleistocene Llano Grande caldera. It is the lowest peak containing permanent snow and glaciers in Mexico. The first recorded ascent was made in 1889, though archaeological evidence suggests the Aztecs and previous cultures climbed it previously. Depending on atmospheric conditions Iztaccíhuatl is visible much of the year from Mexico City some 70 km (43 mi) to the northwest. ![]() ![]() Iztaccíhuatl is to the north of its twin Popocatépetl, to which it is connected by the high altitude Paso de Cortés. The name "Iztaccíhuatl" is Nahuatl for "White woman", reflecting the four individual snow-capped peaks which depict the head, chest, knees and feet of a sleeping female when seen from east or west. It is the nation's third highest, after Pico de Orizaba at 5,636 m (18,491 ft), and Popocatépetl at 5,426 m (17,802 ft). Iztaccíhuatl (alternative spellings include Ixtaccíhuatl, or either variant spelled without the accent) ( Nahuatl pronunciation: ( listen) or, as spelled with the x, ), is a 5,230 m (17,160 ft) dormant volcanic mountain in Mexico located on the border between the State of Mexico and Puebla within Izta-Popo Zoquiapan National Park. Iztaccíhuatl (North America) Show map of North America ![]()
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