Popocatépetl Volcano:
A team of scientists obtained first 3D images from inside Mexico’s Popocatépetl volcano.
- Popocatépetl means “Smoking Mountain” in the Aztec Nahuatl language.
- It is located in central Mexico.
- It is on the border of the states of México and Puebla.
- The volcano lies on the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt, which is the result of the small Cocos Plate subducting beneath the North American Plate.
- It is one of the Mexico’s most active volcanoes.
- It is a steep-sided stratovolcano.
- It is one of the most dangerous volcanoes in the Pacific Ring of Fire.
- Stratovolcano is a tall, steep, and cone-shaped type of volcano. They are typically found above subduction zones, and they are often part of large volcanically active regions, such as the Ring of Fire that frames much of the Pacific Ocean.
