Paso de Cortés
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Hernán Cortés and his conquistadors crossed this pass on November 3rd 1519 on their march from the coast of the Gulf of Mexico to Tenochtitlán.
Popocatépetl (Náhuatl: "Smoking Mountain") is an active volcano. The massive crater at the snow-covered summit measures 826 m (2711 ft) 3 400 m (1313 ft), its rocky walls are almost vertical.
There have been major and minor eruptions - December 2000 was the most recent major eruption; a cloud of smoke frequently hovers above the summit. Since the time of the conqueror Cortés great amounts of sulphur, originally used for the manufacture of gunpowder, have been extracted from the crater.
Popocatépetl (Náhuatl: "Smoking Mountain") is an active volcano. The massive crater at the snow-covered summit measures 826 m (2711 ft) 3 400 m (1313 ft), its rocky walls are almost vertical.
There have been major and minor eruptions - December 2000 was the most recent major eruption; a cloud of smoke frequently hovers above the summit. Since the time of the conqueror Cortés great amounts of sulphur, originally used for the manufacture of gunpowder, have been extracted from the crater.
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