Ajusco
Sign in to saveAjusco is a lava dome volcano located just south of Mexico City, Mexico, in the Tlalpan borough of the city. It is the highest point in the city.
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- Ajusco
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- Ajusco, view from UNAM
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- 3930
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- Sierra de Ajusco-Chichinauhtzin
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- Mexico#Mexico State of Mexico
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- 1 Last know eruption 1670.
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- Lava dome volcano
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- Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt
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- Pliocene-Pleistocene
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Ajusco is a lava dome volcano located just south of Mexico City, Mexico, in the Tlalpan borough of the city. It is the highest point in the city.
==Etymology== Ajusco is a Náhuatl word variously translated as "source of waters" or "watered grove", and the Lerma River and Balsas River draw some of their source waters from this area. Also, the flow from all of the remaining strong springs in the area adjacent to the peak are captured to augment Mexico City's water supply.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ajusco” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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