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Pico de Orizaba is located at 19°1′48″N 97°16′12″W, about west of the Gulf of Mexico and east of Mexico City, on the border between the states of Veracruz and Puebla. The volcano is approximately south of the Tropic of Cancer. Orizaba anchors the south-eastern end of the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt, a volcanic chain that runs from west to east across Central Mexico. A companion peak lying about six km to the southwest of Pico de Orizaba is the Sierra Negra, at . This subsidiary peak is significantly lower than its massive neighbour, but the road to the observatory on its summit is the highest road in North America.