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Mount Orizaba

California · Santa Catalina Island, California
Satellite view of Mount Orizaba
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2,097 feet, and eight inches of snow fell on it in January 1949

The high point of the whole island at 2,097 feet, carrying an FAA VORTAC installation on the summit that aircraft navigate by. It is named for Pico de Orizaba, the tallest mountain in Mexico, which is a large name for a peak you can walk. Snow does reach it, rarely: eight inches fell here on 10 January 1949, on an island most people picture as permanently sunlit.

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Santa Catalina Island, California
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