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Mount Orizaba is the highest peak on Santa Catalina Island, off the Southern California coast, rising to 2,097 feet and forming the island’s topographic high point. It was named after Pico de Orizaba, Mexico’s tallest mountain. The summit is notable both for a rare island weather event, when 8 inches of snow fell there on January 10, 1949, and for its FAA VORTAC installation, which gives this highest ground a role in modern air navigation.
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