Chimborazo - Wikipedia
WebChimborazo is an ice-capped inactive volcano. It is a double volcano composed of one volcanic edifice on top of another. Chimborazo shows four summits; Whymper, Veintimilla, Politecnica, and Nicolas Martínez. The Whymper peak is the highest point on the mountain at 6,263 meters. The Veintimilla peak is about 6,234 m (20,453 ft) high.
Chimborazo | Ecuador, Map, Height, & Facts | Britannica
WebChimborazo, mountain peak, central Ecuador, in the Cordillera Occidental of the Andes. Rising to 20,702 feet (6,310 meters), it is the highest peak of Ecuador and was long mistakenly thought to be the highest mountain of the Andes. An inactive volcano with many craters, it is heavily glaciated.
Chimborazo Volcano, Ecuador - Facts & Information
WebApr 1, 2024 · Chimborazo volcano is Ecuador's highest active volcano and the highest in the Northern Andean Volcanic Zone. The massive, ice-capped stratovolcano lies at the southwest end of the main Ecuadorian volcanic arc, the so-called "Avenida de los Volcanes" ("Avenue of Volcanoes") and is located ca. 150 km SSW of …
Volcán Chimborazo - Wikipedia, la enciclopedia libre
WebEl Chimborazo es un estratovolcán potencialmente activo, situado en el centro de Ecuador, en la Provincia de Chimborazo. Perteneciente a la cordillera de los Andes, específicamente a los Andes septentrionales, cuenta con una altitud de 6263,47 m s. n. m.; 1 Nota 1 por lo que es la montaña más alta del Ecuador y de los Andes septentrionales.
Chimborazo - Wikiwand
WebChimborazo is an inactive stratovolcano situated in the Cordillera Occidental range of the Andes. Its last known eruption is believed to have occurred around 550 A.D. Despite not being the tallest mountain in the Andes or on Earth, its summit holds the distinction of being the farthest point on Earth's surface from the Earth's center, due to ...
Global Volcanism Program | Chimborazo
WebGeological Summary. Glacier-clad Chimborazo, Ecuador's highest volcano, anchors the southern end of the country's "Avenue of Volcanoes" 30 km NW of the city of Riobamba. The dominantly andesitic-to-dacitic structure is mostly of Pliocene-to-Pleistocene age. The volcano collapsed about 35,000 years ago, producing a major debris avalanche, whose ...
Mount Chimborazo - Simple English Wikipedia, the free …
WebMount Chimborazo is a mountain and an extinct volcano in Ecuador. Its last eruption is thought to have been over a thousand years ago. The top of Mount Chimborazo is the farthest away from the centre of the Earth as is possible to get on land. Although Mount Everest is higher, Chimborazo is farther from Earth's center because the earth bulges ...
Chimborazo – Ambato Canton, Ecuador - Atlas Obscura
WebJan 19, 2012 · From Around the Web. Discover Chimborazo in Ambato Canton, Ecuador: Massive volcano in the Andes is the farthest point from earth's center.
The Pioneering Maps of Alexander von Humboldt
WebOct 15, 2019 · In 1802, Humboldt and Bonpland ascended Chimborazo, a volcano just below the equator that was believed at the time to be the highest mountain in the world (at 20,564 feet, it’s more than 8,000...
Nature, Politics, and the Story of Mt. Chimborazo | Getty Iris
WebJun 18, 2020 · This is the story of one of the tallest volcanoes in the world, Ecuador’s Mount Chimborazo, and of two extraordinary characters of the 19th century: the German explorer and scientist Alexander von Humboldt and the Venezuelan liberator Simón Bolívar. Both are said to have climbed Chimborazo, although one of them only in his dreams.
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