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    Ecuador is home to many active volcanoes. Some of the most notable include Cotopaxi, Tungurahua, Chimborazo, and Guagua Pichincha, which are located in the Andes Mountains. The Galapagos Islands, which are part of Ecuador, also contain several volcanoes such as Sierra Negra on Isabela Island and Alcedo volcano, which last erupted in 1993 and is home to many tortoises. Many of Ecuador's volcanoes provide opportunities for activities like hiking, camping, and wildlife viewing.

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    Ecuador is home to many active volcanoes. Some of the most notable include Cotopaxi, Tungurahua, Chimborazo, and Guagua Pichincha, which are located in the Andes Mountains. The Galapagos Islands, which are part of Ecuador, also contain several volcanoes such as Sierra Negra on Isabela Island and Alcedo volcano, which last erupted in 1993 and is home to many tortoises. Many of Ecuador's volcanoes provide opportunities for activities like hiking, camping, and wildlife viewing.

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    Ecuador is home to many active volcanoes. Some of the most notable include Cotopaxi, Tungurahua, Chimborazo, and Guagua Pichincha, which are located in the Andes Mountains. The Galapagos Islands, which are part of Ecuador, also contain several volcanoes such as Sierra Negra on Isabela Island and Alcedo volcano, which last erupted in 1993 and is home to many tortoises. Many of Ecuador's volcanoes provide opportunities for activities like hiking, camping, and wildlife viewing.

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    ECUADOR

    VOLCANOES
    ARIEL QUIYU
    ALEXIS FLORES
    NOHEMI QUEZADA
    Melany

    "Ecuadorians are rare and unique


    beings: they sleep peacefully amid
    crunching volcanoes, live poor amid
    incomparable riches and rejoice
    with sad music“
    Alexander von Humboldt
    1.Antisana Volcano & Mica Lagoon: Alexis

    ● Latitude: 0,4846° S
    ● Longitude: 78,1414°W
    ● Elevation: 5720 m
    ● Volcano Type: Conical stratovolcano
    landslide scarp
    ● State: Active

    ● The spot is awesome for a biking


    trip and visitors get to see wolves,
    wild horses, condors and llamas all
    along the Antisana expedition
    Alexis

    2.Cayambe Volcano, right in the Equator:


    ● Latitude: 0,025° N.
    ● Longitude: 77,9871°W.
    ● Elevation: 5759 m (maximum peak).
    ● Volcano Type: Conica. stratovolcano
    landslide scarp.
    ● State: Active.

    ● You can catch sight of Cayambe


    on your way your Otavalo Market
    day trip. A short stop at Cayambe
    town to get some bizcohos and
    manjar is a must!
    Alexis

    3.Cotopaxi Volcano, the iconic stratovolcano


    ● Latitude: 0.6838° S
    ● Longitude: 78.4372° W
    ● Elevation: 5911 m Volcano
    ● Type: Stratovolcano
    ● State: Active

    Cotopaxi is a majestic, snow covered


    symmetrical stratovolcano located in
    the Latacunga.mountain biking,
    mountaineering, horseback riding,
    camping, bird watching, wildlife
    watching, and site seeing.
    Alexis

    4.Tungurahua
    ● Latitude: 1 ° 28 ‘South
    ● Longitude: 78 ° 27 ‘West
    ● Elevation: 5023 m
    ● Located: 33 kilometers southeast
    of Ambato, in the Cordillera Real
    of the Ecuadorian Andes
    ● State: Active

    home to the lovely town of Baños.


    A trip to Baños will allow you to
    catch sight of the still active
    volcano.
    5. Chimborazo Volcano, the majestic sight Ariel

    ● Latitude: 1 ° 46 ‘South
    ● Longitude: 78 ° 82 ‘West
    ● Elevation: 6310 m
    ● Located 30 kilometers NW Riobamba
    ● State: Potentially Active

    ● Chimborazo is known to be the highest point


    on Earth above sea level, the summit of
    Chimborazo is the furthest place from the
    Earth's surface from its exact center. This huge
    ice-covered stratovolcano is located at the
    extreme southwest of the main Ecuadorian
    volcanic arc, the so-called "Avenida de los
    Volcanes" ("Avenue of the Volcanoes").
    Ariel

    6. Guagua pichincha
    ● Latitude: 0. 17 ° S
    ● Longitude: 78.60 ° W
    ● Elevation: 4794 m
    ● Volcano type: Stratovolcano
    ● Alert: Yellow
    ● Last eruption: 2004

    ● Guagua Pichincha is one of Ecuador’s


    most active volcanoes. This stratovolcano
    is part of a complex that rises
    immediately west of the capital Quito, at
    only 8 km distance from the city center.
    Ariel

    7. Reventador
    ● Latitude: 0 ° 04 ’05” S
    ● Longitude: 77 ° 40 ’22” W 90 km east-
    northeast of Quito
    ● Diameter: 3-4 km
    ● Maximum elevation: 3485 m
    ● State: Active

    ● Reventador is an active stratovolcano


    found in the eastern Andes of Ecuador. It
    is located in a remote area of ​the national
    park of the same name, which in Spanish
    means "exploiter" or "ripper". Since 1541
    it has erupted more than 25 times,
    although its isolated location means that
    many of its eruptions have not been
    reported.
    Ariel

    8.Sangay
    ● Latitude: 2°
    ● Longitude: 77 ° 34 45 km SE of Riobamba G-1: 50000
    A‘
    ● Elevation: 5230 msnm State: Active

    ● Sangay volcano is located in Sangay National


    Park, one of two natural UNESCO World Heritage
    Sites in Ecuador (the other is the Galapagos
    Islands). It hosts unique and pristine biological
    communities which cross a wide range of
    ecosystems, from high-alpine to sub-tropical and
    tropical rainforest.
    Melany
    9. Imbabura
    ● Latitude: 0.36 N
    ● Longitude: 78.18 ° W
    ● Zone: 10 km to the southwest of Ibarra
    Elevation: 4620 m.s.n.m. (Taita Imbabura)
    ● Volcano Type: Composite stratovolcano
    ● Basal diameter: 16 km N-S x 14 km E-W
    ● State: Inactive

    ● It is one of the most beautiful places in


    the Sierra Andina. Andean legends tell
    that Taita Imbabura (4,600 meters above
    sea level) was a young rogue, and fell in
    love with Mama Cotacachi (4,944 meters
    above sea level). From their union the
    Yanahurco mountain, the Yaguarcocha
    and San Pablo lagoons were born,
    reflecting their union forever
    Melany
    10. Sierra Negra in Isabela Island
    ● Latitude: 0.83°S
    ● Longitude: 91.17°W
    ● Zone: South eastern end of Isabela Island
    Galapagos Islands Elevation: 1124 m
    ● Volcano Type: The caldera is structurally
    complex with a 14 km long ridge within it.
    ● Last eruption: 2005
    ● State: Active

    ● It has the second largest crater in the


    world and is the only volcanic place on
    Isabela Island open to travelers. It is
    one of the most active volcanoes in
    the Galapagos, with the last eruption
    in 2016. highly active.
    Melany
    11. Alcedo
    ● Latitude: 0.26°S
    ● Longitude: 91.07°W
    ● Zone: Isabela Island Galapagos
    ● Elevation: 1130 m Volcano Type: The caldera measures
    6.1 x 7.4 km
    ● Last eruption: 1993

    ● This is one of the six shield volcanoes that merge


    and form Isabela Island in the Galapagos. Alcenot
    is the only volcano in the Galapagos to have
    erupted rhyolite and basaltic lava. This place is
    home to the largest number of wild tortoises of
    any of the Galapagos volcanoes, although its
    genetic diversity is among the lowest of all races in
    the archipelago. However, this site is not open to
    travelers.

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