GVP volcano 352004 · no holder yet
Imbabura
Imbabura is a 4,609 m compound volcano in Ecuador, last erupted around 5550 BCE.
- Type
- Compound (composite landform)
- Summit
- 4,609 m above sea level
- Rock
- Andesite / Basaltic Andesite
- Setting
- Subduction zone, continental, over 25 km
- Last eruption
- 5550 BCE
- Largest known
- no eruption with a measured size
- Eruptions
- 1 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 0.26°N 78.18°W · Ecuador
- Region
- Northern Andean Volcanic Arc, South America Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 352004
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).