GVP volcano 352006 · no holder yet
Cayambe
Cayambe is a 5,790 m compound volcano in Ecuador, last erupted in 1786.
- Type
- Compound (composite landform)
- Summit
- 5,790 m above sea level
- Rock
- Andesite / Basaltic Andesite
- Setting
- Subduction zone, continental, over 25 km
- Last eruption
- 1786
- Largest known
- VEI 4, cataclysmic, 1570
- Eruptions
- 22 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 0.03°N 77.99°W · Ecuador
- Region
- Northern Andean Volcanic Arc, South America Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 352006
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).