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Guagua Pichincha

Guagua Pichincha is a 4,784 m stratovolcano in Ecuador, erupting as recently as 2002.

Type
Stratovolcano (composite landform)
Summit
4,784 m above sea level
Rock
Andesite / Basaltic Andesite
Setting
Subduction zone, continental, over 25 km
Last eruption
2002
Largest known
VEI 5, paroxysmal, 930 CE
Eruptions
33 confirmed in the record
Where
0.17°S 78.60°W · Ecuador
Region
Northern Andean Volcanic Arc, South America Volcanic Regions
Record
Global Volcanism Program, volcano 352020

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