GVP volcano 352071 · no holder yet
Chimborazo
Chimborazo is a 6,261 m stratovolcano in Ecuador, last erupted in 550 CE.
- Type
- Stratovolcano (composite landform)
- Summit
- 6,261 m above sea level
- Rock
- Andesite / Basaltic Andesite
- Setting
- Subduction zone, continental, over 25 km
- Last eruption
- 550 CE
- Largest known
- no eruption with a measured size
- Eruptions
- 6 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 1.47°S 78.82°W · Ecuador
- Region
- Northern Andean Volcanic Arc, South America Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 352071
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).