List of mountains in Ecuador
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| Mountains in Ecuador | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Elevation m | Range | Notes |
| Chimborazo Chimborazo (volcano) Chimborazo is a currently inactive stratovolcano located in the Cordillera Occidental range of the Andes. Its last known eruption is believed to have occurred around 550 AD.... |
6,310 | Cordillera Occidental | Ecuador's highest mountain |
| Cotopaxi Cotopaxi Cotopaxi is a stratovolcano in the Andes Mountains, located about south of Quito, Ecuador, South America. It is the second highest summit in the country, reaching a height of... |
5,897 | Cordillera Oriental Cordillera Real (Ecuador) The Cordillera Real is a chain of mountains in the Andes of Ecuador, the largest of them volcanic. They are continued by the Cordillera Central of Peru to the south and the Cordillera Central of Colombia to the north... |
Active Volcano |
| Cayambe Cayambe (volcano) Cayambe is the name of a volcano located in the Cordillera Oriental, a branch of the Ecuadorian Andes. It is located in Pichincha province some 70 km northeast of Quito. It is the third highest mountain in Ecuador.... |
5,790 | Cordillera Oriental | |
| Antisana Antisana Antisana is a stratovolcano of the northern Andes, in Ecuador. It is the fourth highest volcano in Ecuador, at , and is located 50 km SE of the capital city of Quito.Antisana presents one of the most challenging technical climbs in the Ecuadorian Andes.... |
5,758 | Cordillera Oriental | Active Volcano |
| El Altar El Altar El Altar is an extinct volcano on the western side of Sangay National Park in Ecuador, 170 km south of Quito. Spaniards named it so because it resembled two Nuns and four Friars listening to a Bishop around a church altar... /Capac-Urcu |
5,319 | Cordillera Oriental | |
| Iliniza Sur Illiniza The Illinizas are a pair of mountains that are located to the south of Quito. They are found in the ecological reserve that shares its name with the mountains. These twin mountains are separated in the middle by a saddle that is about a kilometer long... |
5,263 | Cordillera Occidental | |
| Sangay Sangay Sangay is a constantly active stratovolcano in central Ecuador. It is the southernmost and most active volcano in the country, and is known for its explosive venting of thick ash clouds, which has built a dome since 1976.-See also:... |
5,230 | Cordillera Oriental | Active Volcano |
| Iliniza Norte Illiniza The Illinizas are a pair of mountains that are located to the south of Quito. They are found in the ecological reserve that shares its name with the mountains. These twin mountains are separated in the middle by a saddle that is about a kilometer long... |
5,116 | Cordillera Occidental | |
| Tungurahua Tungurahua Tungurahua, , rahua : "Throat of Fire" or from Panzaleo) is an active stratovolcano located in the Cordillera Oriental of Ecuador. The volcano gives its name to the province of Tungurahua... |
5,023 | Cordillera Oriental | Active Volcano |
| Carihuairazo Carihuairazo Mount Carihuairazo is a volcanic caldera neighboured by Ecuador's highest mountain Chimborazo.-Location:Carihuairazo is located in the Cordillera Occidental of the Andes of central Ecuador, south-southwest of the capital Quito. Its neighboured by 6,267 m high Chimborazo... |
5,018 | Cordillera Occidental | |
| Cotacachi | 4,944 | Cordillera Occidental | |
| Sincholagua | 4,873 | Cordillera Central | |
| Corazón Corazón Corazón is an inactive eroded stratovolcano of Ecuador, situated about 30 km southwest of Quito in the western slopes of the Andes.... |
4,782 | Cordillera Occidental | |
| Pichincha Pichincha (volcano) Pichincha is an active stratovolcano in the country of Ecuador, whose capital Quito wraps around its eastern slopes. The mountain's two highest peaks are the Guagua , which means "child" in Quechua and the Rucu , which means "old person". The active caldera is in the Guagua, on the western side of... |
4,776 | Cordillera Occidental | Active Volcano |
| Chiles Chiles (volcano) Chiles is a volcano on the border of Colombia and Ecuador. It lies south-east of the volcano Cerro Negro de Mayasquer, and the two peaks are considered part of the same Chiles-Cerro Negro volcanic complex... |
4,723 | Cordillera Occidental | |
| Rumiñahui Rumiñahui (volcano) Rumiñahui is a dormant, heavily-eroded stratovolcano above sea level. Situated in the Andes mountains 40 km south of Quito, Ecuador, it is overshadowed by its famous neighbour Cotopaxi.... |
4,722 | Interandino | |
| Imbabura Imbabura Volcano Imbabura is an inactive stratovolcano in northern Ecuador. Although it has not erupted for at least 14,000 years, it is not thought to be entirely extinct. Imbabura is intermittently capped with snow and has no permanent glaciers.... |
4,621 | Interandino | |
| Cerro Hermoso | 4,571 | Cordillera Oriental | |
| Atacazo Atacazo Atacazo is a volcano of the Western Cordillera, southwest of Quito, Ecuador. Southwest of Atacazo is another volcano known as Ninahuilca.... |
4,455 | Cordillera Occidental | |
| Pasochoa Pasochoa Pasochoa is an extinct volcano located in the Guayllabamba river basin in the Ecuadorean Andes. The current mountain form is a collapsed crater with a semicircular shape... |
4,199 | Interandino | |
| Sumaco | 3,780 | Amazonía | |
| Reventador Reventador Reventador is an active stratovolcano which lies in the eastern Andes of Ecuador. It lies in a remote area of the national park of the same name. Since 1541 it has erupted over 25 times, although its isolated location means that many of its eruptions have gone unreported. Its most recent eruption... |
3,562 | Amazonía | Active Volcano |