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This is a list of active and extinct volcanoes in Ecuador.
In Ecuador, EPN monitors the volcanic activity in this Andean nation.[1]
Mainland
editMajor volcanoes in Ecuador
Name | Meters | Feet | Coordinates | Last Eruption |
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Alcedo | 1130 | 3706 | 0°26′S 91°07′W / 0.43°S 91.12°W | 1993 |
Cerro Azul | 1640 | 5379 | 0°54′S 91°25′W / 0.90°S 91.42°W | 2008 |
Darwin | 1330 | 4362 | 0°11′S 91°17′W / 0.18°S 91.28°W | 1813 |
Ecuador | 790 | 2591 | 0°01′12″S 91°32′46″W / 0.02°S 91.546°W | 1150 |
Fernandina Island (La Cumbre) | 1495 | 4904 | 0°22′S 91°33′W / 0.37°S 91.55°W | 2020 |
Cerro Pajas | 640 | 2099 | 1°18′S 90°27′W / 1.30°S 90.45°W | Holocene |
Galápagos Rift | -2430 | -7972 | 0°47′31″N 86°09′00″W / 0.792°N 86.15°W | 1996 |
Genovesa | 64 | 210 | 0°19′12″N 89°57′29″W / 0.32°N 89.958°W | - |
Marchena | 343 | 1125 | 0°20′S 90°28′W / 0.33°S 90.47°W | 1991 |
Pinta | 780 | 2558 | 0°35′S 90°45′W / 0.58°S 90.75°W | 1928 |
San Cristóbal | 759 | 2490 | 0°53′S 89°30′W / 0.88°S 89.50°W | - |
Santa Cruz | 964 | 2834 | 0°37′S 90°20′W / 0.62°S 90.33°W | - |
Santiago | 920 | 3018 | 0°13′S 90°46′W / 0.22°S 90.77°W | 1906 |
Sierra Negra | 1124 | 3687 | 0°50′S 91°10′W / 0.83°S 91.17°W | 2018 |
Wolf | 1710 | 5609 | 0°01′N 91°21′W / 0.02°N 91.35°W | 2022 |
References
edit- Siebert L, Simkin T (2002–present). Volcanoes of the World: an Illustrated Catalog of Holocene Volcanoes and their Eruptions. Smithsonian Institution, Global Volcanism Program Digital Information Series, GVP-3 (http://www.volcano.si.edu).
- Volcano page, Institut for Geophysics, Ecuador (Spanish)
- Specific