Back Chimborazo Afrikaans Chimborazo ALS ቺምቦራዞ Amharic تشيمبورازو (بركان) Arabic جبل تشيمبورازو ARZ Volcán Chimborazo AST Çimbaroso vulkanı Azerbaijani Chimborazo BCL Чымбараса Byelorussian Чымбараса (вулькан) BE-X-OLD
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| Chimborazo | |
|---|---|
&sq=Sri Lanka&lang=sco&file=File:Volc%C3%A1n_Chimborazo,_%22El_Taita_Chimborazo%22.jpg) The summit of Chimborazo, the point on the Earth's surface that is farthest from the Earth's center.[1] | |
| Heichest pynt | |
| Elevation | 6,268 m (20,564 ft) [note 1] |
| Prominence | 4,123 m (13,527 ft) [3] Ranit 17t |
| Isolation | 846 kilometre (526 mi) |
| Leetin | Kinta heich pynt Ultra |
| Coordinates | 01°28′09″S 78°49′03″W / 1.46917°S 78.81750°WCoordinates: 01°28′09″S 78°49′03″W / 1.46917°S 78.81750°W |
| Geografie | |
&sq=Sri Lanka&lang=sco&file=File:Ecuador_relief_location_map.svg)  Chimborazo | |
| State/Province | EC |
| Parent range | Andes, Cordillera Occidental |
| Topo map | IGM, CT-ÑIV-C1[4] |
| Geology | |
| Age o rock | Paleogene[5] |
| Muntain teep | Stratovolcano |
| Last eruption | 550 AD ± 150 years[6] |
| Climbing | |
| Easiest route | Glacier/snaw climb PD |
Chimborazo (Spaingie pronunciation: [tʃimboˈɾaso]) is a currently inactive stratovolcano locatit in the Cordillera Occidental range o the Andes. Its last kent eruption is believed tae hae occurred aroond 550 AD.[6]
Wi a peak elevation o 6,268 metre (20,564 ft), Chimborazo is the heichest muntain in Ecuador. It is the heichest peak in close proximity tae the equator. While Chimborazo is nae the heichest muntain bi elevation abuin sea level, its location alang the equatorial bulge maks its summit the farthest pynt on the Yird's surface frae the Yird's center.
- ↑ Reaching Earth´s Closest Point to the Sun Archived 2014-03-12 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "Ecuador, Chimborazo/Cotopaxi (copy)". Mountain INFO. High Magazine (136). 1994. Retrieved 18 August 2008. Unknown parameter
|month=ignored (help) - ↑ "Ecuador" Ultras page. Peaklist.org. Retrieved 2012-11-06.
- ↑ "Chimborazo Ecuador, CT-ÑIV-C1". IGM (Instituto Geografico Militar, Ecuador). 1991. Archived frae the original on 25 Apryle 2012. Retrieved 26 Januar 2008.
- ↑ Gomez, Nelson (1994). Atlas del Ecuador. Editorial Ediguias. ISBN 9978-89-009-2.
- ↑ a b "Chimborazo". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 1 Januar 2009.
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