Tungurahua
| Tungurahua | |
|---|---|
View from Riobamba (September 2011) | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 5,023 m (16,480 ft)[1] |
| Prominence | 1,554 m (5,098 ft) |
| Listing | Ultra |
| Coordinates | 1°28′12″S 78°26′41″W / 1.4700°S 78.4447°W[2] |
| Naming | |
| English translation | Throat of fire |
| Language of name | Quechua |
| Geography | |
| Location | Ecuador |
| Parent range | Cordillera Oriental, Andes |
| Topo map | IGM, CT-ÑIV-D1[3] |
| Geology | |
| Age of rock | Holocene (Gomez 1994) |
| Mountain type | Stratovolcano (active) |
| Volcanic arc/belt | Northern Volcanic Zone |
| Last eruption | 2000 to 2018 (ongoing)[4] |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | 1873 by Alphons Stübel and Wilhelm Reiss |
| Easiest route | Scrambling/Snow/Ice PD |
Tungurahua, (/tʊŋɡʊˈrɑːwə/; from Quichua tunguri (throat) and rahua (fire), "Throat of Fire")[5] is an active stratovolcano located in the Cordillera Oriental of Ecuador. The volcano gives its name to the province of Tungurahua.
Volcanic activity restarted on August 19, 1999,[6] and is ongoing as of 2013, with several major eruptions since then, the last starting on 1 February 2014.[7][8]
References
- ↑ Several elevation data between 5,016 and 5,029 m are used, 5,023 m is the one used on IGM maps. Used extremes are: 5,087 m (Stübel 1897) and 5,005 m (Neate 1994).
- ↑ "Tungurahua". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2009-01-01.
- ↑ IGM (Instituto Geografico Militar, Ecuador) (1989). "Baños Ecuador, CT-ÑIV-D1". Archived from the original on 2008-12-19. Retrieved 2008-01-26.
- ↑ "Tungurahua volcano". 19 Feb 2018.
- ↑ "In the shadow of the Tungurahua volcano". BBC News. 7 September 2006.)
- ↑ "Tungurahua volcano erupts in Ecuador". NBC News. 19 Aug 2012.
- ↑ "Ecuador's Tungurahua Volcano shoots ash and lava". Associated Press. 2014-02-01.
- ↑ https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/25/science/mount-tambora-volcano-eruption-1815.html?_r=0 A Volcanic Eruption That Reverberates 200 Years Later
