List of volcanoes in Ecuador

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This is a list of active and extinct volcanoes in Ecuador.

[edit] Mainland

Name Elevation Location Last eruption
metres feet Coordinates
El Altar/Capacurco 5405 17,730 1.68° S 78.42° W —
Antisana 5753 18,870 0.48° S 78.14° W 1802
Atacazo 4463 14,639 0.353° S 78.617° W -
Carihuairazo 5018 16,463 01°24′25″S, 78°45′00″W -
Cayambe 5790 18,991 0.029° N 77.986° W -
Chacana 4643 15,229 0.37° S 78.25° W 1773
Chichoca 3246 10,647 0.308° N 78.364° W -
Chimborazo 6267 20,560 1.28° S 78.48° W 640 AD ± 500 years
Corazón 4790 15,715 0.43° S 77.72° W Holocene
Cotopaxi 5911 19,388 0.677° S 78.436° W 1940
Cuicocha 3246 10,649 0°18′30″N, 78°21′50″W 950 BC
Cusin - - 15° N 78.14° W -
Illiniza 5248 17,213 0.659° S 78.714° W Holocene
Imbabura 4557 14,952 0°26′N, 78°18′W Late Pleistocene
Licto 3336 10,945 1°47′N, 78°67′W -
Mojanda 4263 13,983 0.13° N 78.27° W Holocene
Pan de Azucar (volcano) 3482 17,213 0.659° S 78.714° W Holocene
Pasochoa - - 0.46° S 78.48° W -
Guagua Pichincha 4784 15,692 0.171° S 78.598° W 2000
Pululagua 3356 11,008 0.038° N 78.463° W -
Quilotoa 3914 12,838 0.85° S 78.90° W 1797
Reventador 3562 11,683 0.007° S 77.65° W 2005
Rumiñahui 4721 15,489 0°38′0″S, 78°32′0″W -
Sangay 5188 17,017 2.03° S 78.34° W 2007
Sincholagua - - - -
Soche 3955 12,972 0.552° N 77.580° W -
Sumaco 3990 13,087 0.53° S 77.62° W 1933
Tulabug 3336 10,942 1.78° S 78.613° W Holocene
Tungurahua 5023 16,475 1.467° S 78.442° W 2008

[edit] Galápagos Islands

Name Elevation Location Last eruption
meters feet Coordinates
Alcedo 1130 3706 0.43° S 91.12° W 1953
Cerro Azul 1690 5543 0.90° S 91.42° W 1998
Darwin (volcano) 1330 4362 0.18° S 91.28° W 1813
Ecuador (volcano) 790 2592 0.02° S 91.546° W 1150
Fernandina 1495 4904 0.37° S 91.55° W 2005
Floreana Island -2430 -7972 0.792° N 86.15° W 1972
Galapagos Rift - - - -
Genovesa Island 64 210 0.32° N 89.958° W -
Isabela Island - - - -
Marchena Island 343 1125 0.33° S 90.47° W 1991
Pinta Island 780 2558 0.58° S 90.75° W 1928
San Cristóbal Island 759 2490 0.88° S 89.50° W -
Santa Cruz Island 964 2835 0.64° S 90.33° W -
Santiago Island 920 3018 0.22° S 90.77° W 1906
Sierra Negra 1490 4887 0.83° S 91.17° W 2005
Wolf (volcano) 1710 5609 0.02° N 91.35° W 1982

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