Rumiñahui ( ,
Kichwa ''rumi'' stone, rock, ''ñawi'' eye, face,
[Kichwa Yachakukkunapa Shimiyuk Kamu (Ministry of Education, Ecuador)] "stone eye", "stone face", "rock eye" or "rock face", Hispanicized spelling ''Rumiñahui'', ) is a dormant, heavily eroded
stratovolcano
A stratovolcano, also known as a composite volcano, is a typically conical volcano built up by many alternating layers (strata) of hardened lava and tephra. Unlike shield volcanoes, stratovolcanoes are characterized by a steep profile with ...
above sea level. Situated in the
Andes
The Andes ( ), Andes Mountains or Andean Mountain Range (; ) are the List of longest mountain chains on Earth, longest continental mountain range in the world, forming a continuous highland along the western edge of South America. The range ...
mountains 40 km south of
Quito
Quito (; ), officially San Francisco de Quito, is the capital city, capital and second-largest city of Ecuador, with an estimated population of 2.8 million in its metropolitan area. It is also the capital of the province of Pichincha Province, P ...
,
Ecuador
Ecuador, officially the Republic of Ecuador, is a country in northwestern South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and the Pacific Ocean on the west. It also includes the Galápagos Province which contain ...
, it is overshadowed by its famous neighbour
Cotopaxi.
See also
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Rumiñahui
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Lists of volcanoes
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List of volcanoes in Ecuador
This is a list of active and extinct volcanoes in Ecuador.
In Ecuador, National Polytechnic School (Ecuador), EPN monitors the volcanic activity in this Andean nation.
Mainland
Galápagos Islands
References
Volcano page, Institu ...
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List of stratovolcanoes
Latagunga
Sources
External links
photos and general information on the mountain*
Rumiñahui Canton
Stratovolcanoes of Ecuador
Four-thousanders of the Andes
Pleistocene stratovolcanoes
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