Flashcards: Volcanoes of Ecuador

El Altar or Kapak Urku (Kichwa kapak principal, great, important / magnificence, urku mountain, "sublime mountain", hispanicized Capac Urcu, Cápac Urcu) is an extinct volcano on the western side of Sangay National Park in Ecuador, 170 km south of Quito.

Reventador is an active stratovolcano which lies in the eastern Andes of Ecuador.

Mojanda is an inactive stratovolcano of the Eastern Cordillera of the Andes in northern Ecuador.

Atacazo is a volcano of the Western Cordillera, southwest of Quito, Ecuador.

Cayambe (or Volcán Cayambe) is the name of a volcano located in the Cordillera Central, a range of the Ecuadorian Andes.

Imbabura is an inactive stratovolcano in northern Ecuador.

Cotopaxi is an active stratovolcano in the Andes Mountains, located in the Latacunga canton of Cotopaxi Province, about 50 km (31 mi) south of Quito, and 33 km (21 mi) northeast of the city of Latacunga, Ecuador, in South America.

Genovesa Island, named after the Italian city of Genoa, in honor of Christopher Columbus, (referred to in English as Tower Island) is a shield volcano in the Galápagos Islands in the eastern Pacific Ocean.

Wolf Volcano (also known as Mount Whiton) is the highest peak in the Galapagos Islands and is situated on Isabela Island and reaches 1,707 m (5,600 ft).

Quilotoa (Spanish pronunciation: [kiloˈto.a]) is a water-filled caldera and the most western volcano in the Ecuadorian Andes.

Rumiñahui (/ruːmiˈnjɑːwiː/ roo-mee-NYAH-wee, Kichwa rumi stone, rock, ñawi eye, face, "stone eye", "stone face", "rock eye" or "rock face", hispanicized spelling Rumiñahui, Spanish pronunciation: [rumiˈɲawi]) is a dormant, heavily eroded stratovolcano 4,721 metres (15,489 ft) above sea level.

Chacana is a large 32-km long - 18-24 km wide caldera that has erupted in historical times.

Chiles is a volcano on the border of Colombia and Ecuador.

Cerro Azul (Spanish: Blue Hill) is a shield volcano on the south western part of Isabela Island in the Galápagos Islands.

Española Island (Spanish: Isla Española) is part of the Galápagos Islands.

Pinta Island, also known as Abingdon Island, after the Earl of Abingdon, is an island located in the Galápagos Islands group, Ecuador.

Cuicocha (Kichwa: Kuykucha, "lake of guinea pigs" or Kuychikucha, "rainbow lake") is a 3 km (2 mi) wide caldera and crater lake at the foot of Cotacachi Volcano in the Cordillera Occidental of the Ecuadorian Andes.

The island's name, Marchena Island, comes from the Spanish monk, Frey Antonio de Marchena.

Sierra Negra (Spanish: Black Mountain) is a large shield volcano at the South eastern end of Isabela Island in the Galapagos that rises to an altitude of 1124m.

Sangay (also known as Macas, Sanagay, or Sangai) is an active stratovolcano in central Ecuador.

Chimborazo (Spanish pronunciation: [tʃimboˈɾaθo]) is a currently inactive stratovolcano in the Cordillera Occidental range of the Andes.

Antisana is a stratovolcano of the northern Andes, in Ecuador.

Alcedo Volcano is one of the six coalescing shield volcanoes that make up Isabela Island in the Galapagos.

Santa Fe Island (Spanish: Isla Santa Fe), also called Barrington Island after admiral Samuel Barrington, is a small island of 24 square kilometres (9.3 sq mi) which lies in the centre of the Galápagos archipelago, to the south east of Santa Cruz Island.

Santiago Island (Spanish pronunciation: [sanˈtjaɣo]) is an island of the Galápagos Islands.

Bartolomé Island (Spanish: Isla Bartolomé) is a volcanic islet in the Galápagos Islands group.

Sincholagua is an inactive volcano located in Ecuador 17 km (11 mi) northeast of Cotopaxi Volcano and 45 km (28 mi) southeast of Quito.

Tungurahua, (/tʊŋɡʊˈrɑːwə/; from Quichua tunguri (throat), rahua (fire): "Throat of Fire" or from Panzaleo) is an active stratovolcano located in the Cordillera Oriental of Ecuador.

The Illinizas are a pair of volcanic mountains that are located to the south of Quito, Ecuador.

Fernandina Island (formerly known in English as Narborough Island, after John Narborough) is the third largest, and youngest, island of the Galápagos Islands.

Corazón (Spanish: "heart") is an inactive eroded stratovolcano of Ecuador, situated about 30 km southwest of Quito in the western slopes of the Andes.

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

Sumaco is a symmetrical, isolated stratovolcano, that is set off from the main Ecuador volcanic axis.

Rábida Island (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈraβiða]), is one of the Galápagos Islands.

Pichincha is an active stratovolcano in the country of Ecuador, whose capital Quito wraps around its eastern slopes.

Mount Carihuairazo (also Carihuayrazo) is a volcanic caldera neighboured by Ecuador's highest mountain Chimborazo.

Pasochoa (4,200 metres) is an extinct volcano located in the Guayllabamba river basin in the Ecuadorian Andes.

Cotacachi is a dormant volcano in the Western Cordillera of the northern Ecuadorian Andes, in the west of Imbabura Province, above the city of Cotacachi.