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Pichincha is a stratovolcano in Ecuador. The capital Quito wraps around its eastern slopes. The two highest peaks of the mountain are Wawa Pichincha ( Kichwa wawa child, baby / small, [ 3 ] Spanish spelling Guagua Pichincha ) (4,784 metres (15,696 ft)) and Ruku Pichincha (Kichwa ruku old person, [ 3 ] Spanish Rucu Pichincha ) (4,698 metres ...
Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. ... Guagua Pichincha: 4784: 15,692 ... List of volcanoes in Ecuador. 12 languages ...
This template is a location map of volcanoes in Ecuador, using {{Location map+}} and based on File:MajorVolcanoesInEcuador-USGS.gif. It is meant to be used on articles related to volcanoes in Ecuador as well as on the individual volcanic pages.
corrections of coastal line and boundaries (according to Ecuador location map.svg) 15:16, 26 August 2012: 1,536 × 1,654 ... Pichincha (volcano) Podocarpus National Park;
Mejía is a canton in the province of Pichincha in northern Ecuador. [2] It is named after Ecuadorian political figure José Mejía Lequerica. The canton includes a volcano in the Central Cordillera of the Ecuadorian Andes called Rumiñahui. The seat of the canton is called Machachi. Machachi is located to the south of the capital of Ecuador ...
Cayambe is a canton in the northeast of the province of Pichincha, in northern Ecuador, South America. The canton is named after the Cayambe, a 5,800-meter-high snow-covered stratovolcano in the east of the canton. The main part of the canton occupies the eastern portion of the Pisque river basin and is surrounded by volcanoes.
Quito's closest volcano is Pichincha, looming over the western side of the city. Quito is the only capital city that was developed so close to an active volcano. [ 21 ] Pichincha volcano has several summits, among them Ruku Pichincha at 4,700 m (15,400 ft) above sea level and Guagua Pichincha at 4,794 m (15,728 ft).
Machachi is the canton seat of Mejía Canton in the Pichincha province of Ecuador.. Machachi is located to the south of the capital of Ecuador, Quito.It is a city surrounded by the volcanos Atacazo, Corazon, Rumiñahui, Illinizas Peaks, Viudita Hill, Pasochoa, and Sincholagua, and owns part of the Cotopaxi volcano, a great active volcano which measures 5,897 m (19,347 ft) in altitude.