Chimborazo

E9765

dormant volcano mountain stratovolcano

Chimborazo is a dormant stratovolcano in the Andes of central Ecuador whose summit is famously the farthest point on Earth's surface from its center due to the planet’s equatorial bulge.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Chimborazo canonical	19
Mount Chimborazo	6
Chimborazo volcano	5
Chimborazo Kichwa	2
Chimborazo main summit	1
Chimborazo summit	1
summit of Chimborazo	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	dormant volcano ⓘ mountain ⓘ stratovolcano ⓘ
climbingSeason	December to January ⓘ June to August ⓘ
composition	andesitic rocks ⓘ dacitic rocks ⓘ
country	Ecuador ⓘ
distanceFromEarthCenter	approximately 6384.4 km ⓘ
elevationAboveSeaLevel	20549 ft ⓘ 6263.47 m ⓘ
firstAscent	1880 ⓘ
firstAscentBy	Edward Whymper ⓘ Jean-Antoine Carrel ⓘ Louis Carrel ⓘ
geologicalAge	Quaternary period ⓘ surface form: Pleistocene to Holocene
glaciersLocatedOn	all major faces ⓘ
hasGlacier	yes ⓘ
hasIndigenousNameOrigin	Quechua ⓘ
hasRefuge	Carrel Hut ⓘ Carrel Hut ⓘ surface form: Whymper Hut
hasSecondarySummit	Veintimilla summit ⓘ
hasSummitCount	multiple summits ⓘ
highestSummitName	Whymper summit ⓘ
isHighestPointOf	Andes ⓘ surface form: Andes of Ecuador Ecuador ⓘ Northern Andes in Ecuador ⓘ
isPartOf	Pacific Ring of Fire ⓘ
lastEruption	Holocene ⓘ approximately 550 AD ⓘ
locatedIn	Andes ⓘ Cordillera Occidental ⓘ central Ecuador ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory	Chimborazo Province ⓘ
locatedNear	Riobamba ⓘ
mountainRange	Andes ⓘ
namedAfter	Chimborazo Province ⓘ
nearbyCity	Guaranda ⓘ Riobamba ⓘ
nearbyVolcano	Carihuairazo ⓘ
notableFor	equatorial bulge effect ⓘ farthest point on Earth’s surface from its center ⓘ
prominence	4138 m ⓘ
protectedArea	Reserva de Producción de Fauna Chimborazo ⓘ
relativeToMountEverest	summit farther from Earth’s center than Mount Everest’s summit ⓘ
status	dormant ⓘ
usedFor	high-altitude climbing ⓘ mountaineering ⓘ
volcanicArcOrBelt	Northern Volcanic Zone of the Andes ⓘ surface form: Northern Volcanic Zone
volcanoType	stratovolcano ⓘ

Referenced by (35)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ecuador → highestPoint → Chimborazo ⓘ

Kichwa → hasDialect → Chimborazo ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chimborazo Kichwa

The Heart of the Andes → depicts → Chimborazo ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mount Chimborazo

Runashimi → hasDialects → Chimborazo ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chimborazo Kichwa

Northern Volcanic Zone of the Andes → containsVolcano → Chimborazo ⓘ

Chimborazo Province → contains → Chimborazo ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mount Chimborazo

Chimborazo Province → highestPoint → Chimborazo ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mount Chimborazo

Chimborazo Province → namedAfter → Chimborazo ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mount Chimborazo

Chimborazo Province → tourismAttraction → Chimborazo ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mount Chimborazo

Edward Whymper → climbed → Chimborazo ⓘ

Veintimilla summit → locatedOn → Chimborazo ⓘ

Veintimilla summit → partOf → Chimborazo ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chimborazo volcano

Veintimilla summit → associatedWith → Chimborazo ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chimborazo main summit

Reserva de Producción de Fauna Chimborazo → surrounds → Chimborazo ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mount Chimborazo

Reserva de Producción de Fauna Chimborazo → namedAfter → Chimborazo ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chimborazo volcano

Carrel Hut → locatedOn → Chimborazo ⓘ

Carrel Hut → locatedNear → Chimborazo ⓘ

this entity surface form: summit of Chimborazo

Riobamba → near → Chimborazo ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chimborazo volcano

Louis Carrel → madeFirstAscentOf → Chimborazo ⓘ

Louis Carrel → notableActivityLocation → Chimborazo ⓘ

Cordillera Occidental → contains → Chimborazo ⓘ

subject surface form: Cordillera Occidental (Ecuador)

Cordillera Occidental → highestPoint → Chimborazo ⓘ

subject surface form: Cordillera Occidental (Ecuador)

Carihuairazo → locatedNear → Chimborazo ⓘ

Whymper summit → partOf → Chimborazo ⓘ

Whymper summit → locatedOn → Chimborazo ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chimborazo volcano

Whymper summit → onVolcano → Chimborazo ⓘ

Whymper summit → hasParentPeak → Chimborazo ⓘ

Coat of arms of Ecuador → features → Chimborazo ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chimborazo volcano

Coat of arms of Ecuador → mountainDepicted → Chimborazo ⓘ

Chimborazo stratovolcano → hasLocalNameInKichwa → Chimborazo ⓘ

subject surface form: Chimborazo

Chimborazo summit expeditions → hasLocation → Chimborazo ⓘ

Chimborazo summit expeditions → aimsAt → Chimborazo ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chimborazo summit

Avenue of the Volcanoes → hasVolcano → Chimborazo ⓘ

Avenue of the Volcanoes → highestPeakInArea → Chimborazo ⓘ

Northern Volcanic Zone → hasVolcano → Chimborazo ⓘ