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.

Aliases (5)

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	Pleistocene to Holocene →
glaciersLocatedOn	all major faces →
hasGlacier	yes →
hasIndigenousNameOrigin	Quechua →
hasRefuge	Carrel Hut → Whymper Hut →
hasSecondarySummit	Veintimilla summit →
hasSummitCount	multiple summits →
highestSummitName	Whymper summit →
isHighestPointOf	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 →
volcanoType	stratovolcano →

Referenced by (29)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Chimborazo Province ("Mount Chimborazo") → Cordillera Occidental (Ecuador) → Ecuador →	highestPoint
Carrel Hut → Veintimilla summit → Whymper summit ("Chimborazo volcano") →	locatedOn
Chimborazo Province ("Mount Chimborazo") → Cordillera Occidental (Ecuador) →	contains
Carihuairazo → Carrel Hut ("summit of Chimborazo") →	locatedNear
Chimborazo Province ("Mount Chimborazo") → Reserva de Producción de Fauna Chimborazo ("Chimborazo volcano") →	namedAfter
Veintimilla summit ("Chimborazo volcano") → Whymper summit →	partOf
Veintimilla summit ("Chimborazo main summit") →	associatedWith
Edward Whymper →	climbed
Northern Volcanic Zone of the Andes →	containsVolcano
The Heart of the Andes ("Mount Chimborazo") →	depicts
Coat of arms of Ecuador ("Chimborazo volcano") →	features
Kichwa ("Chimborazo Kichwa") →	hasDialect
Runashimi ("Chimborazo Kichwa") →	hasDialects
Whymper summit →	hasParentPeak
Louis Carrel →	madeFirstAscentOf
Coat of arms of Ecuador →	mountainDepicted
Riobamba ("Chimborazo volcano") →	near
Louis Carrel →	notableActivityLocation
Whymper summit →	onVolcano
Reserva de Producción de Fauna Chimborazo ("Mount Chimborazo") →	surrounds
Chimborazo Province ("Mount Chimborazo") →	tourismAttraction