Tungurahua
Tungurahua, (/tʊŋɡʊˈrɑːwə/; from Quichua tunguri (throat) and rahua (fire), "Throat of Fire")[4] is an active stratovolcano located in the Cordillera Oriental of Ecuador. The volcano gives its name to the province of Tungurahua.
 View from Riobamba (September 2011) | |
| Elevation | 5,023 m (16,480 ft)[1] |
|---|---|
| Prominence | 1,554 m (5,098 ft) |
| Listing | Ultra |
| Translation | Throat of fire (Quechua) |
| Location | |
| Location | Ecuador |
| Range | Cordillera Oriental, Andes |
| Topo map | IGM, CT-ÑIV-D1[2] |
| Geology | |
| Type | Stratovolcano (active) |
| Age of rock | Holocene (Gomez 1994) |
| Last eruption | 2000 to 2018 (ongoing)[3] |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | 1873 by Alphons Stübel and Wilhelm Reiss |
| Easiest route | Scrambling/Snow/Ice PD |
Volcanic activity restarted on August 19, 1999,[5] and is ongoing as of 2013[update], with several major eruptions since then, the last starting on 1 February 2014.[6][7]
Tungurahua Media
False-color satellite image of Tungurahua (center right, with plume of ash emanating from it) and its neighbor Chimborazo (center left)
Tungurahua eruptionFebruary 1, 2014
Tungurahua volcano 2011
Tungurahua spews hot lava and ash at night, 1999
References
- ↑ Several elevation data between 5,016 and 5,029 m are used, 5,023 m is the one used on IGM maps. Used extremes are: 5,087 m (Stübel 1897) and 5,005 m (Neate 1994).
- ↑ IGM (Instituto Geografico Militar, Ecuador) (1989). "Baños Ecuador, CT-ÑIV-D1". Archived from the original on 2008-12-19. Retrieved 2008-01-26.
- ↑ (in en) Tungurahua volcano. 19 Feb 2018. https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/tungurahua.html.
- ↑ In the shadow of the Tungurahua volcano. BBC News. 7 September 2006. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/5319818.stm.)
- ↑ Tungurahua volcano erupts in Ecuador. NBC News. 19 Aug 2012. http://photoblog.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/08/19/13366108-tungurahua-volcano-erupts-in-ecuador?lite.
- ↑ Ecuador's Tungurahua Volcano shoots ash and lava. Associated Press. 2014-02-01. http://abcnews.go.com/International/t/story/ecuadors-tungurahua-volcano-shoots-ash-lava-22331271.
- ↑ https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/25/science/mount-tambora-volcano-eruption-1815.html?_r=0 A Volcanic Eruption That Reverberates 200 Years Later
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