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Ecuador · Compound volcano

Cayambe

Type
Compound volcano
Elevation
5790m
Last eruption
1786
Cayambe
Photo: Fabricio Guzmán T. · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Type
Compound volcano
Country
Ecuador
Region
South America / Northern Andean Volcanic Arc
Elevation
5790m
Coordinates
0.029, -77.986
Last eruption
1786
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
Landform
Composite
Major rock type
Andesite / Basaltic andesite

Geological summary

The massive compound andesitic-dacitic Cayambe stratovolcano is located on the western edge of the Cordillera Real, east of the Inter-Andean Valley.

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From Wikipedia

Cayambe or Volcán Cayambe is a volcano in Ecuador, in the Cordillera Central, a range of the Ecuadorian Andes. It is located in Pichincha Province, some 70 km (43 mi) northeast of Quito. It is the third-highest mountain in Ecuador, at an elevation of 5,790 m (18,996 ft) above sea level.

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Eruption history

22 recordedGlossary

Record summary

Confirmed eruptions
22
Uncertain eruptions
0
Span of confirmed record
1800 BCE – 1786
Largest confirmed eruption
VEI 4 (1570, the most recent of 3)
Confirmed eruptions since 1900
0
Summary (VEI over time)
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1800 BCE~1601 BCE · 2 eruptions · max VEI ?1402 BCE~1202 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI ?605 BCE~406 BCE · 3 eruptions · max VEI ?406 BCE~207 BCE · 2 eruptions · max VEI ?207 BCE~7 BCE · 1 eruptions · max VEI ?7 BCE~192 · 2 eruptions · max VEI ?192~391 · 2 eruptions · max VEI ?789~988 · 1 eruptions · max VEI ?988~1188 · 1 eruptions · max VEI 41188~1387 · 2 eruptions · max VEI 41387~1586 · 2 eruptions · max VEI 41586~1785 · 3 eruptions · max VEI 21800 BCE1003 BCE7 BCE7891586

Detailed timeline

  1. 1785VEI 2Observed
    1785-02 – 1786-03
    Upper SE flank
  2. 1700VEI ?Geological estimate
    1700 – end unknown
  3. 1590VEI ?Geological estimate
    1590 – end unknown
    North flank of main summit
  4. 1570VEI 4Geological estimate
    1570 – end unknown
    North flank of main summit
  5. 1440VEI ?Geological estimate
    1440 – end unknown
  6. 1290VEI 4Geological estimate
    1290 – end unknown
    Tarugo Corral lava dome (NE flank)
  7. 1270VEI ?Geological estimate
    1270 – end unknown
  8. 1040VEI 4Geological estimate
    1040 – end unknown
    Lava dome near eastern summit
  9. 880VEI ?Geological estimate
    880 – end unknown
  10. 260VEI ?Geological estimate
    260 – end unknown
  11. 200VEI ?Geological estimate
    200 – end unknown
  12. 170VEI ?Geological estimate
    170 – end unknown
  13. 10VEI ?Geological estimate
    10 – end unknown
  14. 180 BCEVEI ?Geological estimate
    180 BCE – end unknown
  15. 230 BCEVEI ?Geological estimate
    230 BCE – end unknown
  16. 260 BCEVEI ?Geological estimate
    260 BCE – end unknown
  17. 460 BCEVEI ?Geological estimate
    460 BCE – end unknown
  18. 510 BCEVEI ?Geological estimate
    510 BCE – end unknown
  19. 560 BCEVEI ?Geological estimate
    560 BCE – end unknown
  20. 1300 BCEVEI ?Geological estimate
    1300 BCE – end unknown
  21. 1650 BCEVEI ?Geological estimate
    1650 BCE – end unknown
  22. 1800 BCEVEI ?Geological estimate
    1800 BCE – end unknown

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