Tungurahua volcano
This volcano is an active stratovolcano located in the Cordillera Oriental of Ecuador.
The volcano gives its name to the province of Tungurahua.
Volcanic activity restarted on August 19, 1999, and is ongoing as of 2013, with several major eruptions since that period, the last starting on 1 February 2014.
Tungurahua (5,023 meters) is located in the Cordillera Oriental of the Andes of central Ecuador,(87 mi) south of the capital Quito.
Nearby mountains are Chimborazo and El Altar .
It rises above the small thermal springs town of Banos de agua Santa which is located 8 km to the north.
With its elevation of 5,023 m, Tungurahua just over tops the snow line (about 4,900 m).
Tungurahua's top is snow covered and did have a small summit glacier which melted away after the increase of volcanic activity in 1999.
Tungurahua's eruptions are strombolian. They produce andesite and dacite. All historical eruptions originated from the summit crater and have been accompanied by strong explosions, pyroclastic flows and sometimes lava flows.
In the last 1,300 years Tungurahua entered every 80 to 100 years into an activity phase of which the major have been the ones of 1773, 1886 and 1916–1918.
The volcano gives its name to the province of Tungurahua.
Volcanic activity restarted on August 19, 1999, and is ongoing as of 2013, with several major eruptions since that period, the last starting on 1 February 2014.
Tungurahua (5,023 meters) is located in the Cordillera Oriental of the Andes of central Ecuador,(87 mi) south of the capital Quito.
Nearby mountains are Chimborazo and El Altar .
It rises above the small thermal springs town of Banos de agua Santa which is located 8 km to the north.
With its elevation of 5,023 m, Tungurahua just over tops the snow line (about 4,900 m).
Tungurahua's top is snow covered and did have a small summit glacier which melted away after the increase of volcanic activity in 1999.
Tungurahua's eruptions are strombolian. They produce andesite and dacite. All historical eruptions originated from the summit crater and have been accompanied by strong explosions, pyroclastic flows and sometimes lava flows.
In the last 1,300 years Tungurahua entered every 80 to 100 years into an activity phase of which the major have been the ones of 1773, 1886 and 1916–1918.