Tungurahua

Tungurahua is an active stratovolcano located in the of . The volcano gives its name to the province of . Volcanic activity restarted on August 19, 1999, and is ongoing as of 2023, with several eruptive episodes since then, the most recent lasting from February 26 to March 16, 2016.
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  • Type: Volcano with an elevation of 5,023 metres
  • Description: volcano in Ecuador
  • Also known as: “Tungurahua dağı”, “Tungurahua mägi”, “Tungurahua volcano”, “Tungurahua vulkaan”, “Tungurawa”, “Tunkurawra”, “Tunqurawra”, “Volcán Tunguragua”, “Volcan Tungurahua”, “Τουνγκουραχούα”, and “तुंगुरहुा”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Baños.

Photo: Fmbz, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a small city in the of under the smoke of volcano Tungurahua.

Tungurahua

Latitude
-1.46691° or 1° 28′ 1″ south
Longitude
-78.44921° or 78° 26′ 57″ west
Elevation
5,023 metres (16,480 feet)
Open location code
67C3GHM2+68
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1815344324
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­volcano
Geo­Names ID
3650446
Wiki­data ID
Q207421
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Venetian—“Tungurahua” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بركان تونجوراو”
  • Azerbaijani: “Tunquraua”
  • Basque: “Tungurahua”
  • Bulgarian: “Тунгурауа”
  • Catalan: “Tungurahua”
  • Catalan: “volcà Tungurahua”
  • Cebuano: “Tungurahua”
  • Chinese: “通古拉瓦火山”
  • Czech: “Tungurahua”
  • Dutch: “Tungurahua”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “تونجوراهوا”
  • Esperanto: “Tungurahua”
  • Estonian: “Tungurahua”
  • Faroese: “Tungurahua”
  • Finnish: “Tungurahua”
  • French: “Tungurahua”
  • Galician: “Volcán Tungurahua”
  • Georgian: “ტუნგურაუა”
  • German: “Tungurahua”
  • Greek: “Τουνγκουράουα”
  • Hebrew: “טונגוראווה”
  • Hindi: “तुंगुरहुा ज्वालामुखी”
  • Hungarian: “Tungurahua”
  • Indonesian: “Gunung Tungurahua”
  • Italian: “Tungurahua”
  • Japanese: “トゥングラワ”
  • Korean: “퉁구라우아 산”
  • Korean: “퉁구라우아산”
  • Korean: “퉁그라우아 산”
  • Ladin: “Tungurahua volcano”
  • Lithuanian: “Tungurahva”
  • Malay: “Gunung Tungurahua”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Tungurahua”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Tungurahua”
  • Norwegian: “Tungurahua”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Tungurahua”
  • Persian: “تونگوراهوا”
  • Polish: “Tungurahua”
  • Portuguese: “Vulcão Tungurahua”
  • Quechua: “Tunkurawa”
  • Russian: “Тунгурауа”
  • Serbian: “Тунгураја”
  • Serbian: “Тунгурауа”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Tungurahua (vulkan)”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Tungurahua”
  • Slovak: “Tungurahua”
  • Spanish: “Tungurahua”
  • Spanish: “Volcán Tungurahua”
  • Swahili: “Tungurahua”
  • Swedish: “Tungurahua”
  • Tatar: “Тунгурауа вулканы”
  • Turkish: “Tungurahua”
  • Ukrainian: “Тунґурауа”
  • Venetian: “Tungurahua”

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Motilones and Pondoa.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Tungurahua Volcano and Cima Tungurahua (5023m).

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