Carihuairazo
Mount Carihuairazo is an eroded stratovolcano neighboured by Ecuador's highest mountain Chimborazo. Carihuairazo has an elevation of 5,018 metres.
- Type: Volcano with an elevation of 5,018 metres
- Description: volcano in Ecuador
- Also known as: “Carhuarazo”, “Carihuairazo volcano”, “Carihuayrazo”, “Cerro Carihuairazo”, “Qariwayrasu”, “Qhariwayrasu”, “カリフアイラゾ山”, and “カリワイラソ”
Carihuairazo
- Categories: mountain, stratovolcano, and landform
- Location: Pilaguin (Pilahuin), Ambato Canton, Tungurahua Province, Ecuador, South America
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Latitude
-1.40781° or 1° 24′ 28″ south
Longitude
-78.75089° or 78° 45′ 3″ west
Elevation
5,018 metres (16,463 feet)
Open location code
67C3H6RX+VJ
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=volcano
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Carihuairazo” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بركان كاريوايراثو”
- Catalan: “Carihuairazo”
- Catalan: “volcà Carihuairazo”
- Cebuano: “Carihuairazo”
- Chimborazo Highland Quichua: “Carihuairazo”
- Chinese: “卡里瓦伊拉索火山”
- Czech: “Carihuairazo”
- Dutch: “Carihuairazo”
- French: “Carihuairazo”
- French: “Volcan Carihuairazo”
- Galician: “Volcán Carihuairazo”
- German: “Carihuairazo”
- Hausa: “Carihuairazo”
- Japanese: “カリワイラソ山”
- Ladin: “Carihuairazo volcano”
- Lithuanian: “Karihuairasas”
- Persian: “کاریهوآیرازو”
- Portuguese: “Vulcão Carihuairazo”
- Quechua: “Kariwayrasu”
- Slovak: “Carihuairazo”
- Spanish: “Volcán Carihuairazo”
- Swahili: “Carihuairazo”
- Swedish: “Carihuairazo”
- Ukrainian: “Каріуайрасо”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Páramos de Urbina and Lazabanza Callanarumi.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Carihuairazo and Cerro Santa Rosa.
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