# Rumiñahui

- **Country:** Ecuador
- **Coordinates:** -0.633333, -78.533333
- **Type:** Stratovolcano
- **Range:** Andes
- **Language:** Quechua
- **Location:** Ecuador
- **Map Size:** 250
- **Map Relief:** 1
- **Elevation M:** 4721
- **Translation:** stone eye
- **Label Position:** right

Rumiñahui ( , Kichwa rumi stone, rock, ñawi eye, face, "stone eye", "stone face", "rock eye" or "rock face", Hispanicized spelling Rumiñahui, ) is a dormant, heavily eroded stratovolcano above sea level. Situated in the Andes mountains 40 km south of Quito, Ecuador, it is overshadowed by its famous neighbour Cotopaxi.

![Photo of Rumiñahui](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2d/Rumi%C3%B1ahui_volcano_Limpiopungo_Lagoon_ec.jpg)

**Source:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumiñahui_(volcano) (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)