# The Illinizas

- **Country:** Ecuador
- **Coordinates:** -0.659444, -78.713611
- **Age:** Holocene
- **Type:** Stratovolcano
- **Range:** Andes
- **Listing:** UltraList of volcanoes in Ecuador
- **Location:** Latacunga, Cotopaxi, Ecuador
- **Elevation:** Illiniza Sur:    5248 mIlliniza Norte: 5126 m
- **Elevation M:** 5126
- **First Ascent:** Iliniza Sur: May 1880 by Jean-Antoine Carrel and Louis CarrelIliniza Norte: March 1912 by Nicolás Martínez and Alejandro Villavicencio.
- **Prominence M:** 1750
- **Last Eruption:** Unknown

The Illinizas are a pair of volcanic mountains that are located in the north of Latacunga, Cotopaxi, Ecuador. They are located in the Illinizas Ecological Reserve . These twin mountains are separated by a saddle that is about a kilometer long. The peaks are among the highest in Ecuador, with Illiniza Sur standing slightly taller than Illiniza Norte, its northern counterpart, at 5248 metres and 5126 metres respectively.

![Photo of The Illinizas](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5b/Illinza_volcano_ec.jpg)

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