# Tungurahua

- **Country:** Ecuador
- **Coordinates:** -1.470000, -78.444700
- **Age:** Holocene (Gomez 1994)
- **Topo:** IGM, CT-ÑIV-D1
- **Type:** Stratovolcano (active)
- **Range:** Cordillera Oriental, Andes
- **Listing:** Ultra
- **Language:** Quechua
- **Location:** Ecuador
- **Elevation M:** 5023
- **Translation:** Throat of fire
- **First Ascent:** 1873 by Alphons Stübel and Wilhelm Reiss
- **Prominence M:** 1554
- **Easiest Route:** Scrambling/Snow/Ice PD
- **Last Eruption:** 1999 to 2017
- **Volcanic Zone:** Northern Volcanic Zone

Study of volcanic ash layers deposited in the lakes of El Cajas National Park show that there were major eruptions 3,034±621, 2,027±41, 1,557±177, 733±112 years ago (cal BP).

![Photo of Tungurahua](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ed/Volc%C3%A1n_Tungurahua_Riobamba_-_Ecuador.jpg)

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