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Pichincha is an active volcano in the country of Ecuador whose capital Quito wraps around its eastern slopes. The province in which it is located takes its name from the mountain, as is the case for many of the other provinces in Ecuador (Cotopaxi, Chimborazo, Imbabura, etc). Image File history File links Download high resolution version (832x561, 154 KB) File links The following pages link to this file: Pichincha Battle of Pichincha ...
A topographical summit is a point on a surface which is higher in elevation than all points immediately adjacent to it. ...
Quito is a canton in Pichincha. ...
Pichincha is a province in Ecuador. ...
The most general definition of a mountain range is a group of mountains bordered by lowlands. ...
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Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically); large version (pdf) The geographic (earth-mapping) coordinate system expresses every horizontal position on Earth by two of the three coordinates of a spherical coordinate system which is aligned with the spin axis of the Earth. ...
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View of Mount Rainier, a stratovolcano. ...
The geologic time scale is used by geologists and other scientists to describe the timing and relationships between events that have occurred during the history of the Earth. ...
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2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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Map of Ecuador showing location of Quito. ...
Pichincha is a province in Ecuador. ...
Cotopaxi is an Ecuadorian stratovolcano. ...
Chimborazo is a province in Ecuador. ...
Imbabura is a province in Ecuador. ...
In October of 1999, the volcano erupted and covered the city with several inches of ash. Prior to that, the last major eruption was in 1660, when about a foot of ash fell on the city. The mountain's two highest peaks are the Guagua (15,695ft/4,794 m), which means "child" in Quechua and the Rucu (15413ft/4,698m), which means "old person". The active caldera is in the Guagua, on the western side of the mountain. Both peaks are visible from the city of Quito and are easily climbed. Guagua is usually accessed from the village Lloa outside of Quito. October is the tenth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ...
1999 (MCMXCIX) is a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...
Diamond Head, a well-known backdrop to Waikiki in Hawaii, is an ash cone that solidified into tuff Volcanic ash is the term for very fine rock and mineral particles less than 2 mm in diameter that are ejected from a volcanic vent. ...
Events Expulsion of the Carib indigenous people from Martinique by French occupying forces. ...
Quechua (Standard Quechua, Runasimi Language of People) is an Native American language of South America. ...
Crater Lake, Oregon A caldera is a volcanic feature formed by the collapse of a volcano into itself. ...
On May 24, 1822, in the context of the war of independence of Latin American, Patriot forces defeated a Spanish colonial army on the slopes of the Pichincha. The encounter, known as the Battle of Pichincha, sealed the independence of the lands that constitute modern Ecuador. May 24 is the 144th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (145th in leap years). ...
1822 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...
The Battle of Pichincha took place on 24 May 1822, on the slopes of the Pichincha volcano, 3,500 meters above sea-level, right next to the city of Quito, in modern Ecuador. ...
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