Tungurahua facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Tungurahua
View from Riobamba (September 2011)
Highest point
Elevation	5,023 m (16,480 ft)
Prominence	1,554 m (5,098 ft)
Listing	Ultra
Naming
English translation	Throat of fire
Language of name	Quechua
Geography
Location	Ecuador
Parent range	Cordillera Oriental, Andes
Topo map	IGM, CT-ÑIV-D1
Geology
Age of rock	Holocene (Gomez 1994)
Mountain type	Stratovolcano (active)
Volcanic arc/belt	Northern Volcanic Zone
Last eruption	2000 to 2018 (ongoing)
Climbing
First ascent	1873 by Alphons Stübel and Wilhelm Reiss
Easiest route	Scrambling/Snow/Ice PD

Tungurahua, ( from Quichua tunguri (throat) and rahua (fire), "Throat of Fire") is an active stratovolcano located in the Cordillera Oriental of Ecuador. The volcano gives its name to the province of Tungurahua.

Volcanic activity restarted on August 19, 1999, and is ongoing as of 2013^[update], with several major eruptions since then, the last starting on 1 February 2014.

Images for kids

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  False-color satellite image of Tungurahua (center right, with plume of ash emanating from it) and its neighbor Chimborazo (center left)

See also

In Spanish: Volcán Tungurahua para niños