Chimborazo volcano
Description:
Chimborazo volcano is located in Ecuador and due to its location on the equator is the most distant point of our planet, if you count from its center. Mount Chimborazo is located in the Andes, just 150 kilometers from the capital of Ecuador – Quito.
The mountains in this area stretch for several tens of kilometers, the lowest of them is about 2000 meters high, and the average height of the mountains in this area is 4000 meters. Among these mountains majestically rises the volcano Chimborazo, the top of which is always covered with snow and ice.
At the peak of this volcano is the most distant point from the center of the planet. Chimborazo has long been dormant: the last eruption occurred two to three thousand years ago. The height of the Chimborazo volcano is 6384 meters. By European standards, the mountain is incredibly high. The most distant point from the center of the Earth Chimborazo was due to its successful location.
The volcano is regularly made group climbs, in Ecuador there are agencies that organize them.