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Also known as Antisana

Antisana is a stratovolcano of the northern Andes, in Ecuador. It is the fourth highest volcano in Ecuador, at , and is located SE of the capital city of Quito.

Key facts

Mountain.name
Antisana
Mountain.image
Volcan Nevado antisana camilogaleano(com).jpg
Mountain.image_caption
Northwest face of Antisana volcano at sunrise
Mountain.elevation_m
5753
Mountain.prominence_m
1678
Mountain.listing
Ultra
Mountain.location
Ecuador
Mountain.range
Cordillera Real (Andes)
Mountain.map
Ecuador
Mountain.map_size
220
Mountain.label_position
left
Mountain.type
Stratovolcano
Mountain.volcanic_zone
North Volcanic Zone
Mountain.last_eruption
1801 to 1802
Mountain.easiest_route
snow/ice climb [?]

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
stratovolcano
Country
Ecuador
Located in
Quijos Canton
Continent
Americas
Elevation
5758
Location
Ecuador
Image
Antisana.jpg
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Commons category
Antisana
topographic prominence
1678
mountain range
Andes
located in protected area
Antisana National Park
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Encyclopedic overview

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Antisana is a stratovolcano of the northern Andes, in Ecuador. It is the fourth highest volcano in Ecuador, at , and is located SE of the capital city of Quito.

Antisana presents one of the most challenging technical climbs in the Ecuadorian Andes. Next to the Pichincha, Cotopaxi, Tungurahua and Chimborazo, the Antisana belongs to the five volcanic mountains that the Prussian-born explorer Alexander von Humboldt tried to climb in 1802 during his American journey. In 1965, the American climber Edwin Bernbaum alongside two Ecuadorean climbers, Rómulo Pazmino and Leonardo Droira, made the first ascent of South Antisana.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Antisana volcano” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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