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Pasochoa
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Pasochoa (4,200 metres) is an extinct volcano located in the Guayllabamba river basin in the Ecuadorian Andes. The current mountain form is a collapsed crater with a semicircular shape. This structure emerged approximately 100 thousand years ago due to an eruption which destroyed the crater and occidental slope of the previous volcanic cone.

Key facts

Mountain.name
Pasochoa
Mountain.photo
Pasochoa.jpg
Mountain.photo_caption
Pasochoa as seen from Machachi
Mountain.elevation_m
4200
Mountain.location
Ecuador
Mountain.range
Andes
Mountain.map
Ecuador
Mountain.relief
1
Mountain.map_size
250
Mountain.label_position
right

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
mountain
Country
Ecuador
Elevation
4200
Image
Pasochoa.jpg
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mountain range
Cordillera Occidental
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Pasochoa (4,200 metres) is an extinct volcano located in the Guayllabamba river basin in the Ecuadorian Andes. The current mountain form is a collapsed crater with a semicircular shape. This structure emerged approximately 100 thousand years ago due to an eruption which destroyed the crater and occidental slope of the previous volcanic cone.

thumb|left|This is a shot from the Pasochoa's summit in 2018

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

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