Pululagua
Sign in to savePululahua is a dormant volcano in the north of Quito Canton, Pichincha Province, Ecuador. The volcano is in the Western Cordillera of the northern Ecuadorian Andes, approximately west-southwest of Mojanda and north of Casitahua volcanoes. Pululahua's caldera is approximately 5 km wide.The volcano is within an Ecuadorian national park known as Reserva Geobotánica Pululahua.
Key facts
- Mountain.name
- Pululahua
- Mountain.photo
- Pululagua Volcano 1.JPG
- Mountain.photo_caption
- Pululahua in Reserva Geobotánica Pululahua
- Mountain.elevation_m
- 3360
- Mountain.width_km
- 4
- Mountain.area_km2
- 13
- Mountain.native_name_lang
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- Mountain.country
- Ecuador
- Mountain.district
- Pichincha Province
- Mountain.settlement
- Quito
- Mountain.formed_by
- Subduction
- Mountain.orogeny
- Andean Orogeny
- Mountain.age
- 40 ka
- Mountain.type
- Caldera, Lava dome
- Mountain.geology
- Andesite, Dacite
- Mountain.volcanic_belt
- Andes Mountains
- Mountain.last_eruption
- 290 CE
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Pululahua is a dormant volcano in the north of Quito Canton, Pichincha Province, Ecuador. The volcano is in the Western Cordillera of the northern Ecuadorian Andes, approximately west-southwest of Mojanda and north of Casitahua volcanoes. Pululahua's caldera is approximately 5 km wide.The volcano is within an Ecuadorian national park known as Reserva Geobotánica Pululahua.
== Geology == Volcanism at Pululagua is the result of subduction as the Nazca plate subducts under the South American plate. Research show that past eruptions were large and violent, with the last eruption taking place in 290 CE. Past eruptions have deposited ash between 10 and 1000 m thick.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pululagua” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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