Reventador
Sign in to saveReventador is an active stratovolcano which lies in the eastern Andes of Ecuador. It lies in a remote area of the national park of the same name, which is Spanish for "exploder". Since 1541, it has erupted over 25 times, although its isolated location means that many of its eruptions have gone unreported.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Reventador is referenced by 185 other articles, and connects out to Andean Volcanic Belt, Spanish and Ecuador.
The entry is geolocated on the map in mountain_scale, across 12 mapped points.
Vinony files it under 21st-century volcanic events, Active volcanoes and Andean Volcanic Belt.
Its subject is documented across 28 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Mountain.name
- Reventador
- Mountain.photo
- ElReventador2012.jpg
- Mountain.photo_caption
- Cone of Reventador in 2012 (V. Scherrer)
- Mountain.elevation_m
- 3562
- Mountain.prominence_m
- 1086
- Mountain.translation
- Exploder
- Mountain.language
- Spanish
- Mountain.location
- Ecuador
- Mountain.map
- Ecuador
- Mountain.relief
- 1
- Mountain.map_size
- 225
- Mountain.label_position
- right
- Mountain.range
- Andes
- Mountain.type
- Stratovolcano (active)
- Mountain.volcanic_zone
- North Volcanic Zone
- Mountain.last_eruption
- October 1, 2024 (ongoing)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- Volcano
- Country
- Ecuador
- Located in
- El Chaco
- Elevation
- 3562
- Material used
- andesite
- Image
- Reventador volcano.jpg
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- mountain range
- Cordillera Real
- Commons category
- Reventador
- Commons gallery
- Reventador ashes over Quito - 2002
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Reventador is an active stratovolcano which lies in the eastern Andes of Ecuador. It lies in a remote area of the national park of the same name, which is Spanish for "exploder". Since 1541, it has erupted over 25 times, although its isolated location means that many of its eruptions have gone unreported.
The largest historical eruption occurred in 2002. During that eruption, the plume from the volcano reached a height of and pyroclastic flows proceeded to from the cone. On March 30, 2007, the mountain ejected ash to a height of about . No injuries or damage were reported. Its most recent eruption began on 27 July 2008, and it has remained in continuing eruption status (intermittent eruptive events without a break of 3 months or more) as of 15 October 2021.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Reventador” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
12 mapped locations