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    Botanical Gardens. "Guagua Pichincha Volcano". Volcano Discovery. Retrieved 2018-04-19. "Guagua Pichincha Volcano". Volcano Live. Retrieved 2018-04-19...
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    The Battle of Pichincha took place on 24 May 1822, on the slopes of the Pichincha volcano, 3,500 meters above sea-level, right next to the city of Quito...
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    Quito (redirect from Quito, Pichincha)
    Nambillo cloud forest Illiniza volcano Pasochoa Wildlife Refuge Pichincha volcano with its peaks Wawa Pichincha and Ruku Pichincha Quito is a city with a mix...
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    or Volcán Cayambe is a volcano in Ecuador, in the Cordillera Central, a range of the Ecuadorian Andes. It is located in Pichincha Province, some 70 km (43 mi)...
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    Pichincha (Spanish pronunciation: [piˈtʃintʃa]) is a province of Ecuador located in the northern Sierra region; its capital and largest city is Quito...
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  • Ecuador Pichincha Volcano, a stratovolcano northern part of the country Pichincha Province, in northern Sierra region around the volcano Pichincha Canton...
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    Ecuador, running from the edge of the city centre up the east side of Pichincha Volcano to lookout Cruz Loma. It is one of the highest aerial lifts in the...
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  • A list (incomplete) of volcanoes on Earth arranged by elevation in metres. A list (incomplete) of volcanoes on Earth arranged by elevation in meters from...
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    Ring of Fire (category Volcanoes of the Pacific Ocean)
    creation of numerous valleys formed by mudflows around the volcano. In October 1999, Pichincha Volcano erupted in Quito and covered the city with several inches...
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    1998 near Baños-Tunguragua Pichincha (4,784 metres (15,696 ft)) volcano overlooking Quito Partial, incomplete table of volcanoes in the north of the Ecuadorian...
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    independence from Spain. The Battle of Pichincha took place on 24 May 1822, on the slopes of the Pichincha volcano, near Quito in what is now Ecuador. The...
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    Cotopaxi (redirect from Cotopaxi volcano)
    some 300,000 people are at risk from the volcano in the provinces of Cotopaxi, Tungurahua, Napo and Pichincha. The first non-Spanish European who tried...
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    decisive battle took place on May 24, 1822, on the slopes of the Pichincha volcano, near Quito in what is now Ecuador, and was a total victory for the...
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    Pululahua (redirect from Pululahua Volcano)
    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...
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    Casitahua (category Geography of Pichincha Province)
    spelling: Casitagua) is a dormant, eroded volcano in the north of Quito Canton, Pichincha Province, Ecuador. The volcano is in the Western Cordillera of the...
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    is seen as Mama, and Guagua (Child) for Pichincha hence Taita Chimborazo, Mama Tungurahua and Guagua Pichincha. Chimborazo is in the Chimborazo Province...
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    Decade Volcano. Nevado del Ruiz A 1985 eruption created destructive lahar floods which engulfed the nearby town of Armero. Pichincha Volcano Tungurahua...
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  • Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution. "Guagua Pichincha Volcano". Volcano Live. Retrieved 2018-04-19. "Soufriere Hills". Global Volcanism...
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  • Antisana Pichincha Reventador Cayambe Chimborazo Siebert L, Simkin T (2002–present). Volcanoes of the World: an Illustrated Catalog of Holocene Volcanoes and...
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  • activity, such as the Quito swarm in 1998-1999 related to the Guagua Pichincha volcano. Magnitudes - Mw Moment magnitude scale, ML Richter magnitude scale...
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    elevation. The experiments were carried out in Ecuador and Peru, on Pichincha Volcano and mount Chimborazo. Bouguer wrote in a 1749 paper that they had...
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    Illiniza Antisana Pichincha Reventador Cayambe Chimborazo Geography portal South America portal Ecuador portal Mountains portal Volcanoes portal Andes portal...
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  • and approximately southeast of Guagua Pichincha Volcano, surrounded by some foothills of the Pichincha Volcano. 0°14′38″S 78°35′17″W / 0.244°S 78.588°W...
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    San Antonio de Pichincha, or simply San Antonio and less frequently by the older name San Antonio de Lulumpamba (alternate spelling: Lulumbamba), is a...
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    the Free Province, shows that the battle waged on the slopes of the Pichincha volcano, was not only the glory of Colombia and Peru, but that Guayaquil also...
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  • it is known from a single collection made in 1931 on the Pichincha Volcano. Because the volcano is adjacent to Quito, urban growth is considered to be a...
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    that it was crossed by the Zanguña ravine, which descended from the Pichincha volcano and crossed behind the Quito Cathedral, so priest Marcos Guerra built...
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    Nevado del Ruiz (redirect from Ruiz Volcano)
    de Herveo (English: Mesa of Herveo, the name of the nearby town) is a volcano on the border of the departments of Caldas and Tolima in Colombia, about...
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    by mountains, especially the massif formed by the Guagua and Ruco Pichincha volcanoes. The mountains were sacred to them. They established their burial...
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    atrium is made of andesite stone extracted from the quarry of the Pichincha volcano. The church and chapels, which were properly sacred places. The main...
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