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Tungurahua Volcano Photos. Stratovolcano 5023 m (16,479 ft) Ecuador, -1.47°S / -78.44°W. Tungurahua, Ecuador. October, 2012 (path of pyroclastic flows on into valley toward village of Pondoa). (Photo: volcanomike)
5 sty 2016 · Ejecta traveled 1,000 m from the crater, an ash plume rose 2 km, and pyroclastic flows traveled down several drainages on the NW flank at Tungurahua on 26 February 2016 in this thermal image taken from the Mandur camera.
7 sie 2024 · Ecuador, -1.47°S / -78.44°W. Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5) Last update: 7 Aug 2024 (Smithsonian / USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report) Tungurahua is one of South America's most active volcanoes. Since 2000, a new lava dome has been growing in its summit crater.
Tungurahua 5,023 metres (16,480 ft) is located in the Cordillera Oriental of the Andes of central Ecuador, 140 kilometres (87 mi) south of the capital Quito. Nearby notable mountains are Chimborazo (6,263 metres (20,548 ft)) and El Altar (5,319 metres (17,451 ft)).
27 lis 2011 · Two sequences of images from the OVT webcam, located near Guadalupe, about 13 km N of the crater, of the large explosions and ash emissions at Tungurahua that began at 2239 on 1 February 2014. Pyroclastic flows descended ravines on the NW and NE flanks.
Tungurahua is an active stratovolcano located in the Cordillera Oriental of Ecuador. Tungurahua has an elevation of 5,023 metres. Mapcarta, the open map.
