Location: 1.46S 78.82W
Chimborazo (1.6S 78.6W) is located in the Inter-Andean Graben,
a north-northeast trend structural depression that separates the Western and Eastern
Cordillera of the Andes in Ecuador. It is a Quaternary
volcano that has not erupted in historical time. Elevation of the summit is 20,700
feet (6,310 m). The summit of Chimoborazo constitutes the furtest point from the
center of the Earth because of the high elevation, the location of the mountain
at the equator and the oblateness of the Earth.
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