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Guagua Pichincha Volcano (Ecuador)

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Geographic headingGuagua Pichincha Volcano (Ecuador)
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Geographic subdivision usageEcuador--Guagua Pichincha Volcano
Variant(s)Pichincha Volcano (Ecuador)
Rucu Pichincha Volcano (Ecuador)
Ruku Pichincha Volcano (Ecuador)
Volcán Guagua Pichincha (Ecuador)
Volcán Pichincha (Ecuador)
Wawa Pichincha Volcano (Ecuador)
See alsoMountains--Ecuador
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Volcanoes--Ecuador
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Found inWork cat.: Hall, M.L. Mapa de los peligros volcánicos potenciales asociados con el Volcán Guagua Pichincha-Provincia de Pichincha, 1988 (the Guagua Pichincha Volcano is located on the western side of the Pichincha volcanic complex in Ecuador -whose capital city, Quito, lies on the lower eastern slopes of this volcanic complex)
Aguilar, F.C. El Pichincha : memoria histórica y científica sobre el volcán Pichincha, 1868: p. 1 (historic and scientific memoir on the Pichincha Volcano; report of a journey to its crater on 13-14 April 1868, following its latest eruption in March)
GEOnet, viewed August 1, 2017 (Volcán Pichincha; variant: Guagua Pichincha; Ecuador, 00°10ʹ29ʺS 078°36ʹ03ʺW; volcano)
Wikipedia, viewed August 1, 2017: under Pichincha Volcano (Pichincha is an active stratovolcano in Ecuador, whose capital Quito wraps around its eastern slopes; the two highest peaks of the mountain are Wawa Pichincha (Hispanicised: Guagua Pichincha) and Ruku Pichincha (Hispanicised: Rucu Pichincha); the active caldera is in Wawa Pichincha on the western side of the mountain)
Smithsonian Institution, Global Volcanism Program website, viewed August 1, 2017 (Guagua Pichincha, Ecuador; geological summary: Guagua Pichincha and the older Pleistocene Rucu Pichincha stratovolcanoes form a broad volcanic massif that rises immediately to the W of Ecuador's capital city)
Not found inLippincott; Rand McNally; Web. geog.; BGN, 8/16/89