Ruminahui volcano

Stratovolcano 4712 m / 15459 ft
Ecuador, -0.58°S / -78.5°W
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)

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Typical eruption style: unspecified
Ruminahui volcano eruptions: None during the past 10,000 years
Less than few million years ago (Pleistocene)

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Background

Rumiñahui is a Pliocene or Pleistocene stratovolcano with a summit caldera NE of Cotopaxi volcano (Hall 1987, pers. comm.).
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Source: Smithsonian / GVP volcano information

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