Fire & Rain: An Exploration of Volcanoes and Rainforests in Latin America Selected Volcanoes of Latin America FACT SHEET 1

Ojos del Salado

Ojos del Salado is a stratovolcano in the Andes on the Argentina–Chile border and the highest active volcano in the world at 6,893 meters.

Elevation: 22,615′ (feet); First ascent: February 26, 1937

Sabancaya

Sabancaya is an active 5,976-meter stratovolcano in the Andes of southern Peru, about 100 kilometers northwest of Arequipa.

Elevation: 19,606′; Last eruption: 2003

Cotopaxi

Cotopaxi is an active stratovolcano in the Andes Mountains, located near the capital of the Cotopaxi Province. Cotopaxi is about 50 kilometers south of Quito, and 33 kilometers northeast of the city of Latacunga, Ecuador.

Elevation: 19,347′; Last eruption: August 2015; First ascent: Nov. 28, 1872

Ubinas

Ubinas is an active 5,672-metre stratovolcano in the Andes of southern Peru. Until 2006, this stratovolcano had not erupted for about 40 years.

Elevation: 18,609′; Last eruption: February 2014

Lascar

Lascar, a stratovolcano, is the most active volcano of the northern Chilean Andes.

Elevation: 18,346′; Last eruption: 2007; First ascent: October 30, 2015

Popocatépetl

Popocatépetl is an active volcano, located in the states of Puebla, Mexico, and Morelos, in Central Mexico, and lies in the eastern half of the Trans-Mexican volcanic belt.

Elevation: 17,802’; Last eruption: 2016; First ascent: 1519

Note: “First Ascent” is the first successful, documented attainment of the top of a mountain or volcano. In Latin America, the first ascent is often associated with colonialism, as they may be little or no physical evidence/documentation about the climbing activities of indigenous peoples living nearby.

Fire & Rain: An Exploration of Volcanoes and Rainforests in Latin America Selected Volcanoes of Latin America FACT SHEET 2

Sangay

Sangay is an active stratovolcano in central Ecuador. It is the most active volcano in Ecuador, despite erupting only three times in recorded history, because the eruption that started in 1934 is still ongoing.

Elevation: 17,388′; Last eruption: 2007; First ascent: August 4, 1929

Tungurahua

Tungurahua, is an active stratovolcano located in the Cordillera Oriental of Ecuador. The volcano gives its name to the province of Tungurahua.

Elevation: 16,480′; Last eruption: 2014; First ascent: 1873

Pichincha

Pichincha is an active stratovolcano in the country of Ecuador, whose capital Quito wraps around its eastern slopes. The two highest peaks of the mountain are Wawa Pichincha and Ruku Pichincha.

Elevation: 15,696′; Last eruption: 2002

Galeras

Galeras Volacno, Galeras is an Andean stratovolcano in the southwestern part of Colombia, and is one of Colombia’s most active volcanoes. Its summit rises 4,276 meters above sea level.

Elevation: 14,029′; Last eruption: January 3, 2010

Volcán de Fuego

Volcán de Fuego is an active stratovolcano in Guatemala, on the borders of Chimaltenango, Escuintla and Sacatepéquez departments.

Elevation: 12,346′; Last eruption: 2015

Note: “First Ascent” is the first successful, documented attainment of the top of a mountain or volcano. In Latin America, the first ascent is often associated with colonialism, as they may be little or no physical evidence/documentation about the climbing activities of indigenous peoples living nearby.