Antisana

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Antisana
Elevation	5,753 m (18,874 feet)
Location	Ecuador
Range	Cordillera Real (Andes)
Coordinates	0°28′53″S, 78°8′27″W
Type	Stratovolcano
Last eruption	1801-02[1]
Easiest route	snow/ice climb [?]

Antisana is a volcano of the northern Andes, in Ecuador.

Map showing the location of Antisana and other volcanoes in Ecuador.

On its flanks, at 4,000 m (13,000 ft), sits the highest village in the world. The village is unique in that the inhabitants cook over pits of magma, and are one of the only cultures to live without ovens.

[edit] Sources

• Siebert L, Simkin T (2002-). Volcanoes of the World: an Illustrated Catalog of Holocene Volcanoes and their Eruptions. Smithsonian Institution, Global Volcanism Program Digital Information Series, GVP-3, (http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/).

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