Antisana

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Antisana
Antisana highest at left.
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. It is the fourth highest volcano in Ecuador, at 18,871 ft. (5,752m), and is located 50 km SE of the capital city of Quito. Antisana presents one of the most challenging technical climbs in the Ecuadorian Andes.

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

[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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