Tungurahua Volcano

Tungurahua Volcano Geopark | Geoconservation, Geoeducation and Geotourism

Tungurahua Volcano

October 31, 2023

Active stratovolcano, in the Kichwa language it means “Throat of Fire”. Main Geosite of the Tungurahua Volcano Geopark, with its summit above 5,023 meters above sea level, it protects its volcanic evolution from the Pleistocene to the late Holocene, besides highlights the traces of his last eruptive period between 1999 and 2016 characterized by pyroclastic flows, lava flows, lahars and ash falls.

Tungurahua Volcano Geopark | Geoconservation, Geoeducation and Geotourism

Emblematic proposal focused on locally based Geoconservation, Geoeducation and Geotourism.

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