Videos tagged with "stratovolcano"

Antisana Volcano is 5.75 km high, Napo, Ecuador [02:56]
Driving from Amazon Basin to Antisana Volcano; a stratovolcano of the northern Andes in South America. It is 5753 meters (18875 ft) high and presents one of the most challenging technical climbs in the Ecuadorian Andes. A very rare view from Papallacta hot springs, since most often is hidden in the clouds formed by humidity drifting from Amazon Basin.
Tags: Antisana, volcano, Andes, stratovolcano, Papallacta, Ecuador, Amazon, South America

footage = COTOPAXI last flowers (+/- 4500m) [00:33]
Cotopaxi is a stratovolcano in the Andes Mountains, located about 28 km (17 mi) south of Quito, Ecuador, South America. It is the second highest summit in the country, reaching a height of 5897 m (19347 ft). en.wikipedia.org
Tags: Cotopaxi, Ecuador, Andes, Mountains, stratovolcano, Ascent, Climbing, South, America, andinism

The World in One Minute: Mt. Cotopaxi, Ecuador [01:03]
Today I embarked on a journey to the stratovolcano Cotopaxi. It's the second highest peak in Ecuador. After a bumpy, two-hour drive, I was ready to rock the mountain. Turns out altitude and I don't mesh, so Cotopaxi and all of it's 19347 ft rocked me. And I was only at 17500 ft.
Tags: Cotopaxi, Andes Mountains, Ecuador, hiking, altitude sickness, tw1m, The World in One Minute, Vanessa Villanova

Erupting Volcano Tungurahua in Ecuador [00:40]
Tungurahua is an active stratovolcano located in the Cordillera Central of Ecuador. Volcanic activity restarted in 1999 and is ongoing as of 2008 with major eruptions on August 16, 2006, February 6, 2008 and and 28 May 2010. During our visit to Baños, volcano Tungurahua was showing a lot of activity. We rode ATVs to have a closer look where we could hear the rumble of the angry volcano. This quick video was a surprise to us, when a large plume of ash erupted from the cone as we were driving home.
Tags: volcanoes and eruptions, ecuador volcanoes, Tungurahua, banos ecaudor, volcano videos, twobackpackers, backpacking

El Teleférico de Quito [02:09]
El Teleférico is a gondola lift in Quito, Ecuador, running from the edge of the city centre up the east side of Pichincha Volcano to lookout Cruz Loma. It is one of the highest aerial lifts in the world, rising from 2950 metres (8850 ft) to 4100 metres (13400 ft). The ascent takes 40 minutes, travelling 2500 linear metres. Pichincha is an active stratovolcano in the country of Ecuador, whose capital Quito wraps around its eastern slopes. The mountain's two highest peaks are the Guagua (4784 metres (15696 ft)), which means "child" in Quechua and the Rucu (4698 metres (15413 ft)), which means "sleeping". The active caldera is in the Guagua, on the western side of the mountain. . In October of 1999, the volcano erupted and covered the city with several inches of ash. Prior to that, the last major eruption was in 1660, when about a foot of ash fell on the city. On 24 May 1822, in the context of the war of independence of Latin America, Patriot forces defeated a Spanish colonial army on the slopes of the Pichincha. The encounter, known as the Battle of Pichincha, sealed the independence of the lands that constitute modern Ecuador. The Cotopaxi is known for being the highest volcano of the world, is in the central zone of Ecuador, in the mountain chain of the Andes to 2.750 meters of altitude, near Quito. The Cotopaxi is an active volcano and has 5.897 m of height.
Tags: Quito, Pichincha, Teleférico, Ecuador, Cotopaxi