Cayambe, Ecuador

Compound volcano · 5,790 m (18,996 ft)

Cayambe is a compound volcano in Ecuador, 5,790 m (18,996 ft) high. Its last known eruption: 1700 to 1799. NOAA records no significant eruption here.

Cayambe on the map

Cayambe and the volcanoes within 300 km, colored by when each last erupted.

Since 1964
1900 to 1963
1800s
AD 1 to 1799
Before AD 1, or undated

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The volcano

Type: Compound volcano
Elevation: 5,790 m (18,996 ft)
Country: Ecuador
Summit: 0.029° N, 77.986° W
Last known eruption: 1700 to 1799
Holocene activity known from: Historical
Smithsonian volcano number: 352006

Significant eruptions

NOAA records eruptions that killed, did damage, were very large, or set off a tsunami or earthquake.

None on record.

Around it

The volcanoes within 300 km.

Earthquakes near Cayambe Volcanic ash advisories on the live map

Sources

Volcanoes and significant eruptions from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Hazard Database, cited as NCEI/WDS, doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7. Public domain. Read 2026-09-24. Volcano numbers are the Smithsonian Institution’s Global Volcanism Program’s.