Imbabura, Ecuador

Compound volcano · 4,609 m (15,121 ft)

Imbabura is a compound volcano in Ecuador, 4,609 m (15,121 ft) high. Its last known eruption: 1700 to 1799. NOAA records no significant eruption here.

Imbabura on the map

Imbabura 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: 4,609 m (15,121 ft)
Country: Ecuador
Summit: 0.258° N, 78.183° W
Last known eruption: 1700 to 1799
Holocene activity known from: Historical
Smithsonian volcano number: 352004

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.

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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.