Volcano · Ecuador

Pichincha Volcano

Elevation

4,784 m

#626

in the world

#17

in Ecuador

Pichincha Volcano is a volcano in Ecuador, rising to 4,784 m, the 17th highest we list in Ecuador.

Nearest town

Quito

12 km away

Type

Volcano

GeoNames feature code VLC

Where it is

Pichincha Volcano lies in Ecuador, in Pichincha.

Key facts

Elevation

4,784 m (15,696 ft)

Surveyed elevation, GeoNames

Type

Volcano

Region

Pichincha

Coordinates

-0.171, -78.613

How it ranks

Among peaks in Ecuador

#17of 39

LargestSmallest

Among all listed peaks

#626of 14,616

LargestSmallest

Nearest peaks

Nearest peaks, by distance from this summit
Peak	Elevation	Distance
Casitagua	3,569 m	19 km
Atacazo	4,463 m	21 km
Cerro Ilaló	3,169 m	24 km
Pululagua	3,356 m	28 km
Pasochoa	4,200 m	33 km
Corazón	4,790 m	41 km

Nearest cities

The closest places in our city dataset to Pichincha Volcano.

Nearest cities, by distance from this summit
City	Country	Population	Distance
Quito	Ecuador	2,781,641	12 km
Pomasqui	Ecuador	28,724	22 km
Machachi	Ecuador	25,742	38 km
Cayambe	Ecuador	26,582	57 km
Otavalo	Ecuador	32,330	60 km

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Elevation and coordinates from GeoNames; prominence, isolation, range and first-ascent data from Wikidata. GeoNames publishes no date for elevation figures, so none is shown.