Chimborazo
Chim·bo·ra·zo
geographical name \ˌchēm-bō-ˈrä-(ˌ)zō\Definition of CHIMBORAZO
mountain 20,561 feet (6267 m) W cen Ecuador
Chimborazo
(Concise Encyclopedia)Mountain peak, Ecuador. The highest peak in Ecuador, elevation 20,702 ft (6,310 m), it was once thought to be the highest in the Andes Mountains (see Mount Aconcagua). An inactive volcano, it is heavily glaciated. Many attempted to climb it in the 18th and 19th centuries, but the summit was not reached until 1880, by the English mountaineer Edward Whymper.
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