What is "cayambe"

Cayambe (or Volcán Cayambe) is the name of a volcano located in the Cordillera Central, a range of the Ecuadorian Andes. It is located in Pichincha province some northeast of Quito. It is the third highest mountain in Ecuador.

Cayambe, which has a permanent snow cap, is a Holocene compound volcano which last erupted in March 1786. At on its south slope is the highest point in the world crossed by the Equator and the only point on the Equator with snow cover. The volcano and most of its slopes are within the Cayambe Coca Ecological Reserve.

Cayambe was first climbed by British adventurer Edward Whymper and his two Italian guides and companions Juan Antonio and Luis Carrel in 1880, and it is a favourite of mountain climbers today.

Cayambe Volcano

Cayambe may refer to:

• Cayambe (volcano), a stratovolcano in the Central Cordillera of the Ecuadorian Andes
• Cayambe (canton seat), a town located at the foot of the volcano
• Cayambe (canton), a canton governed from the town