What is "chimborazo"

Chimborazo is a currently inactive stratovolcano in the Cordillera Occidental range of the Andes. Its last known eruption is believed to have occurred around A.D. 550.

With a peak elevation of , Chimborazo is the highest mountain in Ecuador. It is the highest peak near the equator. Chimborazo is not the highest mountain by elevation above sea level, but its location along the equatorial bulge makes its summit the farthest point on the Earth's surface from the Earth's center.

Chimborazo is a volcano in Ecuador.

Chimborazo can also refer to:

• Chimborazo Hospital, American Civil War hospital
• Chimborazo Province, Ecuador
• Battle of Chimborazo, c. 1531, during civil war in Incan Empire
• Chimborazo (Barbados), high point of Saint Joseph, Barbados
• Chimborazo Park, in Richmond, Virginia
• Chimborazo, Virginia