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Chimborazo

Chimborazo (Spanish pronunciation: [tʃimboˈɾaso]) is a currently inactive stratovolcano in the Cordillera Occidental range of the Andes. Its last known eruption is believed to have occurred around 550 CE.

With a peak elevation of 6,268 metres (20,564 ft), 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.

Geography

Location

Chimborazo is in the Cordillera Occidental of the Andes of central Ecuador, 150 km (93 mi) south-southwest of the capital Quito. It is a neighbor to 5,018 m high Carihuairazo. Chimborazo's summit rises 2,500 m above the surrounding highlands (~3,500 to 4,000 m) with a ~20 km wide base.

Under clear conditions the summit of Chimborazo can be seen from the coastal city Guayaquil, nearly 140 km away. The nearest cities are Riobamba (~30 km to the southeast), Ambato (~30 km to the northeast) and Guaranda (~25 km to the southwest). Chimborazo is surrounded by the Reserva de Produccion Faunistica Chimborazo which forms a protected ecosystem to preserve the habitat for the Andes native camelids of vicuña, llama and alpaca.

Volcano (Edie Brickell album)

Volcano is the second solo album (fourth album overall) by American singer/songwriter Edie Brickell, released in 2003 (see 2003 in music). The album sold about 21,000 copies as of November 2003.

Track listing

All songs written by Edie Brickell.

  • "Rush Around" – 3:33
  • "Oo La La" – 3:57
  • "I'd Be Surprised" – 2:43
  • "Songs We Used to Sing" – 4:51
  • "Once in a Blue Moon" – 4:22
  • "Volcano" – 4:41
  • "More Than Friends" – 4:36
  • "The Messenger" – 3:23
  • "The One Who Went Away" – 3:35
  • "Take a Walk" – 4:20
  • "Not Saying Goodbye" – 4:19
  • "Came a Long Way" – 5:32
  • "What Would You Do" – 4:49
  • Band members

  • Edie Brickellacoustic guitar, guitar, vocals, background vocals
  • Carter Albrechtclarinet, piano, keyboard, vibraphone
  • Andy Fairweather-Lowelectric guitar, acoustic hi string guitar
  • Steve Gaddpercussion, drums
  • Tony Garnierupright bass
  • Pino Palladinobass
  • George Recile – drums
  • Charlie Sexton – acoustic guitar, guitar, percussion, violin, cello, electric guitar, keyboard, viola, background vocals, mellotron, gut string guitar, lap steel guitar
  • Volcano (1942 film)

    Volcano is the eighth of the seventeen animated Technicolor short films based upon the DC Comics character of Superman, originally created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. This eight-minute animated short, produced by Fleischer Studios, features Superman's adventures in saving a small island community from a volcanic eruption. It was originally released on July 10, 1942 by Paramount Pictures.

    Plot

    The story begins with a narrator describing Mt. Monokoa, a volcano which has been dormant for about 300 years:

    "On this peaceful island crowned by the great volcano, Mt. Monokoa, occurred the mightiest erruption that ever shook the Earth, burying the beautiful city beneath it in molten lava, and creating destructive tidal waves that raced around the world. For 300 years, this mighty volcano lay dormant. A new and more beautiful city sprang up at its base. But now, after centuries of inactivity, slight tremors are being felt. At the Bureau of Meteorology, a group of scientists watchfully check delicate instruments to determine the seriousness of this renewed activity."

    Volcano (1950 film)

    Volcano (Italian title Vulcano) is a 1950 Italian drama film by the director William Dieterle and starring Anna Magnani. It was filmed on location on Salina Island, in the Aeolian Islands, and in Messina, Sicily, Italy.

    The film is seen by some as a vehicle of revenge by Magnani against her estranged lover, the director Roberto Rossellini who had chosen Ingrid Bergman to star in his film series about marriage over her. Rossellini filmed his film Stromboli on the nearby volcanic island of Stromboli at the same time as Volcano was being made on Salina.

    Both films were shot in similar locales in the Aeolian Islands only 12 miles apart; both actresses played independent-minded roles in a neorealist fashion; and both films were shot simultaneously. Life magazine wrote, "... in an atmosphere crackling with rivalry... Reporters were accredited, like war correspondents, to one or the other of the embattled camps.... Partisanship infected the Via Veneto (boulevard in Rome), where Magnaniacs and Bergmaniacs clashed frequently." However, Magnani still considered Rossellini the "greatest director she ever acted for".

    Chimborazo (disambiguation)

    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
  • Radio Stations - Chimborazo

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    Radio San Francisco, Sullana Contemporary Peru
    Radio Karibena Spanish Peru
    Radio Latina La Poderosa Spanish Peru
    Radio Fama Sur Lima Adult Contemporary Peru
    Peru Folk Radio Folk Peru
    Radio Santa Rosa Religious Peru
    Rádio Terra FM 98.1 Oldies,Spanish Peru
    Radio Rumba 99.9, Trujillo Varied Peru
    Radio 96 Bravaza-Trujillo - PERU Pop,Latin Hits Peru
    Radio Canto Grande Lima 97.7 Varied Peru
    Unión Radio AM 880 Lima Folk Peru
    Onda Cero Peru Latin Hits Peru
    Radio Andina Folk Peru
    Portal Cumbia Latin Hits Peru
    Radio Exitosa News Talk Peru
    Radio Doble N Varied Peru
    Top Latino Radio Pop,Top 40,Latin Hits Peru
    Radio Nacional del Peru 103.9 FM Public Peru
    Radio Super Stereo - Arequipa Spanish,World Tropical Peru
    San Borja 91.1 FM Latin Hits Peru
    Radio Libertad 820 Lima Classical Peru
    Radio Comas Lima 101.7 Varied Peru
    Bemol Radio Adult Contemporary Peru
    Panamericana Lima Latin Hits Peru
    Radio Bacan Sat World Tropical Peru
    Radio Callao Lima 1400 AM News Peru
    Pacífico Radio 640 AM Gospel Peru
    Unión Radio FM 103.3 Lima Folk Peru
    Radio Maria Peru Religious Peru
    Radio Planeta 107.7 Lima Varied Peru
    Radio Ovación Sports Peru
    Frecuencia Primera Varied Peru
    Ritmo Romantica 93.1 Varied Peru
    Radio Super Latina Folk Peru
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    Radio Yaravi, Arequipa News Talk Peru
    Radio Inca 540 AM Folk Peru
    Telestereo 88FM Lima Adult Contemporary Peru
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