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Tungurahua volcano

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Tungurahua volcano
Tungurahua volcano. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

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Tungurahua (; from Quichua language tunguri (throat) and rahua (fire), "Throat of Fire") is an active stratovolcano located in the Cordillera Oriental of Ecuador. The volcano gives its name to the province of Tungurahua. Volcanic activity restarted on August 19, 1999, and is ongoing as of 2023, with several eruptive episodes since then, the most recent lasting from February 26 to March 16, 2016.

Adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)。Photography via Wikimedia Commons.

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