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Chimborazo

noun
1.
A mountain peak in the Andes in Ecuador (20,560 feet high).





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... was the railroad I was to work for. All of which was nothing to what he told me in the next few minutes. The road ran from sea level at Duran up to twelve thousand feet on Chimborazo and down to ten thousand at Quito on the other side the range. And it was so dangerous that the trains didn't run nights. The through passengers had to get off and sleep in the towns at night while the train waited for daylight. ...
— The Red One • Jack London
... neighbouring hills: the great distance at which they are situated can then more readily be perceived. The volcano of Aconcagua is particularly magnificent. This huge and irregularly conical mass has an elevation greater than that of Chimborazo; for, from measurements made by the officers in the Beagle, its height is no less than 23,000 feet. The Cordillera, however, viewed from this point, owe the greater part of their beauty to the atmosphere through which ...
— The Voyage of the Beagle • Charles Darwin


Words linked to "Chimborazo" :   mountain peak, Republic of Ecuador, Ecuador, Andes


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