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Ecuador

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Ecuador The South American nation named for zero latitude; clued by its Costa/Sierra/Oriente divisions and constitutional rights for nature.
Quito The national capital of Ecuador; the oldest capital in South America, built on the volcanic slopes of Pichincha.
Mount Chimborazo The inactive Andean volcano whose summit is the farthest surface point from the center of the Earth.
Guayaquil The most populous city and main port of Ecuador, located on the west bank of the Guayas River.
Cotopaxi Ecuador's highest active volcano, famous for its symmetrical cone and its depiction by painter Frederic Edwin Church.
Pichincha The active volcano looming over Quito, accessible via a gondola in the Teleférico district and site of an 1822 battle.
Galapagos Islands The Pacific archipelago owned by Ecuador, famous for its giant tortoises, marine iguanas, and unique biodiversity.
Isabela Island The largest island in the Galapagos archipelago, shaped by multiple shield volcanoes on the Nazca Plate hotspot.
Santa Cruz The second-largest Galapagos island, home to Puerto Ayora and the Charles Darwin Research Station.
Darwin's Finches The classic quiz bowl avian group whose varying beak properties on the Galapagos catalyzed the theory of natural selection.
Lonesome George The century-old Pinta Island tortoise who was the last of his subspecies before passing away at a research station.
Guayas River The largest Pacific-discharging river system in South America, dictating the geography of the port of Guayaquil.
Naturgemalde Alexander von Humboldt's pioneering cross-sectional botanical and ecological map drafted during his 1802 attempt on Chimborazo.
Baltazar Ushca The legendary indigenous cultural figure recognized as the "last hielero" (ice harvester) of Mount Chimborazo.
Cuenca The southern Ecuadorian city under which the ancient Cañari and Incan city of Tumebamba lies mostly buried.
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