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Andes · Ecuador
Cayambe
Cayambe is a glaciated compound volcano in Ecuador's Pichincha Province, about 70 km northeast of Quito, and the country's third-highest peak. Its southern slope, at roughly 4,690 m, is the highest point on Earth crossed by the Equator and the only point on the Equator with permanent snow cover — it is also the point on Earth's surface farthest from the planet's rotational axis.
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