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Antisana

American  
[ahn-tee-sah-nah] / ˌɑn tiˈsɑ nɑ /

noun

  1. Mount Antisana, an active volcano in northern central Ecuador, near Quito. 18,885 feet (5,756 meters).


Antisana British  
/ antiˈsana /

noun

  1. a volcano in N central Ecuador, in the Andes. Height: 5756 m (18 885 ft)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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There were miles of fantastic hiking trails on its 4,400-acre property, which bridged two parts of the Antisana National Park.

From New York Times Apr. 26, 2023

Moret's team decided to do its own survey of those patterns—not on Chimborazo, but on Antisana, the source of most of Humboldt's data.

From Science Magazine Sep. 11, 2019

What's more, Moret and his co-authors found that much of the data Humboldt displayed on the slopes of Chimborazo actually came from another volcano, 5700-meter Antisana, 130 kilometers to the northeast.

From Science Magazine Sep. 11, 2019

On Antisana, we found the hut in which Humboldt had slept in 1802!

From National Geographic Sep. 13, 2015

On the top of the Andes, at Antisana, I observed the sun-rise, and passed the whole night at the height of 2100 toises, without noting any appearance resembling this phenomenon.

From Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 by Ross, Thomasina

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