Photo location game · Americas
Ecuador landmarks quiz: guess where 8 photos were taken
The 8 places in Ecuador from the game, with their photos and facts. Play a round first, then read about them below.
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Five photos from Ecuador. Tap the map for each one and see how far off you were.
Tap the map where you think this is
Where they are
7 on the mapAll 8 places
A colonial old town of churches high in the Andes.
Photo: Diego Delso / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
One of the world's most continuously active volcanoes, in the Ecuadorian Andes.
Photo: Dabit100 / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
The volcano whose summit is the farthest point from the Earth's centre.
Photo: Eduardo Navas / CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
A snow-capped cone of 5,897 metres, one of the world's highest active volcanoes.
Photo: Bernard Gagnon / CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
The 'Throat of Fire', a 5,023-metre volcano in the Ecuadorian Andes.
Photo: Dabit100 / David Torres Costales / CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
The volcano that towers over Quito, reached by cable car from the city.
Photo: Timwryan / CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
The only place on the equator with permanent snow, a 5,790-metre volcano.
Photo: Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
The easternmost Galápagos island, where Darwin first landed in 1835.
Photo: Diego Delso / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia CommonsHow to place them
From Cayambe down to Sangay volcano is 230 km, and the other places on the map sit between the two. The map below does not reach San Cristóbal Island, so it is not in the round.
Medium is the most common rating, with three of the eight photos. Historic Centre, Quito; Pichincha Volcano; and Cayambe are rated hard. Chimborazo and Cotopaxi volcano are rated easy. Sangay volcano is one of the world's most continuously active volcanoes, in the Ecuadorian Andes.
The daily in the app mixes photos from all 167 countries in the game, five a day, the same five for everyone.
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How many photos from Ecuador are in the game?
8. They run from Cayambe down to Sangay volcano, and a round picks five at random. The map does not reach San Cristóbal Island.
Which photo from Ecuador is the hardest?
Historic Centre, Quito; Pichincha Volcano; and Cayambe, all rated hard. You lose half the points for every 693 km you miss by.
Where is it easiest to get full points in Ecuador?
San Cristóbal Island, with a 60 km radius. A pin anywhere inside it scores the full 5,000.