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Ecuador landmarks quiz: guess where 8 photos were taken
The 8 Ecuador locations from the game, laid out with their photos and facts. Play a round first, then read.
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Five Ecuador photos. For each one, tap the spot on the map and see how far off you were.
Tap the map where you think this is
Where they are
7 on the mapAll 8 places
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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
Start at Cayambe and head south; Sangay volcano is the last of the 7 mainland places, 230 km on. San Cristóbal Island is too far out for the map below and sits out the map round.
Between Chimborazo and Cotopaxi volcano at one end and Historic Centre, Quito and Pichincha Volcano at the other sit three medium photos. Sangay volcano is one of the world's most continuously active volcanoes, in the Ecuadorian Andes.
Ecuador is one country. The daily draws from all 167.
Play the daily in the appQuestions & answers
How many Ecuador photos does the game have?
8. They run from Cayambe down to Sangay volcano, counting one outside the mainland map, and a round takes five at random.
What is the hardest Ecuador round?
Start with Historic Centre, Quito, Pichincha Volcano and Cayambe. Hard photos halve in value with each 451 km of miss.
Where is full marks easiest in Ecuador?
San Cristóbal Island: 60 km of leeway, the most generous circle on this page.