Chimbora'zo,

Chimbora'zo, a conical peak of the Andes, in Ecuador, 20,517 feet above the sea, but only about 11,000 above the level of the valley of Quito, to the north. The 'silver bell' of perpetual snow and glacier was long erroneously regarded as the loftiest mountain not only in America but in the whole world. In 1745 La Condamine ascended to 16,730 feet; no complete ascent had been made, till Whymper in 1880 twice reached the summit.—The peak gives name to the province of Chimbora'zo, to the south, with an area of 5523 sq. m., and a pop. of 120,000.