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MOUNTAIN CALENDARS

Mountains Calendars
Mountains Calendars




READING

Trekking and Climbing in the Andes
Trekking and Climbing
in the Andes


Art of the Andes: From Chavin to Inca
Art of the Andes:
From Chavin to Inca


The Land of the Andes
The Land
of the Andes


The Cities of the Ancient Andes
The Cities of
the Ancient Andes


Treasures of the Andes : The Glories of Inca and Pre-Columbian South America
Treasures of the Andes : The Glories of Inca and Pre-Columbian South America


Mountain Environments: An Examination of the Physical Geography of Mountains
Mountain Environments: An Examination of the Physical Geography
of Mountains


Mountains and Our Moving Earth
Mountains and
Our Moving Earth


Mountains and Our Moving Earth
Mountains of the World:
A Global Priority




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The Andes Mountains Posters, Art and Photographic Prints
for social studies, history, geography, and language arts educators and home schoolers.


social studies > geography > South America > ANDES < mountains < geology < science


South America Continent Poster
South America Continent Poster

The Andes mountain range stretches along the western coast of South America from Venezuela and Colombia in the north through Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Argentina, and Chile to the south. The Andes were formed by tectonic forces and has many active volcanoes.


• “I was recently told, ‘You're a liar!’when I said to somebody I walked down the spine of the Andes. Every Spaniard in the sixteenth, seventeenth century did that. The idea that somebody could just walk! He can jog perhaps in the morning, but he can't walk anywhere! The world has become inaccessible because we drive there.” ~ Ivan Illich


Galeras Valley, Colombia, Photographic Print
Galeras Valley, Colombia,
Photographic Print

(01º13'0"N 77º22'0"W)

Galeras stratovolcano in southwestern Colombia near the city of Pasto, is one of sixteen Decade Volcanos. The list of volcanoes are those considered most dangerous due to “their history of large, destructive eruptions and proximity to populated areas”.


Cayambe Volcano, Photographic Print
Cayambe Volcano,
Photographic Print

(0º01'44"N 77º59'10"W)

Cayambe, the third highest mountain in Ecuador, is a stratovolcano with a permanent snowcap.


Terraced Fields at Arequipa with the Distant Volcano Chachani (The Beloved), Arequipa, Peru, Photographic Print
Terraced Fields at Arequipa
with the Distant Volcano Chachani (The Beloved), Arequipa, Peru,
Photographic Print

(16º11'29"S 71º31'47"W)

Nevado Chachani, one of highest volcanoes in southern Peru, has archaeological remains near the summit.


Plume from Eruption of Chaiten Volcano, Chile, Poster
Plume from Eruption of Chaiten Volcano, Chile, Poster

The volcanic caldera Chaiten is located in southern Chile near the Gulf of Corcovado.

Chaiten, which had been inactive for 9,500 years, began erupting in May of 2008; almost all inhabitants of the town of Chaitén and nearby villages were evacuated. The seimic and volcanic activity caused lahars, or flows of mud and debris, that in turn caused flooding that destroyed Chaiten. The town is being rebuilt.

Chaiten eruptions produced a translucent grey obsidian (volcanic glass) which was used by pre-Columbian cultures for artifacts.


Summit of Cotopaxi, and the Eruption of Cotopaxi, 1803, Published 1820s-30s, Giclee Print
Summit of Cotopaxi, and the Eruption of Cotopaxi, 1803, Published 1820s-30s,
Giclee Print

Alexander von Humbolt

Cotopaxi, a stratovolcano in the Andes Mountains, is located just 28 km (17 mi) south of Quito, the capital of Equador.

(highest active volcano in the world, 19,347 ft.)


Chimborazo Mountain (6310 Meters) the Highest Mountain in Ecuador, Chimborazo Reserve, Ecuador, Photographic Print
Chimborazo Mountain (6310 Meters) the Highest Mountain in Ecuador, Chimborazo Reserve, Ecuador, Photographic Print

(01º28'09"S 78º49'03"W)

Mount Chimborazo is an inactive startovolcano in Ecuador. Chimborazo's distinction is its summit being the furthest from the center of the Earth, all due to the equatorial bulge.


The Andes, Peru, Photographic Print
The Andes, Peru,
Photographic Print

The Inca ruins of Machu Picchu high in the Andes Mountains, Photographic Print
The Inca ruins of Machu Picchu high in the Andes Mountains, Photographic Print

Machu Picchu

A view of Lake Titicaca across to the snow-capped Andes Mountains, Photographic Print
A view of Lake Titicaca across to the snow-capped Andes Mountains, Photographic Print

Volcanic Peaks of Mt. Parincota and Mt. Pomerata on the Chile/Bolivia Border, Oruro, Bolivia, Photographic Print
Volcanic Peaks of Mt. Parincota and Mt. Pomerata on the Chile/Bolivia Border, Oruro, Bolivia,
Photographic Print


Houses with Huayna Potosi Behind, La Paz, Bolivia, Photographic Print
Houses with Huayna Potosi Behind, La Paz, Bolivia,
Photographic Print

Valley of the Moon and Andes Mountains at Sunset, San Pedro de Atacama, Chile, Photographic Print
Valley of the Moon and Andes Mountains at Sunset, San Pedro de Atacama, Chile, Photographic Print


The Cuernos del Paine (Horns of Paine) at Sunrise, Patagonia, Chile, Photographic Print
The Cuernos del Paine (Horns of Paine) at Sunrise, Patagonia, Chile, Photographic Print

Cinchona from 'Phytographie Medicale' by Joseph Roques, Published in 1821, Giclee Print
Cinchona from 'Phytographie Medicale' by Joseph Roques, Published in 1821, Giclee Print

• more medicinal plants - Cinchona is the source of quinine used to treat malaria.

Faults & Folds, Earth Processes Poster

Earth Processes Poster Series

Faults & Folds, Volcanoes, Erosion & Weathering, and more...


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