Chimborazo (chĭm′ bṓ-rä′ zṓ), a peak of the Andes, in shape like a cone, lying in the republic of Ecuador, 20,517 feet above the sea. It was for a long time thought to be the highest mountain-peak in the world, and its snowclad top was named the Silver Bell. The mountain was first scaled by Whymper in 1880.
