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The New Student's Reference Work/Chimborazo

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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.