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Ecuador

Earth bulges at the equator, so the summit of Chimborazo is about 2 km farther from the planet's centre than Everest's, though Everest stands about 2,600 m higher above the sea.

Where its story happens

Chimborazo, at 1.47°S, 78.82°W. It's the place the game marks on the globe once the country is found. See it on a map.

Five things to know about Ecuador

In Geodar these are the five clues to this country, and it counts as one of the middling countries. The game asks the hardest clue first. Here the easiest comes first.

  1. Where it is. It's Ecuador, on the Pacific coast of South America, between Colombia and Peru. See Ecuador on a map.
  2. It is named after the equator, which crosses it just north of its capital, Quito.
  3. Charles Darwin's visit to its Galápagos Islands helped inspire his theory of evolution.
  4. The so-called Panama hat has always been woven here.
  5. The point on Earth's surface farthest from the planet's centre is a mountaintop here, not Everest.

Every line on this page is a clue or a fact from Geodar, drafted with AI and checked against a source. Spotted a mistake? Tell us.