El altar
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| height | 5319 m | |
| location | Ecuador | |
| Mountains | To the | |
| Coordinates | 1 ° 40 ′ 0 ″ S , 78 ° 25 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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| Type | Stratovolcano | |
| Age of the rock | Pliocene or Pleistocene | |
| First ascent | 1963 | |
El Altar ( Kichwa : Kapak Urku , from Quechua Qhapaq Urqu "mighty mountain", "royal mountain") is a 5319 meter high inactive stratovolcano of the Andes in the west of the Sangay National Park in Ecuador ( Chimborazo province ), approx. 170 km south of the Capital Quito . It originated in the Pliocene and the Pleistocene . Its caldera is to the west.
Nine of its peaks are over 5000 meters high. At an altitude of 4200 meters there is a crater lake called Laguna Collanes or Laguna Amarilla. The last eruption is unknown, but it probably occurred before 1460.
Web links
Commons : El Altar - collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ El Mercurio de Cuenca, October 25, 2009 ( Memento of the original from October 29, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://www.actiweb.es/kapakurku/index.html
