Volcan Altar
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| Elevation | 5319 |
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| Prominence | 2,072 m |
| First ascent | 1963 |
| Mountain range | Andes |
| Parent range | Andes |
| Ages of rock | Pliocene |
| Pleistocene | |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 2430465 |
About Volcan Altar
El Altar or Capac Urcu is an extinct volcano on the western side of Sangay National Park in Ecuador, 170 km south of Quito, with a highest point of 5,319 m. Spaniards named it so because it resembled two nuns and four friars listening to a bishop around a church altar.
