# Atacazo

- **Country:** Ecuador
- **Coordinates:** -0.352778, -78.616944
- **Type:** Stratovolcano
- **Range:** Andes
- **Location:** Ecuador
- **Map Size:** 250
- **Map Relief:** 1
- **Elevation M:** 4463
- **Prominence M:** 1180
- **Last Eruption:** 320 BCE ± 16 years
- **Label Position:** right

Atacazo is a volcano of the Western Cordillera located 25 kilometers southwest of Quito, Ecuador. Atacazo is a stratovolcano formed by the action of a Late-Pleistocene to Holocene caldera. The last eruption of the Atacazo was nearly 2300 years ago.

![Photo of Atacazo](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a3/Atacazo_volcano.jpg)

**Source:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atacazo (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)