El Altar
El Altar is a volcano in Ecuador, 5,319 m high. It last erupted in Unknown.
- Elevation
- 5,319 m
- Type
- Stratovolcano (extinct)
- Last eruption
- Unknown
El Altar or Capac Urcu (possibly from Kichwa kapak principal, great, important / magnificence, urku mountain) is an extinct volcano on the western side of Sangay National Park in Ecuador, south of Quito, with a highest point of . Spaniards named it so because it resembled two nuns and four friars listening to a bishop around a church altar. In older English sources it is also called The Altar.
Details
- Age
- Pliocene-Pleistocene
- Type
- Stratovolcano (extinct)
- Range
- Andes
- Listing
- UltraList of volcanoes in Ecuador
- Location
- Ecuador
- Map Size
- 260
- Map Relief
- 1
- Other Name
- Capak Urcu
- Elevation M
- 5319
- First Ascent
- 7 July 1963 by Marino Tremonti, Ferdinando Gaspard and Claudio Zardini
- Prominence M
- 2072
- Easiest Route
- rock/ice climb
- Last Eruption
- Unknown
- Label Position
- right
Questions about El Altar
Where is El Altar?
El Altar is in Ecuador.
How high is El Altar?
El Altar is 5,319 m high.
When did El Altar last erupt?
El Altar last erupted in Unknown.