El Altar

El Altar

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