El Altar

Local nameEl Altar
LocationEcuador

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. In older English sources it is also called The Altar.

Tags Glacier
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More information and contact

Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Altar

Address Ecuador

Coordinates -1°40'44.3" N -78°24'48.368" E

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