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South America / Ecuador / Pichincha / Corazón volcano
Record SL-862837 · Wikidata Q869065

Corazón volcano

No list classifications
Elevation
4,790 m
15,715 ft
Prominence
906 m
Isolation
Coordinates
0.5333° S, 78.6667° W
Grid ref
Corazón volcano
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Description

Wikipedia

Corazón (Spanish: "heart") is an inactive, eroded stratovolcano of Ecuador, situated about 30 km southwest of Quito in the western slopes of the Andes.

First ascent

Date
20 Jul 1738
Pierre Bouguer and Charles-Marie de La CondamineLa Condamine, Charles-Marie de. ''Journal du voyage fait par ordre du Roi, a L'E'quateur, servant d'introduction historique a la mesure des trois premiers degre's du me'ridien''. A Paris : de l'Imprimerie Royale, 1751, p.58
Source · wikipedia

Best months

Rows beneath each bar: mean temperature, monthly precipitation. Highest-scoring month in red.

Neighbouring summits

Name Elevation Bearing Distance
La Moya 3,522 m E 106° 4.9 km