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Record SL-862838 · Wikidata Q988603

El Altar volcano

'''Capak Urcu'''
Ultra
Elevation
5,319 m
17,451 ft
Prominence
2,072 m
Isolation
Coordinates
1.6642° S, 78.4111° W
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El Altar volcano
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Description

Wikipedia

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, 170 km (110 mi) south of Quito, with a highest point of 5,319 m (17,451 ft). 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.

First ascent

Date
7 Jul 1963
Marino Tremonti, Ferdinando Gaspard and Claudio ZardiniNeate, Jill. ''Mountaineering in the Andes: A Sourcebook for Climbers''. Royal Geographical Society, 1994, p.26
Source · wikipedia

Best months

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Neighbouring summits

Name Elevation Bearing Distance
Fraile Oriental 5,060 m SE 136° 0.1 km
Canon 5,259 m W 250° 0.8 km
Tabernáculo 5,193 m S 169° 1.2 km
Monja Chica 5,080 m S 183° 2.1 km
Monja Grande 5,160 m S 194° 2.4 km
Obispo 5,319 m SW 210° 2.6 km