El Altar

El Altar or Capac Urcu is an extinct volcano on the western side of in , 170 km south of , with a highest point of 5,319 m.
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  • Type: Volcano with an elevation of 5,319 metres
  • Description: volcano in Ecuador
  • Also known as: “Altar (volcan)”, “Altar (volcán)”, “Altar, Ecuador”, “Capac urcu”, “Capac Urcu”, “Cerro Altar”, “El altar”, “El Altar volcano”, “Kapak urku”, “Kapak Urku”, “Obispo urqu”, “Qhapaq urqu”, “Volcan El Altar”, and “エル・アルタール”

El Altar

Latitude
-1.67196° or 1° 40′ 19″ south
Longitude
-78.41017° or 78° 24′ 37″ west
Elevation
5,319 metres (17,451 feet)
Open location code
67C38HHQ+6W
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3255108269
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­volcano
Geo­Names ID
3660732
Wiki­data ID
Q988603
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Venetian—“El Altar” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “El Altar”
  • Catalan: “Volcà El Altar”
  • Cebuano: “Altar (bolkan)”
  • Cebuano: “Altar”
  • Chimborazo Highland Quichua: “El Altar”
  • Chinese: “埃爾阿爾塔火山”
  • Czech: “El Altar”
  • Dutch: “El Altar”
  • Esperanto: “El Altar”
  • French: “Altar”
  • Galician: “Volcán El Altar”
  • Georgian: “ელ-ალტარი”
  • German: “El Altar”
  • Hungarian: “El Altar”
  • Italian: “El Altar”
  • Japanese: “アルタール山”
  • Ladin: “El Altar volcano”
  • Lithuanian: “El Altaras”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “El Altar”
  • Norwegian: “El Altar”
  • Polish: “El Altar”
  • Portuguese: “El Altar”
  • Portuguese: “Vulcão El Altar”
  • Quechua: “Qhapaq Urqu”
  • Russian: “Алтар (вулкан)”
  • Russian: “Алтар”
  • Slovak: “El Altar”
  • Spanish: “Volcán El Altar”
  • Swahili: “El Altar”
  • Swedish: “Altar”
  • Swedish: “El Altar”
  • Tatar: “Алтар вулканы”
  • Ukrainian: “Алтар”
  • Venetian: “El Altar”

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