El Altar
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.
- Volcano rising to 5,319 metres (17,451 feet)
- Description: volcano in Ecuador
- Also known as“Altar”“Altar, Ecuador”“Cerro Altar”“El Altar volcano”
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Latitude
-1.67196° or 1° 40′ 19″ south
Longitude
-78.41017° or 78° 24′ 37″ west
Open location code
67C38HHQ+6W
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OpenStreetMap feature
natural = volcano
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Venetian—“El Altar” goes by many names.
El AltarBasque
AltarCatalan
El AltarCatalan
Volcà El AltarCatalan
AltarCebuano
Altar (bolkan)Cebuano
El AltarChimborazo Highland Quichua
埃爾阿爾塔火山Chinese
Capac UrcuCzech
El AltarCzech
El AltarDutch
El AltarEsperanto
AltarGalician
El AltarGalician
Volcán El AltarGalician
ელ-ალტარიGeorgian
El AltarHungarian
El AltarItalian
アルタール山Japanese
エル・アルタールJapanese
El Altar volcanoLadin
El AltarasLithuanian
El AltarNorwegian
El AltarNorwegian Bokmål
El AltarPolish
Capac UrcuQuechua
El AltarQuechua
Kapak UrkuQuechua
Obispo urquQuechua
Qhapaq urquQuechua
АлтарRussian
Алтар (вулкан)Russian
El AltarSlovak
El AltarSwahili
AltarSwedish
El AltarSwedish
Алтар вулканыTatar
El AltarTurkish
АлтарUkrainian
El AltarVenetian
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