Cordillera Real
The Cordillera Real is a chain of mountains in the Andes of Ecuador, the largest of them volcanic. They are continued by the Cordillera Central of Peru to the south and the Cordillera Central of Colombia to the north.Photo: Quiz, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Mountain range
- Description: chain of mountains in Ecuador
- Also known as: “Cordillera of Quito”
Places of Interest
Highlights include El Altar.
El Altar
Volcano
Photo: Dabit100, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
Cordillera Real
- Category: landform
- Location: La Candelaria, Penipe, Chimborazo Province, Ecuador, South America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-1.6577° or 1° 39′ 28″ southLongitude
-78.3876° or 78° 23′ 15″ westOpen location code
67C38JR6+WXOpenStreetMap ID
node 8039958463OpenStreetMap feature
natural=mountain_rangeWikidata ID
Q1816015
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Venetian—“Cordillera Real” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Serralada Oriental”
- Central Bikol: “Cordillera Real (Ecuador)”
- Central Bikol: “Cordillera Real”
- Chinese: “厄瓜多爾中部山脈”
- Czech: “Cordillera Real”
- Czech: “Královská Kordillera”
- Czech: “Východní Kordillera”
- Dutch: “Cordillera Real”
- Esperanto: “Cordillera Real”
- Esperanto: “Reĝa Kordilero”
- French: “Cordillera de Quito”
- French: “Cordillera Real”
- French: “Cordillère Centrale”
- French: “Cordillère de Quito”
- French: “Cordillère Orientale”
- French: “Cordillère Real”
- German: “Cordillera Central”
- German: “Cordillera Real”
- Japanese: “オリエンタル山脈”
- Ladin: “Cordillera Real”
- Polish: “Cordillera Real”
- Polish: “Kordyliera Środkowa”
- Quechua: “Qhapaq Urqukuna”
- Quechua: “Qhapaq Walla”
- Russian: “Кордильера-Реаль (Эквадор)”
- Russian: “Кордильера-Реаль”
- Spanish: “Cordillera de Quito”
- Spanish: “Cordillera Oriental”
- Spanish: “Cordillera Real”
- Ukrainian: “Кордильєра-Реаль”
- Venetian: “Cordejera Real”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Verdepamba and Chagñan San Miguel.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Fraile Beato and Fraile Oriental.
Ecuador: Must-Visit Destinations
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