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.
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Latitude
-1.6773° or 1° 40′ 38″ south
Longitude
-78.4176° or 78° 25′ 3″ west
Open location code
67C38HFJ+3X
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=glacier
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