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.
By elevation El Altar is
# 9 out of 1297 in Ecuador # 2 out of 60 in Morona Santiago # 2 out of 15 in Cantón Pablo Sexto # 6 out of 193 in Chimborazo # 2 out of 57 in Riobamba # 2 out of 48 in Parque Nacional Sangay # 1 out of 15 in Cantón Penipe # 9 out of 1258 in America/Guayaquil Time Zone (Ecuador mainland)
By prominence El Altar is
# 4 out of 1297 in Ecuador # 1 out of 60 in Morona Santiago # 1 out of 15 in Cantón Pablo Sexto # 2 out of 193 in Chimborazo # 1 out of 57 in Riobamba # 1 out of 48 in Parque Nacional Sangay # 1 out of 15 in Cantón Penipe # 4 out of 1258 in America/Guayaquil Time Zone (Ecuador mainland) # 20 out of 39148 in the Andes (Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela)
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