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El Altar Volcano from the Summit of the Active and Mighty Stratovolcano 'Tungurahua' ('Throat of Fire' volcano) at 5,023 meters (16,479 feet) above sea level, Baños, the Central Highlands, Ecuador.
El Altar Volcano from the Summit of the Active and Mighty Stratovolcano 'Tungurahua' ('Throat of Fire' volcano) at 5,023 meters (16,479 feet) above sea level, Baños, the Central Highlands, Ecuador.

The Amazon rainforest is behind *El Altar.

*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.

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El Altar Volcano from the Summit of the Active and Mighty Stratovolcano 'Tungurahua' ('Throat of Fire' volcano) at 5,023 meters (16,479 feet) above sea level, Baños, the Central Highlands, Ecuador.

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