Corazón (volcano)

Corazón
Corazón as seen from Rumiñahui
Highest point
Elevation4,790 m (15,720 ft)
Prominence906 m (2,972 ft)
Coordinates00°32′S 78°40′W / 0.533°S 78.667°W / -0.533; -78.667
Geography
Corazón
Parent rangeAndes
Geology
Mountain typeStratovolcano
Last eruptionPleistocene ages
Climbing
First ascentJuly 20, 1738 by Pierre Bouguer and Charles-Marie de La Condamine

Corazón (Spanish: "heart") is an inactive, eroded stratovolcano of Ecuador, situated about 30 km southwest of Quito in the western slopes of the Andes.

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