Altar

sopka (bez známé erupce za posledních ~12 000 let), Ecuador, South America Volcanic Regions

Kde

Ecuador, South America Volcanic Regions

Typ (GVP)

Stratovolcano

Nadmořská výška

5 321 m

Poloha

-1,670°, -78,420°

Altar is a large stratovolcano of Plio-Pleistocene age with a caldera breached to the west (Hall 1987, pers. comm.). Indian legends report that the top of Altar collapsed after seven years of activity in about 1460, but the caldera is considered to be older than this (Catalog of Active Volcanoes of the World, Hall, 1977).

Text: Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program.

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