Corazón (volcano)
Corazón | |
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![]() Corazón as seen from Rumiñahui | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 4,790 m (15,720 ft) |
Coordinates | 00°32′S 78°40′W / 0.533°S 78.667°W |
Geography | |
Parent range | Andes |
Geology | |
Mountain type | Stratovolcano |
Last eruption | Pleistocene ages |
Climbing | |
First ascent | July 20, 1738 by Pierre Bouguer and Charles-Marie de La Condamine[1] |
Corazón (Spanish: "heart") is an inactive, eroded stratovolcano of Ecuador, situated about 30 km southwest of Quito in the western slopes of the Andes.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ La Condamine, Charles-Marie de. Journal du voyage fait par ordre du Roi, a L'E'quateur, servant d'introduction historique a la mesure des trois premiers degre's du me'ridien. A Paris : de l'Imprimerie Royale, 1751, p.58
External links
[edit]- Corazon 2003 Archived 2010-11-23 at the Wayback Machine
- "El Corazon, Ecuador" on Peakbagger
- "Corazón". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution.