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Mountain · Ecuador

Cerro Altar

Elevation
5,273 m
#477
in the world
#7
in Ecuador

Cerro Altar is a mountain in Ecuador, rising to 5,273 m, the 7th highest we list in Ecuador.

Nearest town
27 km away
Type
Mountain
GeoNames feature code MT

Where it is

Cerro Altar

Cerro Altar lies in Ecuador, in Chimborazo Province.

Key facts

Elevation
5,273 m (17,300 ft)
Approximate elevation, from a digital elevation model
Type
Mountain
Region
Chimborazo Province
Coordinates
-1.666, -78.413

How it ranks

Among peaks in Ecuador
#7of 39
LargestSmallest
Among all listed peaks
#477of 14,616
LargestSmallest

Nearest peaks

Nearest peaks, by distance from this summit
PeakElevationDistance
Altar5,319 m0.4 km
Tungurahua5,023 m22 km
Sangay5,230 m39 km
Carihuairazo5,018 m47 km
Chimborazo6,267 m50 km
Cerro Quilindaña4,625 m99 km

Nearest cities

The closest places in our city dataset to Cerro Altar.

Nearest cities, by distance from this summit
CityCountryPopulationDistance
RiobambaEcuador264,04827 km
PelileoEcuador16,57240 km
PuyoEcuador24,88150 km
AmbatoEcuador387,30952 km
GuarandaEcuador22,19966 km

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Elevation and coordinates from GeoNames; prominence, isolation, range and first-ascent data from Wikidata. GeoNames publishes no date for elevation figures, so none is shown.