Corazón (volcano)

Corazón
Corazón as seen from Rumiñahui
Highest point
Elevation	4,790 m (15,720 ft)
Coordinates	00°32′S 78°40′W
Geography
Corazón Ecuador
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

• Lists of volcanoes
  • List of volcanoes in Ecuador

References

1. 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

• Corazon 2003 Archived 2010-11-23 at the Wayback Machine
• "El Corazon, Ecuador" on Peakbagger
• "Corazón". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution.