Kapak Urku

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Kapak Urku, better known as El Altar, is a spectacular extinct stratovolcano in Ecuador’s Sangay National Park famed for its jagged, cathedral-like peaks and glacial lakes.

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Kapak Urku canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf extinct volcano ⓘ
mountain ⓘ
stratovolcano ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Capac Urcu ⓘ
El Altar ⓘ
Kapak-Urcu ⓘ
linked to: Urcuquí
country Ecuador ⓘ
hasFeature cathedral-like peaks ⓘ
eroded caldera ⓘ
glacial lakes ⓘ
jagged peaks ⓘ
hasLake Laguna Amarilla ⓘ
Laguna Azul ⓘ
glacial crater lakes ⓘ
languageOfName Kichwa ⓘ
locatedIn Chimborazo Province ⓘ
Sangay National Park ⓘ
locatedNear Riobamba ⓘ
Sangay volcano ⓘ
linked to: Sangay

Tungurahua volcano ⓘ
linked to: Tungurahua
locatedOnContinent South America ⓘ
mountainRange Andes ⓘ
nameMeaning “sublime mountain” (approximate, from Kichwa) ⓘ
partOf Sangay National Park volcanic complex ⓘ
protectedArea Sangay National Park ⓘ
status extinct ⓘ
usedFor landscape photography ⓘ
mountaineering ⓘ
trekking ⓘ
volcanoType stratovolcano ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

El Altar → hasAlternativeName → Kapak Urku ⓘ
The Altar → alsoKnownAs → Kapak Urku ⓘ
El Altar volcano → alsoKnownAs → Kapak Urku ⓘ