Nevado El Altar or Kapak Urku

Tungurahua Volcano Geopark | Geoconservation, Geoeducation and Geotourism

Nevado El Altar or Kapak Urku

October 31, 2023

Known as “The Lord of the Mountains” it is an extinct volcano covered by an ice cap, located on the Royal Mountain Range of the Andes, with a height of over 5,319 meters above sea level, it houses mountain ecosystems, glaciers, lake bodies and Andean geomythology intended for learning. , tourism and conservation.

Tungurahua Volcano Geopark | Geoconservation, Geoeducation and Geotourism

Emblematic proposal focused on locally based Geoconservation, Geoeducation and Geotourism.

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