Volcanoes of Ecuador

Altar, Ecuador

Stratovolcano · 5,321 m (17,457 ft)

Altar is a stratovolcano in Ecuador, 5,321 m (17,457 ft) high. NOAA records 1 significant eruption here, which killed 13 people where the toll is counted.

Altar on the map

Altar and the volcanoes within 300 km, colored by when each last erupted.

  • Since 1964
  • 1900 to 1963
  • 1800s
  • AD 1 to 1799
  • Before AD 1, or undated

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The volcano

Type
Stratovolcano
Elevation
5,321 m (17,457 ft)
Country
Ecuador
Summit
1.670° S, 78.420° W
Last known eruption
Unknown
Holocene activity known from
Pleistocene
Smithsonian volcano number
352824

Significant eruptions

1 on record, newest first.

Around it

The volcanoes within 300 km.

Earthquakes near AltarVolcanic ash advisories on the live map

Sources

Volcanoes and significant eruptions from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Hazard Database, cited as NCEI/WDS, doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7. Public domain. Read 2026-09-24. Volcano numbers are the Smithsonian Institution’s Global Volcanism Program’s.