Corazón (volcano) explained

Corazón
Elevation M:4790
Location:Ecuador
Range:Andes
Map:Ecuador
Relief:1
Map Size:250
Label Position:right
Coordinates:-0.5333°N -118°W
Type:Stratovolcano
Last Eruption:Pleistocene ages
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.

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  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