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It is the second highest summit in Ecuador (after Chimborazo), reaching a height of 5,897 m (19,347 ft). Cotopaxi is among the highest active volcanoes in the world. Cotopaxi is known to have erupted 87 times, resulting in the creation of numerous valleys formed by lahars (mudflows) around the volcano. [2] An ongoing eruption began on 21 ...
The Cotopaxi volcano (meaning 'smooth neck of the moon' in Quechua; Quechua q'oto 'throat' + Aymara phakhsi 'moon') that lends its name to the park is located within its boundaries, together with two others: the dormant Rumiñawi volcano to its north-west and the historical Sincholagua volcano (last major eruption: 1877) to the south-east.
Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. ... GPX (secondary coordinates) This is a list of active and extinct volcanoes in Ecuador. In Ecuador, ... Cotopaxi: 5897: ...
Cotopaxi (Spanish pronunciation: [kotoˈpaksi]) is one of the provinces of Ecuador. The capital is Latacunga . The province contains the Cotopaxi Volcano, an intermittent volcano with a height of 19,347 feet (5,897 m).
Cotopaxi: Cotopaxi, Napo, and Pichincha Province: 33,393 ha (129 sq mi) 1975 El Cajas: Azuay Province: 28,540 ha (110 sq mi) 1996 Galápagos: Galápagos Province: 799,540 ha (3,087 sq mi) 1959 Llanganates: Cotopaxi, Napo, Pastaza and Tungurahua Province: 219,707 ha (848 sq mi) 1996 Machalilla: Manabí Province: 75,059 ha (290 sq mi) 1979 Podocarpus
List of cities in Ecuador. ... Map of Ecuador. This is a list of cities in Ecuador. List ... Cotopaxi: 98,355: 17 La Libertad: Santa Elena: 95,942: 18
Ecuador is located on the west by the Pacific Ocean, and has 2,237 km of coastline.It has 2237 km of land boundaries, with Colombia in the north (708 km border) and Peru in the east and south (1,529 km border). 283,561 km 2 (109,484 sq mi) is land and 6,720 km 2 (2,595 sq mi) water.
Latacunga Canton is one of seven cantons of the Cotopaxi Province in Ecuador. Its population at the 2001 census was 143,979. [ 2 ] Its capital is the town of Latacunga .