Cotacachi is a dormant

volcano A volcano is a rupture in the crust of a planetary-mass object, such as Earth, that allows hot lava, volcanic ash, and gases to escape from a magma chamber below the surface. On Earth, volcanoes are most often found where tectonic plates are ...

in the Western Cordillera of the northern Ecuadorian

Andes The Andes, Andes Mountains or Andean Mountains (; ) are the longest continental mountain range in the world, forming a continuous highland along the western edge of South America. The range is long, wide (widest between 18°S – 20°S ...

, in the west of

Imbabura Province Imbabura () is a province located in the Andes of northern Ecuador. The capital is Ibarra. The people of the province speak Spanish, and a large portion of the population also speaks the Imbaburan Kichwa variety of the Quechua language. The s ...

, above the city of Cotacachi. It has a summit elevation of above sea level and its highest elevations are capped with snow. The summit of Cotacachi is located within the

Cotacachi Cayapas Ecological Reserve Cotacachi Cayapas Reserve contains of land and is located in the Imbabura and Esmeraldas provinces of Ecuador from Quito. Elevations in the reserve range from about in the east to Cotacachi Volcano which reaches an elevation of in the south ...

. It was first climbed on 24 April 1880 by Edward Whymper, Jean-Antoine Carrel and

Louis Carrel Luigi (Louis) Carrel aka ''Carrellino'' (1901–1983) was an Italian mountain climber, mountain guide and ski mountaineer. Biography Carrel was the son of the mountain guide Jean-Joseph Carrel and his wife Joséphine Pellissier. He was born in ...

.Whymper, Edward. ''Travels Amongst the Great Andes of the Equator''. John Murray, 1892, p.262. Ecuador-026

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"Cotacachi" on Summitpost

"Volcán Cotacachi, Ecuador" on Peakbagger
* Geography of Imbabura Province Volcanoes of Ecuador Four-thousanders of the Andes First 100 IUGS Geological Heritage Sites {{Ecuador-geo-stub

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