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Cotopaxi
Cotopaxi is a 5,911 m stratovolcano in Ecuador, erupting as recently as 2023.
- Type
- Stratovolcano (composite landform)
- Summit
- 5,911 m above sea level
- Rock
- Andesite / Basaltic Andesite
- Setting
- Subduction zone, continental, over 25 km
- Last eruption
- 2023
- Largest known
- VEI 5, paroxysmal, 1130
- Eruptions
- 85 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 0.68°S 78.44°W · Ecuador
- Region
- Northern Andean Volcanic Arc, South America Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 352050
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).