Cotacachi is a dormant

volcano A volcano is commonly defined as a vent or fissure 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 oft ...

in the Western Cordillera of the northern Ecuadorian

Andes The Andes ( ), Andes Mountains or Andean Mountain Range (; ) are the List of longest mountain chains on Earth, longest continental mountain range in the world, forming a continuous highland along the western edge of South America. The range ...

, in the west of

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

, 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 west to Cotacachi Volcano which reaches an elevation of in the south ...

. It was first climbed on 24 April 1880 by

Edward Whymper Edward Whymper FRSE (27 April 184016 September 1911) was an English mountaineer, explorer, illustrator, and author best known for the first ascent of the Matterhorn in 1865. Four members of his climbing party were killed during the descent. W ...

Jean-Antoine Carrel Jean-Antoine Carrel (1829 – August 1891) was an Italian mountain climber and guide. He had made climbs with Edward Whymper and was his rival when he attempted to climb the Matterhorn for the first time. Whymper ultimately succeeded in making th ...

and

Louis Carrel Luigi "Louis" Carrel, also known as 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 w ...

.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 Stratovolcanoes of Ecuador Four-thousanders of the Andes First 100 IUGS Geological Heritage Sites {{Ecuador-geo-stub

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