# Cotopaxi

- **Country:** Ecuador
- **Coordinates:** -0.680556, -78.437778
- **Type:** Stratovolcano
- **Range:** Andes
- **Listing:** Ultra
- **Location:** Cotopaxi, Latacunga, Ecuador
- **Elevation M:** 5897
- **First Ascent:** 28 November 1872 by Wilhelm Reiss and Ángel Escobar
- **Prominence M:** 2500.
- **Easiest Route:** North side: Glacier/Snow Climb (Grade PD-)
- **Last Eruption:** 2023
- **Volcanic Zone:** South Volcanic Zone

![Photo of Cotopaxi](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/20/Cotopaxi_volcano_2008-06-27T1322.jpg)

**Source:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotopaxi (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)