# Mojanda

- **Country:** Ecuador
- **Coordinates:** 0.130000, -78.270000
- **Type:** Inactive stratovolcano
- **Range:** Andes
- **Location:** Between Imbabura Province and Pichincha Province, Ecuador
- **Elevation M:** 4263
- **Last Eruption:** Possible in the holocene

Mojanda is an inactive stratovolcano of the Eastern Cordillera of the Andes in northern Ecuador. A summit caldera, which was produced by an explosive Plinian Eruption that marked the end of Mojanda activity 200,000 years ago, is occupied by three crater lakes: Karikucha (the largest), Yanakucha, and Warmikucha. Having received protected status in 2002, they are a popular tourist destination and are about 20 minutes taxi ride from the largely indigenous town of Otavalo.

![Photo of Mojanda](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e7/Mojanda.jpg)

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