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Mountain · Ecuador

Cotopaxi

Elevation
5,315 m
#469
in the world
#6
in Ecuador

Cotopaxi is a mountain in Ecuador, rising to 5,315 m, the 6th highest we list in Ecuador.

Nearest town
25 km away
Type
Mountain
GeoNames feature code MT

Where it is

Cotopaxi

Cotopaxi lies in Ecuador, in Pichincha.

Key facts

Elevation
5,315 m (17,438 ft)
Approximate elevation, from a digital elevation model
Type
Mountain
Region
Pichincha
Coordinates
-0.689, -78.429

How it ranks

Among peaks in Ecuador
#6of 39
LargestSmallest
Among all listed peaks
#469of 14,616
LargestSmallest

Nearest peaks

Nearest peaks, by distance from this summit
PeakElevationDistance
Cotopaxi5,896 m1.4 km
Rumiñahui4,721 m13 km
Cerro Quilindaña4,625 m15 km
Cerro Sincholagua4,899 m18 km
Cerro Sincholagua4,779 m18 km
Pasochoa4,200 m29 km

Nearest cities

The closest places in our city dataset to Cotopaxi.

Nearest cities, by distance from this summit
CityCountryPopulationDistance
MachachiEcuador25,74225 km
LatacungaEcuador205,62434 km
PujilíEcuador16,16842 km
QuitoEcuador2,781,64152 km
AmbatoEcuador387,30966 km

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Elevation and coordinates from GeoNames; prominence, isolation, range and first-ascent data from Wikidata. GeoNames publishes no date for elevation figures, so none is shown.