Cotopaxi National Park

Cotopaxi National Park
IUCN category II (national park)
Cotopaxi volcano

Location	Ecuador Cotopaxi Province, Napo Province and Pichincha Province
Coordinates	0°41′3″S 78°26′14″W / 0.68417°S 78.43722°W / -0.68417; -78.43722Coordinates: 0°41′3″S 78°26′14″W / 0.68417°S 78.43722°W / -0.68417; -78.43722
Area	33,393 ha
Established	11 August 1975
Governing body	Ministerio del Ambiente

Cotopaxi National Park (Spanish: Parque Nacional Cotopaxi) is a protected area in Ecuador situated in the Cotopaxi Province, Napo Province and Pichincha Province, roughly 50 km south of Quito. The Cotopaxi volcano (supposedly meaning smooth neck of the moon) that lends its name to the park is located within its boundaries, together with two others: the dormant Rumiñawi volcano to its north-west and the historical Sincholagua volcano (last major eruption: 1877) to the south east. Cotopaxi is among the highest active volcanoes in the world; its last significant eruption took place in 1904.

External links

Media related to Cotopaxi National Park at Wikimedia Commons

Cotopaxi's profile by the Ministerio del Ambiente (Spanish)

Protected areas of Ecuador

National Parks	Cajas Cotopaxi Galápagos Llanganates Machalilla Podocarpus Sangay Sumaco Napo-Galeras Yacurí Yasuni

Biological Reserves	Limoncocha Maquipucuna

Ecological Reserves	Antisana Arenillas Cayambe Coca Cayapas Mataje Churute Mangroves Cofán Bermejo Cotacachi Cayapas El Ángel Illinizas Mache Chindul

Geobotanical Reserves	Pululahua

Wildlife Reserves	Chimborazo Corazón Island Cuyabeno El Salado

Wildlife Refuges	Pasochoa Muisne River Mangroves Santa Clara Island

National Recreational Parks	El Boliche Parque Lago

Binational Parks	El Condor

Marine Reserves	Galápagos

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