Cotopaxi National Park

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 (31 mi) south of Quito. The Cotopaxi volcano (meaning 'smooth neck of the moon' in Quechua; Quechua q'oto 'throat' + Aymara phakhsi '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 most recent eruption began on 14 August 2015, and ended on 24 January 2016.^[1]

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External links

Media related to Cotopaxi National Park at Wikimedia Commons

• Cotopaxi Horse Tours Escape the city and experience the real Ecuadorian mountains on a horse ride (in Spanish)
• Cotopaxi's profile by the Ministerio del Ambiente (in Spanish)

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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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