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Stratovolcano · Cordillera Occidental · Imbabura Province

Cotacachi

4,935 m16,191 ft
Prominence
1,834 m6,016 ft
Isolation
52 km
Tonight
-3°CPartly cloudy · Wind 6 km/h SE

Cotacachi is a 4,935 m (16,191 ft) stratovolcano in the Cordillera Occidental, Imbabura Province, Ecuador.

All facts
Elevation
4,935 m · 16,191 ft
Nearest higher peak
Cayambe (5,790 m)
Range
Cordillera Occidental
Region
Imbabura Province, Ecuador
Protected area
Cotacachi Cayapas Ecological Reserve
Spanish name
Volcán Cotacachi
Coordinates
0.3601° N, 78.3493° W
Open the 3D view
3D map

Cotacachi 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 11.4 × 11.4 km

Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Cotacachi terrain and contours

100 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.

Index contours every 500 mShowing west → east through the summit

Cotacachi elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Cotacachi weather

Tonight · Partly cloudy · -3°C (27°F) · Wind 6 km/h SE

Cotacachi forecast for the summit, about 4,935 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 2,360 m.

  • Tonight-3°–6 km/h SEBase 12°
  • Sat-3°8°0.9 mm15 km/h EBase 12 / 24°
  • Sun-3°7°1.5 mm12 km/h EBase 12 / 23°
  • Mon-2°6°4.6 mm3 km/h SWBase 14 / 21°
  • Tue-2°7°2.8 mm7 km/h EBase 13 / 22°
  • Wed-1°5°15.8 mm6 km/h EBase 14 / 21°
  • Thu-1°4°26.1 mm5 km/h EBase 14 / 19°
  • Fri-1°3°23.9 mm6 km/h SEBase 14 / 18°
  • Sat-1°4°12.3 mm5 km/h EBase 14 / 20°
  • Sun-2°3°7.7 mm4 km/h SEBase 14 / 19°

Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 23, 23:19 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Cotacachi

Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Cotacachi, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.

  • Nearest campsite

    Spot de camping

    7.1 km SSW · +2 more within 7.6 km

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest parking

    Parqueadero Laguna Cuicocha

    7.5 km S · +2 more within 7.5 km

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest hut

    Laguna Cuicocha

    7.6 km S

    DirectionsMap
All mapped places 7
PlaceDistance
Spot de campingCampsite7.1 km SSW
Campsite7.2 km SSW
Parqueadero Laguna CuicochaParking7.5 km S
Parqueadero Laguna CuicochaParking7.5 km S
Parqueadero Laguna CuicochaParking7.5 km S
UkshapungoCampsite7.6 km SSW
Laguna CuicochaHut7.6 km S
Slope

Slope

Share of the 11.4 × 11.4 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.

Gentle, 0–15°
18.5%
Moderate, 15–30°
44.2%
Steep, 30–45°
32.9%
Cliffs, 45° and over
4.4%
Steeper than 30°
37.3% of the 130 km² view
Relief in view
2,493 m low point 2,360 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 48.8%Trees 35.4%Shrubland 12.8%Cropland 1.5%Bare rock / sparse 1.0%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Where it sits

Where Cotacachi sits

Range
American Cordillera467Andes163Cordillera Occidental6
Region
Imbabura Province3Ecuador20South America235
Ranked in 1
Nearby

Nearby places

More 1
More in the Cordillera Occidental 2
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Downloads

Cotacachi downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

82 m low This 3D map reads 4,853 m at the summit; the official height is 4,935 m.Official 4,935 m90 m model 4,842 mThis map 4,853 m

Why: a 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a sharp summit gets rounded off. The 90 m model misses by 93 m.

SourceSummitDifference
Official height (Wikidata)4,935 m—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)4,853 m-82 m
Copernicus GLO-904,842 m-93 m

Data sources

Terrain
Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Land cover
© ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts
Wikidata (CC0)
Camping & parking
© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
Summits
© OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
Accuracy comparison, Panorama
Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Forecast
Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources
Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia