Cotopaxi is an active volcano located in the Cotopaxi Province, Ecuador. It’s a very photogenic volcano with a perfectly symmetrical cone and a glacial mantle that covers it from an approximate elevation between 4600 and 4900 meters to its summit at 5897 meters, probably the most visited mountain in Ecuador and definitely the most climbed among the so-called “high ones” of more than 5200 meters high. The crater has a diameter between 600 and 800 meters and a depth of about 150 meters, at the bottom of which gas and water vapor emanations are constantly seen, a clear example of recent volcanic activity, particularly intense in recent years as it has been closed to tourism for extended periods of time. The average slope inclination is about 30 degrees, covered with deeply cracked glacier sections, especially on its eastern flank. Another typical feature is the Yanasacha wall near its summit on the north face, it can be seen as a black spot sometimes confused with its crater. Cotopaxi Volcano has the erroneous and widespread reputation of being the highest active volcano in the world, since that honor belongs to Ojos del Salado (6891m) in the Argentine-Chilean Andes, with a 1993 record of ash emanation and current fumarolic activity.