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Cotopaxi
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Co·to·pax·i  (kt-pks, -t-päk-)
A volcano, 5,900.8 m (19,347 ft) high, in the Andes of central Ecuador. The symmetrical snowcapped cone is one of the highest volcanoes in the world.

Cotopaxi (Spanish) [kotoˈpaksi]
n
(Placename) a volcano in central Ecuador, in the Andes: the world's highest active volcano. Height: 5896 m (19 344 ft.)
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Noun1.Cotopaxi - the world's largest active volcanoCotopaxi - the world's largest active volcano; located in the Andes in north central Ecuador
Ecuador, Republic of Ecuador - a republic in northwestern South America; became independent from Spain in 1822; the landscape is dominated by the Andes


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La Cienega lies south of Quito, near the Cotopaxi volcano, whose frequent eruptions failed to dislodge its thick stone walls.
Cotopaxi Volcano (pictured) alone lost 31 percent of its ice cover between 1976 and 1997.
 
 
 
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