Quilotoa
Ecuador /
Cotopaxi /
Pujili /
World
/ Ecuador
/ Cotopaxi
/ Pujili
World / Ecuador / Cotopaxi / Sigchos
lake, volcano
Quilotoa is a water-filled caldera and the most western volcano in the Ecuadorian Andes.
The 3 kilometres (2 mi) wide caldera was formed by the collapse of this dacite volcano following a catastrophic VEI-6 eruption about 800 years ago, which produced pyroclastic flows and lahars that reached the Pacific Ocean, and spread an airborne deposit of volcanic ash throughout the northern Andes.The caldera has since accumulated a 250 m (820 ft) deep crater lake, which has a greenish color as a result of dissolved minerals.
The 3 kilometres (2 mi) wide caldera was formed by the collapse of this dacite volcano following a catastrophic VEI-6 eruption about 800 years ago, which produced pyroclastic flows and lahars that reached the Pacific Ocean, and spread an airborne deposit of volcanic ash throughout the northern Andes.The caldera has since accumulated a 250 m (820 ft) deep crater lake, which has a greenish color as a result of dissolved minerals.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quilotoa
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: -0°51'33"N 78°54'15"W
- Urbanizacion Lago De Capeira 175 km
- Laguna - Urbanizacion "El Rio" 177 km
- Laguna - Urbanizacion "Los Lagos" 178 km
- Multiproposito El Fortin 181 km
- Parque Lago 202 km
- Reservorio de Poechos 448 km
- Limon Reservoir 560 km
- Gallito Ciego Reservoir 708 km
- Laguna San bartolo 764 km
- Los tres Diques 765 km
- Volcán Quilotoa 4.5 km
- Yanaurcu Volcano 14 km
- Cocaino 29 km
- Illiniza 30 km
- Carihuairazo Volcano 63 km
- Quevedo Airport 64 km
- cecia 68 km
- PI 69 km
- El Doral 72 km
- Mocache 77 km