What are Cotopaxi and Cayambe?

[Originally Posted: 5/8/2007]

Cotopoxi and Cayambe are both active Volcano's in the Cordillera Oriental of Ecaudor.

Cotopaxi has the distinction of being the tallest active volcano in the world. It is a beautifully symetrical cone shaped mountian. She run's about 19,347 feet tall and from the snow capped summit one can look down into the caldera.

Cayambe is just slightly lower at 18,997 feet, and is slightly broader. Cayambe has the distinction of being directly on the equator. Due to the equatorial bulge of the earth that makes the summit of Cayambe the farthest point from the center of the earth and the highest point on the earth's equator.