Volcan Cotacachi

by Al Bourassa

Title

Volcan Cotacachi

Artist

Al Bourassa

Medium

Photograph - Photographic Artworks

Description

Cotacachi (Cotacache or Mama Cotacache in Kichwa) is a dormant volcano in the Western Cordillera of the northern Ecuadorian Andes, in the west of Imbabura Province, above the city of Cotacachi, North of the capital Quito, in Ecuador. It has a summit elevation of 4,944 m (16,220 ft) above sea level and its highest elevations are capped with snow.
The summit of Cotacachi is located within the Cotacachi Cayapas Ecological Reserve. It was first climbed on 24 April 1880 by Edward Whymper, Jean-Antoine Carrel and Louis Carrel.
To the northeast of the volcano lies the town of Cotacachi and Southeast, the lagoon of Cuicocha.
The Cotacachi volcano was active 3000 or 2000 years ago, but its crater collapsed inward and formed the lagoon with melted snow. Another smaller eruption formed the islets. Its meltdown feeds Cuicocha.
There are records of 'alluvial eruptions' in the years 1532, 1533, 1742, 1743, 1744, 1746, 1766, 1768. The last seismic movements which caused much destruction in the cantons of Ibarra, Otavalo and Cotacachi was the earthquake in Ibarra, which took place overnight Sunday, August 16, 1868 at one thirty in the morning.
Paraphrased from Wikipedia English and Spanish information.
This digitally altered artwork is derived from a photograph taken April 4/10 near Cotacachi during our exploratory tour of South and Central America.
Final processing done with Smart Photo Editor.
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May 12th, 2018

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