Talk:Cotopaxi

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Whoever keeps re-editing this to call Cotopaxi "the world's highest active volcano" needs to get their facts straight. It is definitely NOT the world's highest active volcano. Llullaillaco volcano is historically active and is several thousand feet higher. See the Global Volcanism Program reference cited in the Cotopaxi article (follow links to the Llullaillaco page) for details, which are corroborated by other sources. Whether Ojos del Salado (which is higher yet) is "active" is a matter of definition and conjecture; no historic eruptions have been observed, but it is in a remote area, and the youth of some of the ejecta argues in favor of recent eruptions. But there is no doubt about Llullaillaco.

Bill-on-the-Hill 14:39, 1 August 2005 (UTC)

I totally agree with that. In Ecuador they always tell tourists that Cotopaxi is the highest active volcano, but that's a damned lie. Even tourist guides believe it themselves. 2004-12-29T22:45Z 18:26, August 1, 2005 (UTC)