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)

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[edit] Image Position

Hi. I noticed that the center-aligned image was overlapping the table in my browser (Safari 2.0.3 / Mac OS X 10.4.6), like so:

...So, I went ahead and changed it. It could probably still use a bit of refinement, though.

[edit] Base width

I found which source had the claim about the base width (NASA) and made it into an inline citation. Since the base of a mountain is an inherently slippery concept, it's important to cite this specifically. -- Spireguy 22:15, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] External links

Some of the external links are probably redundant and/or too commercial, and should be deleted per WP:EL. I may come back and prune later. -- Spireguy 22:15, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Cotopaxi and Llullaillaco

Please leave the Llullaillaco reference in place. Historically there has been a problem with misguided edits trying to claim that Cotopaxi is the highest volcano in the world. Citing proof that there's a higher one has succeeded in fending those off. Don't mess with success. -- Bill-on-the-Hill (talk) 03:54, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Fuji of the west?

Is it me, or does this thing look almost exactly the same as Fuji-san? If I were going to film a movie I wanted set in "Old Japan", I'd probably film it in Ecuador instead, knowing Cotopaxi is there to provide a convincing Fuji backdrop. Probably be a lot cheaper! --70.131.56.200 (talk) 03:15, 22 March 2008 (UTC)