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!!!Cotopaxi

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Located 28 km (17 mi) from Quito is snow-capped Cotopaxi [{GoogleMap location='Cotopaxi, Ecuador' zoom='10'}], a volcano that last erupted in the 1940s. It is the second highest peak in the country, reaching a height of 5,897 m (19, 347 ft).