Mojanda
Mojanda is an inactive stratovolcano of the Eastern Cordillera of the Andes in northern Ecuador. A summit caldera, which was produced by an explosive Plinian Eruption that marked the end of Mojanda activity 200,000 years ago, is occupied by three crater lakes: Karikucha, Yanakucha, and Warmikucha.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Mountain with an elevation of 4,263 metres
- Description: mountain in Ecuador
- Also known as: “Cerro Mojanda” and “El Mojanda”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cochasquí.
Cochasquí
Locality
Photo: Ymblanter, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Cochasquí is an archaeological site located in the northern Ecuadorian Highlands, in the Pichincha province. It lies in the slopes of mount Mojanda, an inactive volcanoe, 52 km north of Quito, the capital city of Ecaudor. Cochasquí is situated 9 km southwest of Mojanda.
Mojanda
- Categories: volcano and landform
- Location: La Esperanza, Pedro Moncayo Canton, Pichincha, Ecuador, South America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Ukrainian—“Mojanda” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Mojanda”
- Catalan: “Mojanda”
- Cebuano: “Mojanda”
- Chinese: “莫汉达火山”
- Chinese: “莫漢達火山”
- Czech: “Mojanda”
- Dutch: “Mojanda”
- French: “Mojanda”
- Lithuanian: “Mochanda”
- Quechua: “Mojanda”
- Russian: “Моханда”
- Slovak: “Mojanda”
- Swedish: “Mojanda”
- Ukrainian: “Карікоча”
- Ukrainian: “Моханда”
- “Mojanda”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Puntazanja and Mojanda Chico.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Laguna Grande de Mojanda and Laguna Chiquita.
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