Geologic Location

Its latitude .677 degrees South and its longitude is 78.436 degrees West. It is in South America, in a country called Ecuador. The capital of Ecuador, Quito, is located about 50 miles from Cotopaxi. Like many other volcanoes, Cotopaxi is located in the Pacific Ring of Fire. The Nazca (Ocean) plate is subducting underneath the South American (Continental) plate. This means it is in a convergent boundry because the oceantal plate is subducting underneath the continental plate, making volcanic mountains, such as Cotopaxi.