Nature · Ecuador · summit cone within a bounded section
Cotopaxi: terrain elevation and local relief
Cotopaxi uses an approximately 5,883-meter surface estimate in EGM2008 from Copernicus GLO-30. The bounded terrain section has about 2,146 meters of local relief above its lowest sampled point. Published summit surveys are separate references.
≈ 5,883 m
Data-derived estimate- Measurement
- Highest sampled surface in the documented Copernicus terrain section · EGM2008
- Subject or version
- Ecuador · summit cone within a bounded section
- In feet, rounded
- 19,302.5 ft (1 ft = 0.3048 m)
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Terrain boundary, base and datum
- Vertical reference
- EGM2008. Published surveys are separate; no datum conversion is applied.
- Highest sampled surface
- 5883.4 m at -0.680556°, -78.438056°.
- Local base
- 3737.3 m at -0.649444°, -78.487222°. Lowest sampled point within this bounded terrain section.
- Section bounds in WGS84-G1150
- West -78.487361°, east -78.388472°; south -0.712083°, north -0.648750°.
- View and scale
- Orthographic map section facing north. Equal horizontal and vertical map scales. Approximate grid spacing: 30.9 m east-west and 30.7 m north-south. Lower and surrounding terrain omitted.
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A little more perspective
Ecuador’s Instituto Geofísico at the Escuela Politécnica Nacional lists Cotopaxi at 5,897 meters. This Copernicus section reaches approximately 5,883 meters in EGM2008 near the summit-crater area. The institute describes an edifice with a basal diameter around 20 kilometers; this narrower section does not include that full base. The model’s neutral surface predates recent eruptive changes and is not a current glacier map.
The local-relief view subtracts the lowest sampled point in this section: 3737.3 meters at -0.649444° latitude, -78.487222° longitude. This produces about 2,146 meters of relief within the stated boundary. It is not a universal mountain base, a route’s total ascent, or topographic prominence.
The rendered surface uses the public 2021 Copernicus release, primarily based on TanDEM-X observations from 2011–2015 with infill from other sources. It is a surface model rather than a current bare-earth survey. Neutral shading explains the geometry without claiming a snow season or photographic ground texture. No datum conversion or summit correction is applied.
Quick facts
Cotopaxi uses an approximately 5,883-meter surface estimate in EGM2008 from Copernicus GLO-30. The bounded terrain section has about 2,146 meters of local relief above its lowest sampled point. Published summit surveys are separate references.
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Sources and measurement notes
- Instituto Geofísico, EPN: Cotopaxi profile
- Copernicus DEM: dataset definition, datums and attribution
- Public Copernicus GLO-30 release documentation
- Wikidata: summit-area identity and initial coordinate
- Copernicus source terrain tile 1 (GeoTIFF)
Cotopaxi’s 5,897-meter institute reference remains separate from the approximately 5,883-meter modeled summit. Its section width does not claim the volcano’s full basal diameter.
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