Cotopaxi

One of the world's highest active volcanoes, topped with a glacier/Volcanoes

Cotopaxi in Ecuador is one of the highest active volcanoes in the world, rising to 5,897 meters with a nearly perfect cone shape capped by a glacier. The combination of ice and volcanic heat creates dangerous lahars (volcanic mudflows) during eruptions. It has erupted more than 50 times since 1738, making it a stunningly beautiful place that periodically tries to destroy everything around it.