Quilotoa
is a dormant crater lake
located high in the Western Cordilleras of the Andes, 35 km
west of Latacunga. The caldera is oval shaped with an diameter of 2.5 kilometers and the steep crater walls drop in some parts
more than 300
meters to the water level at 3500m.
The lake is 240m deep and its water is alkaline and no fish
live there.
For more information of its volcanic history and current status,
click to
information.volcano.quilotoa
of our Ecuador-Travelnet.
