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 (the largest), Yanakucha, and Warmikucha.

[1] Having received protected status in 2002, they are a popular tourist destination and are about 20 minutes taxi ride from the largely indigenous town of Otavalo.

A new volcanic cone and other lava domes subsequently extruded inside the caldera, probably during the Late Pleistocene.

[2] The high altitude grasslands and shrublands of Mojanda, which lie above the cloud forests, are collectively known as páramo.