Nevado de Santa Isabel (English: "The Snowy of Saint Isabel") is a shield volcano straddling the boundaries of the Colombian departments of Tolima, Caldas, and Risaralda, being the highest point of the latter. The volcano lies approximately 10 kilometers southwest of the larger Nevado del Ruiz volcano. Santa Isabel is the third highest peak in Los Nevados National Natural Park. It is a relatively flat volcano with three domes of nearly equal elevation.
| Nevado de Santa Isabel | |
|---|---|
| Santa Isabel Volcano | |
 Nevado de Santa Isabel in 1985 | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 4,950 m (16,240 ft)[1] |
| Listing | Volcanoes of Colombia |
| Coordinates | 04°49′N 75°22′W / 4.817°N 75.367°W[1] |
| Geography | |
  Nevado de Santa Isabel Location of Nevado de Santa Isabel in Colombia | |
| Location | Tolima Colombia |
| Parent range | Central Ranges, Andes |
| Geology | |
| Mountain type | Shield volcano |
| Volcanic belt | North Volcanic Zone Andean Volcanic Belt |
| Last eruption | 1943 |
Geology
editThe volcano is located over the Palestina Fault, that crosscuts the underlying El Bosque Batholith of Eocene age, dated at 49.1 ± 1.7 Ma.[2][3]
Gallery
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Panorama of Nevado del Ruiz (left), Nevado de Santa Isabel (centre) and Paramillo de Santa Rosa (right)
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Basalt blocks of Santa Isabel volcano
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Aerial view of the summit of Nevado de Santa Isabel
See also
editReferences
editWikimedia Commons has media related to Nevado de Santa Isabel.
- ^ a b "Santa Isabel". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2021-03-09.
- ^ Plancha 225, 1998
- ^ González, 2001, p. 50
Bibliography
edit- González, Humberto (2001). Geología de las planchas 206 Manizales y 225 Nevado del Ruiz - 1:100,000 - Memoria explicativa (PDF) (Report). INGEOMINAS. pp. 1–93. Retrieved 2017-06-09.[dead link]
- Mosquera, Darío; Martín, Pedro; Vesga, Carlos; González, Humberto (1998). Plancha 225 - Nevado del Ruiz - 1:100,000 (Map). INGEOMINAS. p. 1. Retrieved 2017-06-06.
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