Santa Isabel (volcano)
Santa Isabel | |
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Nevado de Santa Isabel | |
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 | |
Location | Tolima Colombia |
Parent range | Central Ranges, Andes |
Geology | |
Mountain type | Shield volcano |
Volcanic belt | North Volcanic Zone Andean Volcanic Belt |
Last eruption | 850 BCE[1] |
Santa Isabel (Spanish: Nevado de Santa Isabel) is a shield volcano located in Tolima, Colombia, southwest of Nevado del Ruiz volcano. The 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]
Panorama
See also
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Nevado de Santa Isabel.
- ^ a b c "Santa Isabel". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2021-03-09.
- ^ Plancha 225, 1998
- ^ González, 2001, p. 50
Bibliography
- 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.