El Escondido | |
Other Name: | Volcán El Escondido |
Elevation M: | 1700 |
Map: | Colombia |
Listing: | Volcanoes of Colombia |
Range: | Central Ranges, Andes |
Location: | Samaná, Caldas |
Coordinates: | 5.5195°N -75.0435°W |
Type: | Pyroclastic ring |
Age: | Late Pleistocene (<30,000 years) |
Volcanic Belt: | North Volcanic Zone Andean Volcanic Belt |
Last Eruption: | Prehistoric |
El Escondido (Spanish for "The Hidden One") is a volcano of the Central Ranges of the Colombian Andes in the department of Caldas. The volcano is approximately 1700m (5,600feet) high.
The volcano, a pyroclastic ring, was discovered in the Selva de Florencia National Natural Park in Samaná,[1] in 2013 based on volcanic products of the volcano, different from those of San Diego to the northeast.[2] The volcano formed approximately 30,000 years ago.[3] The volcano overlies the Early Eocene Florencia Stock.[4]