Nevado de Santa Isabel | |
Other Name: | Santa Isabel Volcano |
Elevation M: | 4,950 |
Elevation Ref: | [1] |
Listing: | Volcanoes of Colombia |
Range: | Central Ranges, Andes |
Map: | Colombia |
Map Size: | 200 |
Location: | Tolima |
Label Position: | right |
Coordinates: | 4.8167°N -97°W |
Type: | Shield volcano |
Volcanic Belt: | North Volcanic Zone Andean Volcanic Belt |
Last Eruption: | 1943 |
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.
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]