Nevado de Santa Isabel explained

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.

Geology

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]

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Notes and References

  1. 351021. Santa Isabel. 2021-03-09.
  2. Plancha 225, 1998
  3. González, 2001, p. 50