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Santa_Isabel_(volcano) Latitude and Longitude:

04°49′N 75°22′W / 4.817°N 75.367°W / 4.817; -75.367
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Santa Isabel
Nevado de Santa Isabel
Santa Isabel in 1985
Highest point
Elevation4,950 m (16,240 ft) [1]
Listing Volcanoes of Colombia
Coordinates 04°49′N 75°22′W / 4.817°N 75.367°W / 4.817; -75.367 [1]
Geography
Santa Isabel is located in Colombia
Santa Isabel
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 eruption1943

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]

Basalt blocks of Santa Isabel volcano

Panorama

Panorama of Nevado del Ruiz (left), Nevado de Santa Isabel (centre) and Santa Rosa Páramo (right)

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Santa Isabel". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2021-03-09.
  2. ^ Plancha 225, 1998
  3. ^ González, 2001, p. 50

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