Nevado de Santa Isabel

Nevado de Santa Isabel
Santa Isabel Volcano
Nevado de Santa Isabel in 1985
Highest point
Elevation	4,950 m (16,240 ft)
Listing	Volcanoes of Colombia
Coordinates	04°49′N 75°22′W
Geography
Nevado de 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 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.

Gallery

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  Panorama of Nevado del Ruiz (left), Nevado de Santa Isabel (centre) and Paramillo de Santa Rosa (right)
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  Basalt blocks of Santa Isabel volcano
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  Aerial view of the summit of Nevado de Santa Isabel

See also

• List of volcanoes in Colombia
• List of volcanoes by elevation

References

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.
• 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.