Nevado de Santa Isabel

Shield volcano in Tolima, Colombia

Location of Nevado de Santa Isabel in Colombia

LocationTolima

ColombiaParent rangeCentral Ranges, AndesGeologyMountain typeShield volcanoVolcanic beltNorth Volcanic Zone
Andean Volcanic BeltLast eruption1943

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]

Gallery

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

References

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

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.^{[dead link]}
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.