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Nevado De Santa Isabel

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.

See also

References

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

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