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Santa Isabel
Nevado de Santa Isabel
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Santa Isabel in 1985
Highest point
Elevation 4,950 m (16,240 ft)
Listing Volcanoes of Colombia
Geography
Santa Isabel is located in Colombia
Santa Isabel
Santa Isabel
Location 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 850 BCE

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.

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Basalt blocks of Santa Isabel volcano

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Panorama

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

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Nevado de Santa Isabel para niños

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