Nevado del Ruiz
Colombia /
Tolima /
Murillo /
World
/ Colombia
/ Tolima
/ Murillo
World / Colombia / Tolima
mountain, volcano, summit
The Nevado del Ruiz, also known as La Mesa de Herveo (English: Table of Herveo), or Kumanday in the language of the local pre-Columbian indigenous people, is a volcano located on the border of the departments of Caldas and Tolima in Colombia, about 129 kilometers (80 mi) west of the capital city Bogotá.
It is a stratovolcano of 5,321 m (17,457 ft), composed of many layers of lava alternating with hardened volcanic ash and other pyroclastic rocks. Nevado del Ruiz has been active for about two million years, since the early Pleistocene or late Pliocene epoch, with three major eruptive periods. The current volcanic cone formed during the "present" eruptive period, which began 150 thousand years ago.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRg1RxSlCdE
It is a stratovolcano of 5,321 m (17,457 ft), composed of many layers of lava alternating with hardened volcanic ash and other pyroclastic rocks. Nevado del Ruiz has been active for about two million years, since the early Pleistocene or late Pliocene epoch, with three major eruptive periods. The current volcanic cone formed during the "present" eruptive period, which began 150 thousand years ago.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRg1RxSlCdE
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nevado_del_ruiz
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Coordinates: 4°53'14"N 75°19'13"W
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