Nevado del Huila volcano

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Nevado del Huila volcano is a large, glacier-capped stratovolcano in the Colombian Andes known for its recent eruptions and associated lahars that have posed significant hazards to nearby communities.

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Nevado del Huila 7
Nevado del Huila volcano canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf glaciated volcano
stratovolcano
country Colombia
dormantForCenturiesBeforeRecentActivity yes
elevation 17603 ft
5364 m
eruptionReactivation early 2000s
eruptionStyle explosive
geologicalAge Quaternary
glacierAreaTrend shrinking due to climate change and volcanic activity
hadEruption 2007 eruption
2008 eruption
2009 eruption
hasCrater central summit crater
hasFeature ice cap
summit glacier
hasGlacierRetreat yes
hasMultipleSummits yes
hasNameMeaning “Snowy Huila” in Spanish (Nevado = snow-capped)
hazard floods from glacier melt
lahars
pyroclastic flows
isHighestPointOf Huila Department
isOneOf highest volcanoes in Colombia
lastEruption 2012
listedIn Global Volcanism Program
locatedIn Andes
Colombian Andes
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Cauca Department
Huila Department
Tolima Department
monitoredBy Observatorio Vulcanológico y Sismológico de Popayán
Servicio Geológico Colombiano
mountainRange Cordillera Central (Colombian Andes)
nearbyRiver Páez River
Simbola River
Símbola–Páez river system
nearbySettlement Cauca
surface form: Belalcázar (Cauca)

La Plata (Huila)
Paicol
partOf Nevado del Huila National Natural Park
surface form: Nevado del Huila National Park
region southwestern Colombia
riskLevel high
tectonicSetting Nazca Plate subduction beneath South American Plate
volcanicArc Northern Volcanic Zone of the Andes
volcanicExplosivityPotential VEI 3–4 (typical historical eruptions)
volcanoNumber 1502-08=
volcanoType andesitic-dacitic stratovolcano

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Huila Department contains Nevado del Huila volcano
Huila Department highestPoint Nevado del Huila volcano
this entity surface form: Nevado del Huila
Northern Volcanic Zone of the Andes containsVolcano Nevado del Huila volcano
this entity surface form: Nevado del Huila
Andean Volcanic Belt contains Nevado del Huila volcano
this entity surface form: Nevado del Huila
Cordillera Central of the Andes highestPoint Nevado del Huila volcano
this entity surface form: Nevado del Huila
Cordillera Central of the Andes hasVolcano Nevado del Huila volcano
this entity surface form: Nevado del Huila
Nevado del Huila National Natural Park hasVolcano Nevado del Huila volcano
this entity surface form: Nevado del Huila
Nevado del Huila National Natural Park protects Nevado del Huila volcano
Northern Volcanic Zone hasVolcano Nevado del Huila volcano
this entity surface form: Nevado del Huila