Nevado del Ruiz

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Nevado del Ruiz is an active stratovolcano in the Colombian Andes, notorious for its devastating 1985 eruption that caused the Armero tragedy.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Nevado del Ruiz canonical 15
Nevado del Ruiz volcanic complex 2
Nevado del Ruiz volcano 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf active volcano
andesitic volcano
stratovolcano
alternateName Cumanday
La Mesa de Herveo
Tabuchía
caused Armero tragedy
climate high-mountain tropical glacier climate
country Colombia
elevation about 17457 ft
about 5321 m
eruptionType explosive
eruptionVEI up to VEI 3–4 in historical eruptions
firstRecordedEruption 16th century
geologicalSetting subduction-related volcano
hasFeature glaciated summit
ice cap
lahar deposits
lava domes
pyroclastic deposits
summit crater Arenas
hasGlacier Nevado del Ruiz self-linksurface differs
surface form: Nevado del Ruiz glacier
hazardType ashfall
glacial melt floods
lahars
pyroclastic flows
knownFor Armero tragedy
lastMajorEruption 1985
locatedIn Colombian Andes
Cordillera Central of the Andes
locatedInAdministrativeEntity Caldas Department
Tolima Department
monitoredBy Observatorio Vulcanológico y Sismológico de Manizales
Servicio Geológico Colombiano
mountainRange Andes
nameLanguage Spanish
nearbyCity Armero (former town)
Ibagué
Manizales
Pereira
notableEruption 1595 eruption
1845 eruption
1985 eruption
partOf Parque Nacional Natural Los Nevados
surface form: Los Nevados National Natural Park

Pacific Ring of Fire
protectedAreaStatus national natural park (within Los Nevados)
tectonicSetting Nazca Plate subducting beneath South American Plate
volcanicArc Northern Volcanic Zone of the Andes
volcanoType stratovolcano

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Caldas Department hasMountain Nevado del Ruiz
Northern Volcanic Zone of the Andes containsVolcano Nevado del Ruiz
this entity surface form: Nevado del Ruiz volcanic complex
Andean Volcanic Belt contains Nevado del Ruiz
Andean Volcanic Belt contains Nevado del Ruiz
this entity surface form: Nevado del Ruiz volcanic complex
Los Nevados volcanic complex (part) hasPart Nevado del Ruiz
subject surface form: Los Nevados volcanic complex
Los Nevados volcanic complex (part) highestPoint Nevado del Ruiz
subject surface form: Los Nevados volcanic complex
Nevado del Tolima nearbyVolcano Nevado del Ruiz
Tolima volcano neighborVolcano Nevado del Ruiz
Parque Nacional Natural Los Nevados contains Nevado del Ruiz
this entity surface form: Nevado del Ruiz volcano
Nevado del Ruiz hasGlacier Nevado del Ruiz self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Nevado del Ruiz glacier
Manizales nearbyVolcano Nevado del Ruiz
Nevado de Santa Isabel nearbyVolcano Nevado del Ruiz
Northern Volcanic Zone hasVolcano Nevado del Ruiz
Caldas contains Nevado del Ruiz
this entity surface form: Nevado del Ruiz volcano