GVP volcano 351030 · no holder yet
Nevado del Tolima
Nevado del Tolima is a 5,215 m stratovolcano in Colombia, last erupted in 1943.
- Type
- Stratovolcano (composite landform)
- Summit
- 5,215 m above sea level
- Rock
- Andesite / Basaltic Andesite
- Setting
- Subduction zone, continental, over 25 km
- Last eruption
- 1943
- Largest known
- VEI 5, paroxysmal, 1990 BCE
- Eruptions
- 12 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 4.66°N 75.33°W · Colombia
- Region
- Northern Andean Volcanic Arc, South America Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 351030
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).