GVP volcano 351080 · no holder yet
Galeras
Galeras is a 4,276 m volcanic complex in Colombia, erupting as recently as 2014.
- Type
- Complex (composite landform)
- Summit
- 4,276 m above sea level
- Rock
- Andesite / Basaltic Andesite
- Setting
- Subduction zone, continental, over 25 km
- Last eruption
- 2014
- Largest known
- VEI 3, severe, 2008
- Eruptions
- 36 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 1.22°N 77.37°W · Colombia
- Region
- Northern Andean Volcanic Arc, South America Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 351080
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).