Nevado El Cisne

Mountain in Colombia

Nevado El Cisne

Location of Nevado El Cisne in Colombia

Highest pointElevation4,636 m (15,210 ft)^[1]Parent peakNevado del RuizListingLos Nevados National Natural ParkCoordinates4°50′35″N 75°21′08″W / 4.84306°N 75.35222°W / 4.84306; -75.35222^[2]GeographyLocationCaldas & Tolima

ColombiaParent rangeCentral Ranges
AndesGeologyMountain typeBasaltic lava domeVolcanic beltNorth Volcanic Zone
Andean Volcanic Belt

The Nevado El Cisne (English: The Snowy Swan) is a volcano in the Central Ranges of the Andes in Colombia. Its summit is at an altitude of 4,636 metres (15,210 ft).^[1] The mountain is one of the five lava domes of the Nevado del Ruiz volcano complex.^[2] Despite the nevado part of the name, indicating a permanently snow-capped mountain, the summit of El Cisne is now below the permanent snow line as a result of global warming, and it is no longer considered a true nevado.^[3] The volcano is located over the Palestina Fault, that crosscuts the underlying El Bosque Batholith of Eocene age, dated at 49.1 ± 1.7 Ma.^[4]^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b Pollard, Peter (2000). Colombia Handbook (2nd ed.). Bath: Footprint Handbooks Limited. p. 297. ISBN 1-900949-71-7.
^ ^a ^b "Nevado del Ruiz: Synonyms and Subfeatures", Global Volcanism Program, Smithsonian Institution
^ "Ruiz-Tolima Volcanic Massif", US Geological Survey
^ Plancha 225, 1998
^ González, 2001, p.50

Bibliography

González, Humberto (2001). Geología de las planchas 206 Manizales y 225 Nevado del Ruiz - 1:100,000 - Memoria explicativa (PDF) (Report). INGEOMINAS. pp. 1–93. Retrieved 2017-06-09.^{[dead link]}
Mosquera, Darío; Martín, Pedro; Vesga, Carlos; González, Humberto (1998). Plancha 225 - Nevado del Ruiz - 1:100,000 (Map). INGEOMINAS. p. 1. Retrieved 2017-06-06.