Galeras

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Galeras is an active stratovolcano in southwestern Colombia known for its frequent eruptions and proximity to the city of Pasto.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Galeras canonical 7

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf active volcano ⓘ
stratovolcano ⓘ
1993EruptionFatalities 9 ⓘ
1993EruptionVictims volcanologists and tourists ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Urcunina ⓘ
country Colombia ⓘ
decadeVolcanoProgram International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth’s Interior ⓘ
distanceToPasto approximately 9 km west ⓘ
dominantRockType andesite ⓘ
basaltic andesite ⓘ
elevationAboveSeaLevel 4276 m ⓘ
approximately 14040 ft ⓘ
eruptionStyle Strombolian ⓘ
Vulcanian ⓘ
explosive ⓘ
globalVolcanismProgramID 351080 ⓘ
hasCaldera eroded caldera complex ⓘ
hasCraterLakes occasionally ⓘ
hasFrequentEruptions true ⓘ
hasFumaroles true ⓘ
hasHistoricalEruptions true ⓘ
hasLahars true ⓘ
hasLavaDomes true ⓘ
hasMultipleSummits true ⓘ
hasPyroclasticFlows true ⓘ
hasSummitCrater true ⓘ
hasVEI up to VEI 4 ⓘ
hasVolcanicGasEmissions true ⓘ
hazardLevel high ⓘ
isActive true ⓘ
isDecadeVolcano true ⓘ
knownSincePre-ColumbianTimes true ⓘ
languageOfName Spanish ⓘ
lastEruption 2014 ⓘ
locatedIn Nariño Department ⓘ
locatedNear Pasto ⓘ
locatedOnContinent South America ⓘ
monitoredBy Observatorio Vulcanológico y Sismológico de Pasto ⓘ
Servicio Geológico Colombiano ⓘ
mountainRange Andes ⓘ
nearbyAirport Antonio Nariño Airport ⓘ
notableEruption 14 January 1993 ⓘ
protectedArea Santuario de Fauna y Flora Galeras ⓘ
tectonicSetting subduction of Nazca Plate beneath South American Plate ⓘ
threatensCity Pasto ⓘ
typeOfVolcano stratovolcano ⓘ
UNESCOBiosphereReserve Galeras Flora and Fauna Sanctuary ⓘ
volcanicArcOrBelt Northern Volcanic Zone of the Andes ⓘ
volcanoNumber 351080 ⓘ

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